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Makes 3 Quarts

Ready In:

1 hour

Prep Time:

30 minutes

Good For:

A Hearty Lunch or Dinner Meal

White Bean Chili with Smoked Ham and Sweet Corn

Ingredients

1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil

2 links Italian sausage

½ pound Hickory Smoked Bacon, cut in ½” pieces

½ cup Chopped White Onion

½ cup Diced Red Bell Pepper

¼ cup Chopped Green Onion

1 tablespoon Minced Jalapeno

1 tablespoon Minced Garlic

1/3 cup All-purpose flour

12 ounces Smoked Ham, Cut in ¼” x 1” x 1” pieces

2 cups Sweet Corn Kernels, Fresh

¾ cup Diced (seeded) Roma tomato

2 cups Northern Beans, Drained

3 cups Strong Chicken Stock

2 tablespoons Ground Cumin

¼ cup Dark Chili Powder

to taste Salt & Pepper

Optional garnish: sour cream, green onions, red bell pepper and fresh jalapeno

Step 1

Add the vegetable oil to a medium-large sauce pot, and over medium heat, cook the Italian sausage until fully cooked.

Step 2

Remove the sausage to cool, then add the bacon to the pot and cook until crisp, reserving all of the bacon grease and oil.

Step 3

Add the white onion, red bell pepper, jalapeno pepper, green onion and garlic and cook in the bacon grease, while stirring, for 2 to 3 minutes to soften.

Step 4

Add the flour and continue to cook, while stirring, for an additional 2 to 3 minutes.

Step 5

Reduce the heat to low.

Step 6

Chop the cooked Italian sausage into bite size pieces and add it to the sauce pot with all of the remaining ingredients and stir slowly until the chili comes to a simmer.

Step 7

Simmer on low heat and adjust seasonings as desired.

Step 8

Serve with sour cream, green onions, slivers of red bell pepper and a thin slice of fresh jalapeno.

Step 1

Add the vegetable oil to a medium-large sauce pot, and over medium heat, cook the Italian sausage until fully cooked.

Step 2

Remove the sausage to cool, then add the bacon to the pot and cook until crisp, reserving all of the bacon grease and oil.

Step 3

Add the white onion, red bell pepper, jalapeno pepper, green onion and garlic and cook in the bacon grease, while stirring, for 2 to 3 minutes to soften.

Step 4

Add the flour and continue to cook, while stirring, for an additional 2 to 3 minutes.

Step 5

Reduce the heat to low.

Step 6

Chop the cooked Italian sausage into bite size pieces and add it to the sauce pot with all of the remaining ingredients and stir slowly until the chili comes to a simmer.

Step 7

Simmer on low heat and adjust seasonings as desired.

Step 8

Serve with sour cream, green onions, slivers of red bell pepper and a thin slice of fresh jalapeno.

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A Little Story About This Dish…

This hearty recipe is chocked full of garnish and is a perfect meal for a chilly fall day. It’s an especially good recipe to showcase Michigan Sweet Corn when it is in season.

This recipe calls for Smoked Ham but it is ALSO adaptable to Cattleman’s Smoked Pulled Pork.

Feel free to adjust the recipe’s thickness and seasonings to suit your personal tastes.Makes

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