Skippy's Pretty Good Deer Chili

Ingredients

• 2 lbs ground deer meat
• 1 medium onion
• chopped
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil
• 12 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 14 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 5 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 2 teaspoons onion powder
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 1 cup water or 1 cup broth
• 1 (46 ounce) can tomato juice
• 2 (16 ounce) cans chili beans

Instructions

1. Cook onion in oil until tender.
2. Add meat and cook until browned.
3. Mix together kosher salt, black pepper, red pepper, chili powder, cumin, onion powder and cocoa.
4. Stir spice mixture into browned meat.
5. Add water; cook on medium heat abour 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
6. Add tomato juice and chili beans.
7. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
8. Reduce heat and cover.
9. Simmer 1 1/2- 2 hours.