153 game meat recipes

Simple roasted Cornish game hens with lemon, onion, butter, and white wine. Elegant individual birds that roast to golden perfection in under an hour for special dinners.

Grilled Cornish hens with a honey-cumin plum rub tucked under the skin, served on baby spinach with grilled plums and balsamic vinaigrette. A showstopping summer grill dinner.

Barbecued Texas cabrito: young goat slathered in mustard and a chili-lemon-pepper rub, then smoked low and slow over indirect heat and mopped with a beer-and-citrus sop. Authentic Tex-Mex smoked goat, tender and bold.

Alligator stew simmers tender cubes of gator tail in a spiced broth of green chiles, tomato, garlic and cumin. A soak in salted water and milk first keeps the meat mild and tender. A true Cajun wild-game stew.

BBQ beaver tails braised with onions, sherry, mustard, and barbecue sauce, then topped with parmesan and baked. A traditional Canadian wild game preparation for an unusual cut of meat.

Slow-roasted venison ribs smothered in a maple syrup and brown sugar BBQ sauce with ketchup, Worcestershire, chili powder, and lemon juice. Baked until charred on top and fork-tender throughout.

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.

Broiled venison steaks basted in a savory butter sauce with steak sauce and Worcestershire. A quick 30-minute wild game dinner that brings out the rich, earthy flavor of deer meat.

Make your barbecue feel special and enjoy the summer days in a new way.

A 50/50 mix of pork and venison keeps this venison sausage recipe plump and juicy.

Homemade venison sausage with a 50/50 venison-pork blend, garlic, salt, and black pepper. A simple family recipe for making bulk sausage from ground deer meat.

Easy and simple recipe that allows the venison loin to be the star.

Apricot-glazed Cornish hens roasted whole over a buttery bread stuffing scented with celery, onion, and marjoram, basted with a sweet-tart apricot preserves glaze.

Venison pate with pork belly and chicken livers, marinated overnight in red wine with orange zest, thyme, and garlic, then baked in a terrine and finished with aspic glaze.

Roasted Cornish hens stuffed with lemon, garlic, and rosemary, basted with honey-lemon glaze and finished with a white wine pan sauce. Elegant individual portions for special occasions.

Tame wild game with this braised venison in a mushroom sauce.