Meat Lovers "kick Off Chili"

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 lb lamb sausage
• 1 onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 green bell pepper
• 1 lb smoked sausage
• 1 tablespoon ground oregano
• 3 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 1/2 teaspoons celery seeds
• 2 (28 ounce) cans tomatoes
• 2 (27 ounce) cans kidney beans
• 1/3 cup yellow cornmeal

Recipe

• 1 in a large heavy pot or dutch oven, over medium heat, brown ground beef and ground lamb sausage with 1 lg onion coarsely chopped and 2cloves of garlic minced.add 1lg green bell pepper cut into 3/4" chunks and smoked sausage cut into 3/4"chunks; continue cooking 5-10 min longer. reduce heat to low; drain fat. blend in spices and chopped tomatoes with all their juice. simmer 5-10min. stir in kidney beans (reserve liquid). in a bowl, blend a little of the reserved bean liquid with cornmeal to consistency similar to pancake batter; mix with chili simmering another 10-15min. stirring occasionally.