Pretty much all of the recipes can be modified for store bought protein sources. You may have stumbled upon this blog and you don’t hunt, and that’s okay, feel free to make substitutions for store bought protein sources by using the following general guide:
Ground Beef: Any recipe with ground meat can be used with any red meat variety including: deer, elk, barbary sheep, etc. Wild game ground meat is going to be a leaner protein source.
Chicken: Most recipes with poultry are interchangeable with pheasant, grouse, prairie chickens, etc.
Pork: Any recipe that lists wild hogs or javi?
Game meats that don’t have close store substitutes, and have fairly unique flavor profiles:
I’ve never had a piece of backstrap that needed much doctoring to be delicious, but it is sometimes fun to experiment with flavors. I usually have to make this with tenderized steaks because my husband swears I’m ruining good backstrap when I put literally anything on, in, or with it.
New Mexico is arguably one of the best big game states in the nation. We have an incredibly diverse landscape across the state featuring vast plains, stretches of the Rocky Mountains, and nearly everything in between. In 1941, the state imported Aoudads, commonly known as Barbary Sheep. They are incredible
I’m half Chinese and I love Asian cuisine. It’s one of the first things I learned how to cook with my dad (who is very much not the Chinese parent). I have to laugh at my dad being the cook in our house, because I found that to be pretty
Raise your hand if you’ve been personally victimized by a recipe that swore to be a quick 30 minutes. Yeah, me too. I promise you this one is quick, easy, and fills the need for dinner to take a half an hour or less. I will say, if you don’t
If you ask any of my close friends, family, or especially my husband what my favorite food is, they would likely say sauce. My husband has literally self proclaimed me the sauce queen, if that’s even a thing. I would argue that my favorite foods are steak, chocolate covered strawberries,
I think most people can agree that comfort can be found in chicken fried anything. Steak fingers are a favorite treat in our house when I have a little extra time for dinner. This recipe is definitely not on the 30 minute or less list, or the minimal dishes list
Let’s be honest, gravy is one of those things that just makes life better. This is a quick and easy scratch cream gravy that we love on biscuits, mashed potatoes, and chicken fried anything. If you are making this for biscuits and gravy, throw in a 1/4 lb of cooked
