How to Make Tasty Alligator chili and beans

Alligator chili and beans. In this episode of "What's Cooking?" Michael travels to Mendham, New Jersey where Allrecipes home cook, Doug, teaches us how to make Alligator Chili! As a vegetarian, I was impressed with this recipe, because I could easily substitute extra beans (cannellini and black beans) and vegetables for the alligator meat (I hate soy and won't use it!). This recipe has lots of beans and spices, so it's a great basic chili recipe.

Sauté until vegetables are wilted, approximately three to five minutes. Add pinto beans, tomato sauce and chicken stock, bring to a low boil and reduce to simmer. It used to refer to a mixture that included ground beef, usually beans of some sort, hot chili peppers and other seasonings. You can cook Alligator chili and beans using 22 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Alligator chili and beans

1. Prepare 1 lb of alligator meat.
2. You need 1 lb of ground chuck.
3. You need 1 of sweet onion med diced.
4. It’s 1 of green bell pepper med diced.
5. Prepare 15 oz of black beans drained.
6. It’s 15 oz of kidney beans drained.
7. You need 32 oz of crushed tomatoes.
8. Prepare 32 oz of V8 tomato juice spicy hot.
9. You need 2 tbsp of Evoo.
10. It’s of sea salt.
11. You need of black pepper.
12. You need 2 tsp of Ghost pepper infused salt (optional).
13. Prepare 1 tbsp of Cajun seasoning.
14. Prepare 2 tsp of cayenne pepper.
15. It’s 2 tsp of cinnamon.
16. It’s 1 tsp of ground ginger.
17. You need 2 tbsp of chili powder.
18. Prepare 2 tsp of celery salt.
19. You need 1 tbsp of marjoram leaves.
20. Prepare 1 tbsp of ground cumin.
21. It’s 1 tbsp of smoked paprika.
22. Prepare 2 of chipotle peppers in adobe sauce, minced.

Today, there are oddities like scallop chili, duck chili, squid chili, chicken chili, alligator chili and more. Alligator is cooked up in a spicy piquante sauce and served over rice for a hearty, manly meal. · I've never had alligator before and never thought of it in chili, so this recipe caught my eye. Native Seminole Indian Braves caught alligators in Florida and other southern. I've never had alligator before and never thought of it in chili, so this recipe caught my eye.

Alligator chili and beans instructions

1. Oil large skillet with evoo and sweat onions and bell pepper at low heat until onions become translucent..
2. Put all dry (excluding salt and black pepper) seasonings in a separate bowl and mix them.
3. Once onions are translucent transfer onions and bell peppers to crock pot.
4. Use skillet to cook the ground chuck and ground alligator meat, raise to med high heat and constantly fold in pinches of the salt and pepper until to desired taste and evenly brown..
5. Add small amounts of dry seasoning mixture to developed flavor then add beans, crushed tomatoes, chipotle peppers to skillet and continually stirring and pinching in seasonings.
6. Once at a good simmer and flavor has reached desired level add mixture into crock pot with V8 juice and all remaining seasonings..
7. Thoroughly mix and place at 2 and a half hours on low heat.
8. After done cooking give a taste to see if any additional salt, pepper, or spice would be desired, if so add, mix and simmer for 5 minutes then enjoy.

The mix of meats is just right. You can taste the creole seasoning added, but it's not overwhelming. The chili's chunky and stick-to-your-ribs good. Alligator Chili Recipe. by Global Cookbook. Add in pinto beans, tomatoes, tomato paste salt, pepper, cumin, and jalapeno.