Venison recipes needed

With venison, keep it simple. It is very lean, so watch your cook times so it doesn't dry out. Most commercial processors will add some pork fat to ground venison to help with that. Do you have just ground meat or other cuts? If just ground, use it just like beef. It makes the best sloppy joe's you'll ever eat.

Soak your chops in milk overnight before cooking and it will take the game taste out. I love to do them that way and grill them.....tastes better than beef if done right!

If you have a pressure cooker this is also good for quick(er) and tender venison roasts.

Does no one like the TASTE of venison? All of these recipes, at least to my mind, appear to mask the taste. Am I the only one who is sick of ground beef? Anything you feel like grinding can probably be made into pepperoni sticks, summer sausage, or jerky. It pains me to see people put delicious game into "spaghetti sauce" and other ways that just hide the flavor.

Take a steak from that back strap (loin?), give it a little rub of olive oil, salt, pepper, and a touch of garlic powder, pan fry that sucker at screamin' high heat for like 2-3 minutes per side and eat it nice and rare.

We eat a ton of venison in our house. Pretty much anything you can use beef for, you can use venison for. As others have said, since it is so lean, be sure to oil your pan when cooking it, and cook until the pink just starts to brown to avoid over cooking. I think it tastes best rare to medium rare, but I know a lot of people are concerned about any diseases that are lurking around such as CWD and things like it. So be aware of anything in the animal population before ingesting rare game meat. I've found that a lot of your lamb recipes can be used interchangeably with venison, as they have similar flavor profiles for the seasonings.

Most recently we just had deer steak fajitas, cook with sliced onions, peppers and salsa just as you would beef.

JustinAnimal: I could not agree more!! I've eaten enough game meat before that beef began to taste "gamey". I love the taste, but I think a lot of people's experience seems to be an animal that wasn't processed right, stressed out, or a buck in the middle of rut. All things that can make the flavor a bit off. When done right it's delicious!

allycat5723 wrote: »

He got a doe, and the flavor is fantastic! We really enjoy the taste of venison, so I'm not necessarily trying to mask the taste We had chops last night and all we did was season them up and pan fry. Thank you all for the info and suggestions!

My hubby just got his first deer this year as well. Have you tried just using a simple marinade and then pan frying or grilling? There's tons of venison marinade recipes out there to help mix things up a bit. We just finished processing a bunch of jerky and venison snack sticks the other night as well.

I use the roast, cut up chunks and make venison stew. About 2 lbs of roast, any veggies you want and as much as you want, put it all in a crock pot and cover with water. Season as you like and cook on low for 8 hours. It's so yummy!

Stroganoff is also very good with venison. There's recipes for that everywhere.

Just be sure that you trim away as much of the visible fat as possible. Most people don't like the "gamey" taste of venison because they don't trim off the fat. In beef, fat is a good thing, but with venison it leaves a tallow taste.

Hope this helps!

I love the taste of deer tenderloin- I grill it plain on the grill. I also make sausages and brats mmmm delicious! But as for ground beef, it can get a bit dry and it seems to have a little more game flavor, especially buck wise. Not that its bad... it can just overpower your recipe. I tend to make everything with deer that I can beef. Its a huge $ saving staple in our house. Recipes that allow you to simmer the hamburger seem to be the best.

allycat5723 wrote: »

My hubby got his first deer, and now I need some yummy and healthy venison recipes! We are making a chili with it tomorrow, but that's about all I know to do with it. I know it can be used like ground beef, but mix it half and half. any other suggestions? Thank you!

I use venison for vege stews too and vege soups...tacos too ...have also made good meatloafs...I use venison like u would beef... the steaks cut thick and grilled is very good!

We use it in lasagna delicious and lower calorie than beef!