Corned Venison
Corned venison is the perfect example of patience meets flavor. After one week, you are left with some of the finest sandwich meat known to man. It is sure to impress your friends and hunting buddies when they are using store bought meats for…
Venison Stroganoff
Ingredients 1 ½ lbs venison (I used backstrap for this recipe but any good cut would work) 1 large onion sliced 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 cup sliced mushrooms (button mushrooms work but wild foraged oyster mushrooms would add a certain uniqueness to the…
Smoked Venison Meatloaf
Ingredients 1 ½ lbs ground venison (I used an 80% venison, 20% wild pork mixture) 1 onion, minced finely 1 egg 1 cup plain bread crumbs 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons Cajun seasoning 1 tablespoon smoked paprika ½ cup ketchup 2 tablespoons brown sugar…
Venison Lasagna
Ingredients: 1 lb ground venison 1 ½ lb ground Italian sausage venison 5 cloves garlic 1 large chopped onion (I prefer Vidalia for its sweetness) 1 28 oz can crushed tomatoes 1 15 oz can tomato sauce 2 6 oz cans tomato paste 1…
Crawfish stuffed venison backstrap
I first discovered this wonderful blend of flavors a few years back. It was a combination of a successful late season archery hunt on public land and the remainder of tails from a crawfish boil for my birthday. After peeling several pounds of tails,…
Mongolian venison
Ingredients 1 ½ lbs flank steak (tenderized with a mallet and cut into strips) 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 2 teaspoons minced ginger 1 tablespoon minced garlic ½ cup soy sauce (reduced sodium) ½ cup water ¾ cup dark brown sugar 1 cup vegetable oil…
Venison Osso Bucco
This recipe incorporates the most under used part of any deer…the shank. The shank is the part that exists below the knee of each leg of the deer. I typically freeze my shanks whole. When I am ready to cook them, I cut them…
Venison Meat Pies
The Meat Pies in Natchitoches, LA are known throughout the south for their hand sized delicacy. So much so, that people from Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi will travel several hours to another state just to get their hands on some. Several years back, I…
Smoked Venison Sausage Creole
This is a traditional Cajun dish that combines the complexities of smoked sausage and the rich flavors that you get from roux. This has been a family favorite of ours since I was a child and is a perfect meal to introduce anyone to…
Grits and Venison Grillades
This is one of those meals that sticks to your ribs, is easy to master, and gives you another way to use some of your prime cuts. Pork is traditionally used for this here in Cajun country and is served over grits but it…
