American Recipes Archives

Wild Game

Shredded Jackrabbit

Shredded jackrabbit is a simple recipe that works with any species. Basically this is Mexican barbacoa with hares.

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This Creole gumbo uses tomato, okra, shrimp, venison, and gumbo file. No roux. It's a great switch from Cajun-style gumbo.

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Lowcountry chicken bog is a classic dish that's a lot like a mildly spiced, wet jambalaya or perloo.

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Southern red eye gravy hinges on country ham and black coffee, but I add a little broth, flour and sage.

How-To (DIY stuff)

If you have shrimp with shells, you can make shrimp stock. Here's how.

American Recipes

A classic smooth butternut squash soup, spiked with bacon and garnished with pumpkin seeds and smoked paprika.

Venison

Classic Oklahoma onion burgers: Venison smashburgers with shredded onions, cheese, pickles and mustard on a potato roll.

American Recipes

Shrimp mac and cheese is a riff of the classic lobster mac and cheese. Shrimp is milder, less expensive and almost as good.

Wild Game

Tender squirrel shredded and cooked with green chiles, onions and garlic and served as Sonoran enchiladas.

Pheasant, Grouse, Quail

These are the ultimate pheasant tacos: seared pheasant breast, pickled green chiles, a little cheese, and crispy fried pheasant skin.

Fish

A recipe for Mexican fried fish, chicharron de pescado, made with gar. Most fish work well with this recipe.

Fish

Pan-seared cod is a simple, easy way to enjoy codfish. If you know how to pan sear cod, you can use that skill with other fish.