Venison 101

Kitchen Tip Tuesday

Our family enjoys venison, but I realize that many people do not. I think that venison gets a bad reputation because it is not always prepared well. There are many people that have come to my house and eaten venison and not even known it. I will later have them tell me about how much they hate venison and would NEVER eat it! For a couple of years, venison is about the only meat we had, so I became a bit creative. Venison is actually healthier for you because it does not have all the fat that beef has in it.

Cooking Venison Steak

1. I usually marinade my vinegar steak in 1 1/2 cups water, 1/4 c. vinegar, 2 tsp. salt, and 1 tsp minced garlic. (I tried many different marinades, but this worked well and is more frugal that the others I tried, such as ones with A1 or other sauces:0) I marinade it overnight and then rinse the marinade off and cook as desired.
2. Last week, I threw 4 pounds of frozen venison steak in the crock pot with the marinade, plus water to cover and cooked it for 8 hours, then rinsed the meat and divided it into portions to freeze for later use in fajitas and stroganoff. This worked really well and helps cut down prep time later. :o) It was great in stroganoff this week.
3. You can basically substitute venison steak for any "cheaper cut" of beef steak, such as round steak. Just remember that it does better slow cooked due to its low fat content. You can add oil or beef broth to add moisture to the steak if needed.

Cooking Venison Roast

1. The best way to cook Venison Roast is to cook it with a beef roast. I then mixed them together. They make really good Italian "Beef" or meat pie.
2. I personally prefer to have the roasts made into burger.

Cooking Venison Burger

1. When I cook venison burger, I cover it with water and basically boil it until browned, then rinse it really well with hot water. Season as you would ground beef.
2. If you are planning to make a meatloaf or burgers, you would need to mix it with ground beef or another meat with fat in it. I usually don't use venison for these; I use ground beef instead.

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*I typed this post for last week and scheduled it to post on March 3 instead of the 31. I could not figure out where it went last week. It was a blessing to find it today when I was trying to remember what I had already posted. I found the missing post!!! Guess I'll have to check the dates on my posts better! :o)