What Are Caribou steaks and How Can I Use Them?

Wondering what to do with caribou steaks? This guide covers how to pick them, cook them, store them, and swap them — with 7 recipes to put them to work.

Recipes using caribou steaks

There are 7 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Mustard Fried Caribou

Mustard fried caribou steaks coated in Dijon and horseradish, then pan-seared to medium rare. A quick wild game recipe with bold, peppery crust and juicy pink center.

Stuffed Steak

Pan-seared caribou cube steaks topped with bacon-studded rice and mushroom stuffing, simmered in savory mushroom gravy. A hearty wild game dinner for hungry folks.

Chinese Jerky

Asian flavor, make your own jerky, use any game meat or even beef

Caribou Steaks with Green Peppercorn Sauce

Garlic-marinated caribou steaks grilled and topped with a buttery green peppercorn and cognac sauce. A refined wild game dinner with French bistro flair.

Caribou Steaks with Whisky Sauce

Pan-seared caribou steaks draped in a smoky Scotch whisky sauce spiked with tart cranberries, orange juice, and currant jelly for a wild game dinner that tastes like the Canadian wilderness.

A-1 Caribou Steak

Wild game caribou steak pounded tender, seared in butter with golden onions, then simmered in A-1 sauce, sherry, and Worcestershire: finished with flambéed brandy at the table.

Grilled Caribou Steaks

Grilled caribou steaks marinated 24 hours in red wine with ginger and hot pepper sauce, then rubbed with bacon drippings and grilled medium-rare. Wild game cooking at its most direct.

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