Any good recipes using venison?

[Yummys_Girl]

A friend gave me a big bag of venison: deer steaks, deer roast and ground deer.

Anyone got any recipes using any of this?

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I am one of those who will not eat Bambi. However, my family eats it al the time. One thing is to soak the meat in milk to get the gamey taste out of it. Other than that, everyone I know cook like any other type of meat.

[cat lover]

I have several posted on the Cooking Wild Game forum. If you need more than that I'd be glad to post some more. But DeBora's right, most preople I know cook most of it using their regular recipes just substituting vension for whatever meat was called for. Just let me know!

[DeBora4BobbyL]

If you have the opportunity, cut the deer into pieces and coat with a flour mixture and fry. After soaking the meat in milk, this is another way to get rid of the gamey taste. Most people don't like that gamey flavor and frying usually reduces that as well.

My mil fed me a venison hamburger when I was a teen. She thought that once I tasted it, I would LOVE it. It isn't the flavor that I despise, but rather the psychological factor of eating Bambi. lol I am from West Texas and many people live on deer there. I ate most of the burger when she told me what it was. Of course, I got ill. She would have done fine by not telling me. lol My point is that you won't notice that it is deer if properly prepared by either soaking it in milk or frying.

Please let us know what you do and how it turns out. Venison is cheap and delicious for most people.

[Yummys_Girl]

Thanks, everyone for the suggestions. I didnt read these till tonight and had already put a deer roast in the crockpot with veggies and onion soup mix this morning. Havent tasted it yet, but will let you know how it turns out, once I do. I didnt know about the soaking in milk overnight, so I didn't do that. I just threw it in plain.

We'll see how it tastes, I guess

[DeBora4BobbyL]

That's okay Yummy. Some people don't soak the meat in milk as they like the gamey flavor. I guess you will find out tonight whether or not you should do that next time. I can't wait to hear your report.

[sweetnell3]

So far I've never had to soak my meat I just season and cooked it.

[cat lover]

Just checking to see how it turned out! I'm with DeBora though I can't eat deer meat! I have too many visions in my head about it! LOL Probably just because I never grew up eating it!

[Yummys_Girl]

It tasted really good. I didnt really notice any wild taste but then I've read that some taste "wilder" than others. Next time I may try that soaking in milk thing. I dont use regular milk though, since I am low carbing for glucose control. I use something called a dairy berverage, its Hood's Calorie Countdown and it tastes just like milk. I may try that next time just out of curiosity to see if it changes anything.

One thing I did notice, is that I was hungry a few hours later, which was odd. It didnt stick with me well, just like chinese food didnt eiether, when I used to be able to eat it. Maybe I was just extra hungry yesterday! LOL

BTW deBora, are you still low carbing, or are you back to eating normal?
(using the word "normal" there sounds weird, but I couldnt think of a better word atm)

[cat lover]

Glad you qll enjoyed it! Here is a USDA site that gives some information on various cooking methods, wild game is included.



http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Roasting_Those_Other_Holiday_Meats/index.asp

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Yummy, that is great that it turned out great! Some people like the flavor, so if you do, go for it! I guess you will have to try it again to tell whether or not the venison makes you hungrier than other meat. lol

[Yummys_Girl]

are you still low carbing, DeBora?

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Not currently. I decided to stop when I came back from my trip to NC and had to deal with the stress of school. Once I am finished with the application process for graduate school, my stress level will even out and I can go back to dieting. Stress seems to make me want to pig out! lol

[Yummys_Girl]

LOL yes, stress has a way of doing that to us!

[shepherdchild]

Hello. My husband and I and my family love deer meat. What we do is use our favorite seasonings and cook it, just like one would a beef roast or just cut the meet into pieces and slice potatoes in chunks throw in a crock pot or electirc skillet add some Emrils' spices or whatever spices we have on havd add about three cups of water, let it cook on 200* to 250* until done and the gravy had somewhat thickened, also keep a check on the water leve you may have to add more water.

[thezoo]

Try cooking venison with other meat roasts like a roast of pork or ham with a little bit of water. I add onion soup mix and my finicky husband loves it.

[cat lover]

Venison Shepherd's Pie

2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 lbs ground vension
4 medium onions, chopped
4 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp dried thyme
6 to 7 tbsp flour
10 oz can beef broth
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 cup of chili sauce
4 carrots, diced
5 lbs of potatoes
2 tbsp butter
1 egg, beaten
milk, to moisten potatoes
6 oz grated old cheddar
4 tbsp Parmesan cheese
4 tbsp bread crumbs
butter


Cook ground venison in a touch of oil and drain. Set aside.Saute garlic and onions in a bit of oil till soft but not browned.Add drained cooked venison, salt, pepper, thyme, and flour till mixed.Gradually blend in beef broth and chili sauce. Cook till thick.Add Worcestershire sauce and carrots. Cover and simmer over low heat for about 20 mins.Once thick, or carrots are tender, turn off heat and cool. Once cooled, spoon into baking dishes.Mash cooked potatoes with butter. Blend in beaten egg with milk. Combine then add shredded cheddar cheese.Spoon equally over meat mixture in the baking dishes. Top with bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese.Dot with butter before cooking. Cook for 45-60 mins in a 350 degree oven.

