Venison chilli recipe

Name: Recipe for venison chilli
Ingredients: 2 dried ancho chillies; 1 dessertspoon cumin seeds; 1 onion, finely chopped; 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 2 fresh chillies, finely chopped; 100ml sunflower or similar oil; 1.5kg diced stewing venison; 1tsp chilli powder; 500g tin chopped tomatoes; 1 dessertspoon dried (or fresh chopped) oregano; Pilaf rice and sour cream; 6 spring onions, chopped; Bunch fresh coriander; Tortilla chips or other crackers

The perfect alternative to a traditional chilli, the warming flavours of Rowley Leigh's chilli recipe are perfectly offset by the sharp sour cream

10 February 2021

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Simon Bajada

Allegedly created by President Lyndon B Johnson when he was told he had to cut down on cholesterol, this is a cracking way to cook venison, the gamey flavour well offset by the not-too-fiery chilli. The accompaniments of sour cream, tortillas and chopped spring onions are near essential. The dried chillies give an earthy, richer dimension to the chilli heat: which ones you deploy are not, frankly, critical.

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