Deer Camp Twice Cooked Chili-- At Home/or Camp.

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs of your favorite ground meat, deer, moose, elk, ground steak, and if you must, ground hamburger (drained)
• 1 cup diced onion, red, yellow, vidalia (in season the best)
• 1 red bell peppers or 1 green pepper, diced
• 12 -16 ounces tomato juice (better) or 12 -16 ounces v 8 vegetable juice (better)
• 12 -16 ounces diced tomatoes (better) or 12 -16 ounces diced tomatoes and green chilies (better)
• 12 -16 ounces lamb and beans (the better the brand, the better it is)
• 12 -16 ounces red kidney beans
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt or 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt, better or 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 tablespoons prepared minced garlic (in jar or fresh crushed)
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes (to taste or leave out)
• 1 cup of shredded pizza cheese or 1 cup taco blend cheese or 1 cup cheddar cheese
• 2 cups cornmeal mix
• 1 (8 ounce) can creamed corn (yea i know but it comes out good in the end)
• 1/2 cup of real vitamin d milk (none of that sissy fat free stuff, why start now right)
• 1/2 cup sugar (add more..don't ! )
• 2 -3 tablespoons of good oil (not olive it burns to quick)
• 2 tablespoons liquid smoke (in meat while cooking(= not optional=()
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons flour

Recipe

• 1 these ingredients can be made up in advance and topped with the cornbread at the camp and or or frozen for later addition of the cornbread topping.
• 2 preheat the oven to 400°f (u.s.a).
• 3 fry your meat ( your choice) in a large stock-like -pot-in the oil, till lightly browned, with 1/2 the garlic. when almost done add rest of the garlic- 1/4 cup of water and the flour then- scrape pan real good (wood spoons are great for this) while stirring till the water is gone making a gravy like substance add onion-tomatoes-tomato juice-lamb and beans-kidney beans-salt-chili powder-and the red pepper(optional).
• 4 cook on medium heat for about 30 minutes.( stirring every 5 minutes or so).
• 5 meanwhile in a medium- large bowl add the cornmeal- cream corn -milk-and the sugar----(don't add more-- recipe no-no--- the cornbread won't rise with more sugar than called for --ever-- so don't ever add more sugar than called for in a cornbread recipe).
• 6 pour the chili into a deep 9x13 glass-pyrex- baking dish smooth the mixture out level.
• 7 top evenly with the cheese.
• 8 pour all of the cornbread mixture on top of the cheese and smooth out level making sure to get it in the corners of the dish.
• 9 bake in 400°f oven for 30-40 minutes or till top is lightly to golden brown don't burn this topping.
• 10 serves ---?----- (yea right- not on my planet !).