These venison stew meat and soup recipes are comfort food at its best. Slow cooker, crockpot or stove top they are all easy to make.
This hamburger stew is what I make when I’m craving a hearty stew but short on time. Waiting for stew meat to become tender can take hours. This recipe uses ground venison or ground beef. I prefer venison since I usually have a freezer full of it. If you crave stews as much as I […]
Slow cooker venison stew is what I get going the morning of an all-day cold sit in the treestand. Brown the meat, scrape the pan, load the crock, and let low heat do the work while you’re out looking for more meat to stock the freezer. By dinner, those tough cuts turn fork-tender, and all
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There are some dishes you make once in a while, and others you come back to every season without thinking twice. Venison Bourguignon is one of mine. Every fall, I set aside a few roasts or shanks, batch cook this recipe, and stock the freezer for deer season. It’s also a tradition at my family’s
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Venison vegetable soup with barley is one easiest and most comforting wild game dishes you can make. Packed with delicious root vegetables, tender barley and fall-apart venison, It’s an easy family favorite packed in a bowl! If you’re looking for more soul-warming dishes for the 2026 deer season, check out my complete collection of venison soup
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This easy and delicious Venison Pozole recipe is the ultimate comfort food. When thinking of authentic pozole, succulent fatty pork is likely to come to mind. But in this recipe, I opt for using cuts of venison that yield tender results from cooking low and slow. As far as which cuts to use, necks, shoulders,
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This Instant Pot venison stew is one of my favorite ways to turn tougher cuts of deer meat into a rich, hearty meal. It draws inspiration from Latin America, Africa, and the Lowcountry of the coastal South. Cooking deer meat in a pressure cooker is one of the best ways to quickly break down shoulder,
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This hearty venison stew is my go-to cold-weather comfort food when I want to keep things light and simple. The deer meat goes in first for a slow simmer, then carrots and potatoes. I reduce the broth until it glosses a spoon and balance it with soy, wine, and a little cider vinegar. My family
This venison and dumplings recipe is one of my favorite comfort food meals of all time. Soft, plum dumplings swam in a delicious gravy with fork-tender deer meat. The perfect cold-weather combo. Looking for more comfort food for the 2025 hunting season? Check out my entire collection of venison slow cooker recipes. If you want
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