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Venison shank recipes shine by way of a slow cooker or braising. If you love osso bucco, you’ll love these dishes.
This venison pot pie recipe braises venison with mushrooms, herbs, and stout until tender. It’s topped off with a flaky pie crust and cooked until golden brown in a rich dark gravy. If you’re looking for another hearty comfort food dish, check out my venison shepherd’s pie. For even more dinner ideas, check out my […]
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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This isn’t your average venison pasta. It’s a summertime stunner with sweet corn, rich venison, and a creamy sauce that clings to every bite of rigatoni or orecchiette. The braised-then-crisped venison gives you the depth and texture of slow-cooked meat with the punch of seared flavor. Add fresh cherry tomatoes, grated Pecorino Romano, and a
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Slow cooker BBQ venison is the kind of meal that brings everyone to the table. Whether you’re feeding the family on a busy weeknight or piling meat onto buns for a backyard get-together, this recipe delivers. It’s easy to make, full of flavor, and turns lean cuts of venison into a classic comfort food. All
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Venison vegetable soup is one of the 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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Homemade venison sloppy joes (aka sloppy does) are weeknight comfort food at its best. This version trades the canned mystery sauce for real spices, red wine, and crushed tomatoes. So you get big flavor without a lot of work or losing the taste of the deer meat. You can make these sloppy joes with ground
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These slow cooker venison shanks cook low and slow until the meat pulls from the bone. The braising liquid turns dark, rich, sweet, and spicy with the help of red wine, jalapeños, orange, dates, and warm spices. Shanks are not quick-cooking meat. They need a long, moist cook to soften the connective tissue. Done right,
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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 cuts of venison that yield tender results when cooked low and slow. As far as which cuts to use, necks, shoulders, shanks,
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Venison osso buco is one of the best ways to cook deer shanks. Cross-cut venison shanks are browned, then slowly braised in red wine and stock, and served over creamy mascarpone polenta with a bright, tasty horseradish gremolata. This is the kind of dish that makes folks change their minds about eating shanks. The marrow,
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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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