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Venison Recipes

Welcome to the internet's largest selection of venison recipes, by award-winning chef Hank Shaw. You'll find recipes for all cuts and all types of venison here.

Everything from classics like venison burgers, pot roast and venison meatballs, to grilled backstrap, seared venison steaks and braised venison shanks.

Every cut of the animal is represented, from smoked hind leg roasts, to braised shoulder, Mexican barbacoa from the neck, grilled deer hearts, and tongue tacos.

Closeup of the venison casserole, showing what's under the cheese.

Venison Casserole

By Hank Shaw on May 9, 2022 - 8 Comments

My take on venison casserole is, more or less, baked ziti, a classic Italian American dish. Ground venison, sausage, pasta, cheese and tomatoes. What’s not to love?

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Hank Shaw holding a bowl of sausage with sage.

Venison Sausage with Sage

By Hank Shaw on April 13, 2022, Updated May 24, 2022 - Leave a Comment

Venison sausage with sage is a recipe I designed a long time ago, after returning from a deer hunting trip to Catalina Island, where there are lots of native sages. Here’s how to make a sage sausage with any meat. I am a firm believer in the cooking adage, “what lives together in life can live together

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Mexican pacholas on a platter with pico de gallo salsa.

Mexican Pacholas

By Hank Shaw on March 21, 2022 - 4 Comments

Mexican pacholas are a sort of flattened meatball, seared quickly and served with salsa, rice and beans. Any ground meat works here; I used venison.

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An elk roast, sliced on a cutting board.

Reverse Seared Elk Roast

By Hank Shaw on March 14, 2022 - 11 Comments

If you are looking for a foolproof elk roast recipe, you’ve found it. The secret is to reverse sear the roast slowly, then finish over very high heat — and this method works with any large roast, not just elk.

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A platter of garlic sausages made from venison and pork

Garlic Sausage with Basil

By Hank Shaw on March 4, 2022, Updated May 24, 2022 - Leave a Comment

There is nothing exotic or unusual about this garlic sausage, except maybe that I am using venison along with the pork. You could use all pork or any combination of similar meats. I like to call this my “A Zone” sausage. It’s a California inside joke, as the state, in its infinite wisdom, makes us

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A coil of venison sausage on a table.

Basic Venison Sausage

By Hank Shaw on January 31, 2022, Updated May 30, 2022 - Leave a Comment

This is a rich, country-style venison sausage recipe where the dominant spices are ground bay leaves and garlic. These are especially good for grilling, as bay seems to go well with the flavors that come with cooking over an open fire. I like this as a coarse sausage, but you can grind it finer if

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A bowl of puchero stew.

Puchero

By Hank Shaw on January 31, 2022 - 9 Comments

Puchero is a hearty stew made all over the Spanish-speaking world. This is a Mexican puchero recipe uses beef or venison and lots of vegetables. Simple, satisfying and it keeps well.

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A bowl of Cajun gumbo made with venison and sausage.

Venison Gumbo

By Hank Shaw on January 29, 2022, Updated June 6, 2022 - 1 Comment

This venison gumbo is dark, savory and rich, a classic Cajun gumbo with no tomato and a dark roux. It’s wonderful for cold nights. Note that there is no tomato in this gumbo. If you want a Cajun dish that does have tomato in it, try my recipe for Venison Sauce Piquante. Or if you

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Hi, my name is Hank Shaw. I am a James Beard Award-winning author and chef and I focus my energies on wild foods: Foraging, fishing, hunting. I write cookbooks as well as this website, have a website dedicated to the intersection of food and nature, and do a podcast, too. If it’s wild game, fish, or edible wild plants and mushrooms, you’ll find it here. Hope you enjoy the site!

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