Featured

How to Make Chipotles

How to make chipotles at home. You need ripe jalapenos, a smoker, and time. They're easy to make, and store well.

Recipe

Deep Fried Ribeye Tacos

A recipe for chicharron de ribeye in tacos. I ate these ribeye tacos in Hermosillo, Sonora and just had to recreate them at home with venison.

Appetizers and Snacks

Mexican Lentil Soup

Sopa de lentejas, Mexican lentil soup, exists in various forms all over Mexico. My recipe is a hat tip to Nuevo Leon, where I ate this soup a lot.

Ducks and Geese

Seared Canada Goose Breast

This is the best Canada goose breast recipe if you want to eat it like a steak or a London broil. Reverse seared goose breast sliced thin and served simply.

American Recipes

Seared Bison Steak

How to cook a bison steak properly in a pan. Bison steaks are like beef, but much leaner, so cooking one can be a little tricky. Here's how to do it.

Venison

Smoked Venison Jerky

How to make smoked venison jerky at home. Slow smoking strips of deer meat until mostly dried and chewy is a great way to make venison jerky.

Mexican

How to Make Machaca

Machaca, wispy filaments of jerky, is a common meat for burritos or tacos in northern Mexico. Here's how to make it at home.

Salmon and Trout

Salmon Jerky

Salmon jerky is salmon candy taken farther, so it's drier and keeps longer. Also works with large trout.

Ducks and Geese

Goose Tacos

How to cook goose breast hot and fast to make goose tacos. My trick is to butterfly the goose breast and sear it quickly, then chop against the grain.

Mexican

Venison Carne Seca

Carne seca is Mexican jerky, but they typically pound it into threads to make machaca, with you eat in a sauce.