What do you do with your venison?

[ChubbyChaser]

Wondering what folks do with their venison. I grind most into sausage except the rear loins, back straps, and tenderloins. Cold smoke for 10 days and air dry for 4-6 weeks. I've heard from friends is the best meat they've ever had. Anyone else doing anything similar? Id like to dehydrate some into Jerky, got the jerky gun and dehydrator but have never done it, anyone have any good recipes for dehydrated venison jerky?

Thanks and happy holidays

 

[Mike Islander]

I eat most of it in stews...at work. I have one of those Instant Pot pressure cookers. Start it in the morning and by lunch it's a tasty delight.

 

[Backpack Hunter]

Steaks, roasts, burger, and sausages.
We just had bacon wrapped and cream cheese stuffed back strap for Christmas dinner...delicious.

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[elkguide]

The first 2 deer usually are ground into burger which is enough for the year. The next one will go into jerky and if I'm still able to take another deer, I'll have that one cut into steaks.

I've found that rather than adding beef or pork fat to bring my venison up to snuff in my burger, we all like it much better when I use bacon as the fat in the burger.

 

[WannabeHunter]

Normally ground, with backstrap steaks and loin whole. Family isn't big on the whole roasts.
I'm probably going to be lazy next time and pay for most of it to be sausage, summer sausage, and snack sticks.

 

[jmez]

I grind all of my deer. Make different sausages, both fresh and smoked.

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[chrisspike]

Wondering what folks do with their venison. I grind most into sausage except the rear loins, back straps, and tenderloins. Cold smoke for 10 days and air dry for 4-6 weeks. I've heard from friends is the best meat they've ever had. Anyone else doing anything similar? Id like to dehydrate some into Jerky, got the jerky gun and dehydrator but have never done it, anyone have any good recipes for dehydrated venison jerky?

Thanks and happy holidays

As someone making that much sausage, I'd love to hear some recipes.

 

[LukasHB]

Jerky with just some Worcestershire and liquid smoke and some pepper! Clean and simple


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[Huckleberry Hound]

I turn mine into turds

 

[LukasHB]

I turn mine into turds

Lol everytime


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[Crowmangler]

Nice setup!
I've heard that most of the processors (in my area at least) quit doing deer because of all the paperwork the state requires now. It's a shame because that's where most folks got their sausage prepared.
For me: Tenderloins go on the grill first
Shoulders get cut in half for the smoker
Neck meat for roasts that go in the crock pot
Butterfly one of the back straps. the other one is for jerky.
My favorite way to eat venison is to cube it up & pressure can it so that's where the hams go.
If I harvest another one l have folks I just take meat to

 

[ChubbyChaser]

As someone making that much sausage, I'd love to hear some recipes.

Im Serbian by heritage so my dad taught me how the old country does it, id be happy to share the recipe on this thread, i always thought cold smoking was a lost art and not many people left doing it but i tell you what, there isnt a better way in my opinion, im finishing up a deer for my friend tonight then doing some salmon thats curing right as i type this. I will share a recipe tomorrow when im back at my computer, theres some leg work involved but i promise it pays off.

 

[ChubbyChaser]

This batch was 2% salt (absolutley mandatory!)
2%paprika
2% pepper
20%pork...but i will try bacon on the next one as recommended by someone on this site.
1%chipotle seasoning
2 bottles of pf changs teriyaki sauce but any teriyaki sauce will work.
1% garlic powder

Disclaimer...the 2% salt is mandatory for cold smoking. All the other stuff is optional, i recommend 20 %pork because of the fat base, ive tried 30% and 10% and found that 20 is perfect.

 

[ChubbyChaser]

I turn mine into turds

Ha! Thats funny

 

[ChubbyChaser]

Jerky with just some Worcestershire and liquid smoke and some pepper! Clean and simple


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Whats your jerky recipe?

 

[jspradley]

Straps, tenders, and most of the back leg steaks get seared cold blue rare and eaten like carpaccio
Football roast from the back legs get smoked, oven roasted or braised
Shanks get braised (NEVER LEAVE YOUR SHANKS IN THE WOODS!!!)
Neck roast gets braised
Front shoulders get braised
Rando cuts and scraps get turned into jerky and sometimes prime cuts if I lose them in the freezer and they get a little oxidized on the outside

 

[Wedes]

Steaks, burgers and roasts


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[LukasHB]

Whats your jerky recipe?

Pretty much based around that, I’ll mix it up with teriyaki or soy sauce sometimes, or lemon pepper but that’s the basis. No exact measurements on anything just eyeballing it


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[Lowg08]

Ground, cubed, sliced tenderloin, neck roast stew, inner loins left whole. Several various cuts for different meals, hogs always sausage, bear left for roast and stews and tenderloin sliced. Turkeys breast split and the rest pressure cooked. I believe that’s all

 

[RCB]

New hunter, have shot an elk and a deer. I use venison the same way I use beef. Roasts, steaks, stews, curries, stir-fry, burger for burgers, chili, pasta, etc. The way I see it, venison can basically be cooked like very lean beef. As long as you keep that in mind you can’t really go wrong.