Venison Recipes: Tender Deer Steaks, Burgers & Roasts

Venison is a lean, flavorful protein when prepared correctly to remove the 'gamey' taste. Master techniques for deer backstraps, tenderloin roasts, and skillet-cooked deer sausage with onions.

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How to Cook a Deer Shoulder in the Oven

Venison, even from farm-raised deer, is much leaner than conventional beef. This affects how you cook it, because fat is an insulator. The leaner, denser flesh of a deer will cook more quickly than a comparable piece of beef, and requires both a lower temperature and a shorter cooking time.

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How to Cook Deer Cube Steak to Remove the Game Taste

Farm-raised venison is an easy meat to like, a lean and flavorful alternative to beef that can be cooked in much the same way. Wild venison is more problematic, in part because it's often tough and can have a strong, gamy flavor.

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