Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, alligator chili and beans. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Alligator chili and beans is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Alligator chili and beans is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

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. I especially like the spice blend because I detest premade chili powder.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook alligator chili and beans using 22 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Alligator chili and beans:

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

Add chili powder and cumin, stir well into mixture, and allow to cook one hour, stirring occasionally. Once alligator is tender, season to taste using salt and black pepper. Add pinto beans, tomato sauce and stock, stirring to incorporate. Bring to a low boil then reduce to simmer.

Steps to make Alligator chili and beans:

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

Stir in the crushed tomatoes, tomato-vegetable juice cocktail, black beans, kidney beans, and chipotle chile. Season with chili powder, cumin, cinnamon, smoked paprika, celery salt, ground ginger, salt, and pepper. It used to refer to a mixture that included ground beef, usually beans of some sort, hot chili peppers and other seasonings. Just heat & serve by the bowl. Add pinto beans, tomato sauce and chicken stock, bring to a low boil and reduce to simmer.

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