Last time I went elk hunting, that's what I prepared for the trip. I used sopressa sausage as the meat and cayenne instead of hatch.@P7M13 pinto beans in the crock pot with diced hatch chili's, chicken broth, season to taste and add a 1lb log of breakfast sausage in the last few hours of the cook will make a pretty good meal.
Buy a rice cooker, cooks perfect rice evey time and does it without babysitting it.