Bear meat

Yoldle19

I need some recipe advice when cooking with bear meat. I'm a little intimidated, any advice is welcome.

Woodsmoke

I thought bear meat was full of parasites..?

jacquih2981

quick google brought up this http://nj.gov/dep/fgw/pdf/bear_recipeguide.pdf

Like pork, the proper cooking time for bear meat is 375 degrees F for 20-25 minutes per pound. Internal cooking temperature should reach 160 degrees for 3 minutes or more before consumption. Cook until there is no trace of pink meat or fluid paying close attention to areas around the joints and close to the bone.

Speziface

jacquih2981 wrote: »

quick google brought up this http://nj.gov/dep/fgw/pdf/bear_recipeguide.pdf

Like pork, the proper cooking time for bear meat is 375 degrees F for 20-25 minutes per pound. Internal cooking temperature should reach 160 degrees for 3 minutes or more before consumption. Cook until there is no trace of pink meat or fluid paying close attention to areas around the joints and close to the bone.

With this in mind I'd definitely use a probe thermometer and shoot for 165 degrees.

Yoldle19

Oh I most definitely will! Thank you.

Treece68

Woodsmoke wrote: »

I thought bear meat was full of parasites..?

You can get trichinosis is you don't cook it to the proper temperature

Yoldle19

Correct, I need to know some recipes though lol, I think most people don't want to eat bear, so I am not having much luck.

Raquel_Mama

Bear meat is very greasy and hard to cook with, it's best made into salami, in my opinion. That's what I've had done in the past and it's excellent!

As far as recipes though, I'm sure you can just Google it..... there's a lot of wild game recipe articles and books out there.

Yoldle19

I did make a few different bear sausages and there not bad, thank you.