Elk Neck Meat

[markXshooter]

Cut mine into stew meat.

Made jalapeno bites out of a couple packages and everyone enjoyed them.

 

[Blackdog317]

Elk neck tacos, after slow cooking birria style. Amazing.

 

[Gravel Road]

Neck meat is awesome. Slow cooked for stew is really good and my wife makes a Mexican Machaca that is incredible. I refuse to take neck shots and ruin all that meat. That's what lungs are for-lol.

 

[Seeknelk]

Just had neck roast for supper! The kids and I just loved it as always! It's even better when I throw a big slab of grass fed beef fat in with it. Just season as preferred , add 2 cups of water and turn the instant pot on for about 2 hrs. Done and incredible! I wince thinking of all the time, meat I wasted trying to trim it decent enough to grind! It's right there with loin steaks, osso bucco and heart sammiches! Roast from hindquarters is hideous in comparison, that's jerky meat.

 

[LongWayAround]

Typically, I leave it in big slabs, sear it on the grill, throw it in the crockpot, and make tacos.

 

[Slickhill]

I separate the muscles out and chunk up into about thumb size pieces. Pack in 1/2 pints and add 1/3 cube of bullion, a wedge of onion, salt and pepper. Pressure can at 12lb for 70 minutes.

Last forever, good in a bunch of quick dishes or just straight out of the jar, and it’s always fork tender.

 

[Soj51hopeful]

In the words of our last great president “ come on man”

I know where the ribs are, I shoot through through them! Ha.

Yeah….no sorry. Didn’t mean to imply you didn’t know the anatomy. Just thinking out loud. That’s what the question mark was for.

 

[Billdoe]

Canned

 

[Fireflyfishing]

Grind. Many products can be made once ground. I like to make stuff I know the whole fam will jump on and eat. Burger, snack sticks, summer sausage, and ground jerky.

 

[Bearded Bowhunter]

Elk neck tacos, after slow cooking birria style. Amazing.

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This ^^^. Did crock pot roasts for a few of my elk but birria quickly became my go to as well.

 

[5MilesBack]

Elk neck tacos, after slow cooking birria style. Amazing.

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Dude......it's 8 in the morning and I could eat that right now. Looks amazing.

 

[BRTreedogs]

Burger

 

[rayporter]

been canning neck meat from elk and deer for many years.

very little trimming, just dice and put it in the jar.

 

[mlchase]

Birria - with deer or elk neck meat - trim out the cartilage and silver on the edge, find you a recipe, go low and slow and you will be loving it and looking like the pics above.

 

[fishslap]

I use braised short rib recipes for neck roasts. Below are a few. You’ll look forward to keeping neck roasts with these. I cut the neck off the bone, trim it a bit around the edges to make it look nice for vac sealing, and make two roasts for a deer, more for elk.

Red Wine-Braised Short Ribs

This recipe for braised beef short ribs has many fans—and rightly so. Since it’s even better the next day, it’s perfect for entertaining.

www.bonappetit.com

Coffee-and-Bourbon-Braised Short Ribs

Instant espresso powder and smoky-sweet bourbon lend big flavor to a delectable braising liquid that begs to blanket a bowl of mashed potatoes.

www.bonappetit.com

 

[Weldor]

Insta-pot, meat falls off the bone after that you can do what ever you want with it or eat it as is. Stew soup etc.

 

[Klooop]

Elk neck tacos, after slow cooking birria style. Amazing.

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This looks incredible. I have been meaning to try something like this for a while now.

 

[bartholomew]

I'm partial to Carbonnade: Hank Shaw Elk Carbonnade

 

[Gingerbeard13]

Serious question, what do you do with neck meat from an elk? I love elk meat, but at the same time, I have a nose/taste bud that detects the smallest hint of game taste due to fat, etc. I always pack the neck out, but struggle with what to do with hit. It's just one big ball of fat with multiple layers of meat, fat, meat fat.

What do you guys do with it to make it edible?

I will trim off the thicker silver skin and outer tough layer if it’s aged a little bit. But once it looks like the “calf” meat, cut it into chunks and cook on high in crock pot for 8-9 hours. Need a good amount of beef broth/stock but this method of cooking gives super tender pulled meat. You can adjust seasonings to make it taco meat, stew with potatoes and carrots, etc.
it’s become one of our favorite ways to cook game meat! Feel free to message me if you have more specific questions.