[tater03]

My husband is a hunter and for some reason I cannot get the deer meat tender. Any tips would be helpful. I don't think I am cooking it to fast.

[cat lover]

Always trim off all fat and as many of the tendons as possible before cooking. Most cuts can be prepared similar to beef. Tender cuts, such as the loin, rib and sirloin can be broiled or roasted. Shoulder and hind cuts such as round steak and arm and blade chops are best cooked by stewing, braising or pot-roasting. Use tougher cuts in stews and ground venison. Try to keep meat moist and DO NOT OVERCOOK.



Cut the meat into serving size pieces ~then dip it in buttermilk, dredge in a mixture of flour,salt,pepper and then fry it in olive oil in your skillet till browned on both sides and drain. Take a bite and see if it's tender - it's best right out of the skillet so be prepared to eat dinner when it's all done. IF for some reason, it's not tender - place it in a pressure cooker to finish it and make it VERY tender. Don't OVERCOOK it or it will be tough. Takes approximately 5 min. (maybe) per side if you don't make your pieces overly huge.

Another way is to use the crockpot; keeps it moist and so tender it falls apart. Hope maybe these ideas will help!

[cat lover]

Venison On the Grill

1 to 2 pounds of venison loin
soy sauce

Marinade the meat in soy sauce for a couple of hours before grilling, then use marinade below for the grill.

Marinade for grill:

1 large onion, diced
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 cup red wine
1/4 cup tarragon vinegar
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tsp worcestershire sauce

Combine the above ingredients and while venison is on the grill brush this on both side of meat. (This is also good on chicken or beef)

[ellenmelon]

My dh likes me to cut all the fat off the venison and any of the tough connective tissue too, and my neighbor has a no fail technique, she adds powdered onion soup mix and then either goes with a brown gravy, carrots, potatoes, etc or goes with a red gravy, tomatoes, etc. That little packet makes a huge difference in reducing the gamey taste.

[cat lover]

That powdered onion soup mix is great lots of ways! I make a mean mushroom-onion gravy with it!

[cat lover]

A neighbor just made her lunch and asked me to come taste it....she knows I don't cook deer! LOL I tasted it and it was good, but I still can't get over the Bambi issue! LOL

Vension Roast with Sauce

1 8 oz can tomato sauce
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 tbsp vinegar
salt & pepper to taste
2 tbsp sugar
1 vension roast
sliced bacon
worcestershire sauce

Put roast on a large sheet of heavy duty foil in a baking pan and cover with bacon. Mix remaining ingredients and pour over roast. Fold and seal. Bake at 300 degrees for 3 hours. Don't Peek!

[blessedmomof04]

[quote=cat lover] but I still can't get over the Bambi issue! LOL


That is so funny. Just remember better on your table then dead on the road.


I grew up on deer meet and other wild game. My dad is a big hunter. I grew up on a farm. We were never aloud to have horses. As my dad always said "If you can't eat it we don't raise it" Luckly for my younger sister and I both our neighbors had horses.

[cat lover]

I never had wild game;even fish from fishing as I grew up so there's my problem. Just never got used to eating it. DH used to love several different things, but because of his diet restrictions can no longer eat much of any meat at all and even most fish. So... Everyody can't understand why we don't hunt or fish living in the woods. If we could eat it we probably would; we have almost every wild animal you can imagine right here on the property.

[sweetnell3]

I never had deer meat til after I was married,but was raised on catfish caught from Red River as my grandparents that end on the river banks not sure on how many areas they had but it seem alot.

[blessedmomof04]

Cat you should ask your husband's doctor about eating vension. Mil was told no beef but vension has no fat in it like beef. Much healthier. She was aloud to eat as much vension as she wanted. So we just to give her alot of ours. She didn't eat the ground beef if we mixed it with pork. So we always gave her some with out the mix. You have to be really careful when you fry it. It will burn there is no fat in it at all.

[cat lover]

Cat you should ask your husband's doctor about eating vension.


That is true it doesn't have fat like in beef, but still way too much for DH! He is on a very restricted diet. We mostly eat vegetable meals and get our protein by having beans and rice within the same meal. Eat a lot of wild caught salmon and alaskian fish. On occasion he will have a 3 oz piece of lean beef, but even that screws up his diet.