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Venison
Rocky Mountain Elk Stew
An elk stew recipe with flavors of the Rocky Mountains: Green chile, beans, corn, mushrooms, wheat berries and herbs. Any sort of red meat will work in this recipe.
Ducks and Geese
Goose Pastrami
If there is one perfect recipe for Canada goose breasts, this is it. Pastrami. Cured like corned beef, then coated in coriander and black pepper and smoked.
American Recipes
Spicy Butternut Squash Soup
A classic smooth butternut squash soup, spiked with bacon and garnished with pumpkin seeds and smoked paprika.
Fish
Whitefish Salad
A classic recipe for whitefisah salad with sour cream, capers, celery and sweet onions. Smoked whitefish is traditional, but most fish works.
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Mushrooms
Jousting with the Yellow Knight
Yellow knight mushrooms, also known as man on horseback, are a controversial edible mushroom. Here’s what you need to know before eating them.
Spanish
Spanish Garlic Pheasant
Spanish garlic chicken is a wild take on the classic pollo al ajillo, but this recipe is geared for pheasants and other game birds.
Eastern European
Halaszle, Hungarian Fish Soup
A recipe for classic halaszle, a Hungarian fish soup heavy with paprika. It normally uses freshwater fish like carp, but most fish work here.
French
Classic Sauce Robert
A recipe for the classic French sauce Robert, served with goose. This is a rich, zippy mustard gravy that works well with most meats.
Hi, I’m Hank Shaw
I’m a James Beard Award-winning author and chef. I started this site back in 2007 to help you get the most out of all things wild: fish, game, edible wild plants and mushrooms. I also write cookbooks, and write a website dedicated to the intersection of food and nature. If it’s wild, you’ll find it here. Hope you enjoy the site!
Venison Recipes
Venison is incredibly versatile, and there are more than 150 different recipes for your favorite deer, elk, pronghorn, or moose here. Oh, and you can almost always sub in beef or lamb.
Venison
Corned Venison
If you hunt deer, you need to know this recipe. It’s a staple here at the house, making a fantastic, lean version of corned beef that’s great for sandwiches, with cabbage or in hash. You will find yourself making it all the time…
Venison
The Best Venison Chili
This is my master recipe for venison chili, and it is the best chili you have probably ever had. Seriously. It’s won awards. Beans or no beans, and, honestly, any meat, this is a recipe you need to know by heart. It’s that good.
Venison
Venison Barbacoa
Barbacoa is a kind of Mexican barbecue where meats (usually beef) are wrapped in leaves with warming spices and baked in a pit. My version of barbacoa uses venison, but it tastes a lot like the barbacoa you’ll get at Chipotle or in regular Mexican restaurants – it’s an ideal taco or burrito meat.
Venison
Venison Stock
A basic recipe for making a rich broth from the bones and trimmings of any red meat animal, from deer to beef and more.
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Salmon and Trout
Rich, colorful, fatty, awesome. I have tons of recipes for all varieties of salmon and trout, freshwater and salt.
Salmon and Trout
Cucumber Sauce for Salmon
If you’ve never paired salmon with cucumbers, you are missing out. It’s a surprisingly natural combination, and since both are in season now, I thought I’d put them together in a pretty little date-night dish.
Salmon and Trout
Pan Fried Trout with Peas
Butterflied, pan fried trout with the youngest, freshest peas. What could be more springtime than that? Here’s how to make crispy fried trout with either fillets or a butterflied fish.
Scandinavian
Icelandic Salmon Soup
A Nordic take on salmon soup. Chunks of salmon or trout, served with potatoes, cream, dill and, if you have it, whey.
Salmon and Trout
Grilled Trout or Kokanee
Little mountain trout, grilled simply and served simply. This is one of the iconic foods of the outdoors, one technique you should master if you chase these little torpedoes of quicksilver. Here’s how to grill trout without it sticking.
