Chipotle Butternut Venison Chili - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups butternut squash, peeled and cubed
1 tablespoon olive oil
salt
pepper
1 lb ground venison or 1 lb lean beef
1 cup green pepper, chopped
1 cup onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves
1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 (10 ounce) can Rotel Tomatoes
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
2 1/2 teaspoons chipotle chiles in adobo
1 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Spray a cookie sheet or jelly roll pan with cooking spray.
Mix the butternut squash with olive oil, spread out on pan and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until tender but not mushy. Set aside.
Brown meat with green pepper, onion and garlic until no longer pink.
Add diced tomatoes, Rotel, black beans, cumin, chili powder, chipotle pepper and salt.
Simmer for 15 minutes.
Add butternut squash and simmer another 10 minutes.