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I'm gonna be cooking pinto beans and green chile over the weekend. Normally I would use pork in it, but I have some venison and I feel daring. it's not gonna be a texas chili style pinto.. but a brothy pinto bean and green chile. wanna know best way to prepare the deer meat prior to a few hours of slow simmer in the pot. any ideas???
@LibertySpeaks @TKW406 Some, but that's caramelizing; think along the lines of a braise- like add a chunk or two of salt pork for the liquid portion of the stewing.
@KyleL that actually may work. I usually use chicken broth after soaking the pintos overnight. I could once those start simmering add in the have the salt pork cubed and use the other half to do the deer in
@LibertySpeaks Just so- and you can brown the meat with the salt pork, then leave the fat in the pan with the browned bits.
@KyleL sounds good.
@LibertySpeaks I hope it works well for you. My father hunted, and so I can remember some of my folks' techniques for cooking.
@KyleL I'll be sure to let you know
@LibertySpeaks Please do! And a basic recipe followed would be good as well!
@LibertySpeaks I'll add bison also cooks like venison, so a lot of the same techniques work there as well- barding and so on.
@LibertySpeaks @TKW406 24hrs marinating in port wine. Venison and port were made for each other. Also, add a bit of pork fat as venison is so lean it really helps the flavour.
@stueytheround @TKW406 that is an awesome idea
@LibertySpeaks @TKW406 marinate in white wine, salt, pepper, garlic, and onions first overnight.
@LibertySpeaks @TKW406 I am looking at making an elk posole this weekend :) :)
@Blackwolf @TKW406 I'm doing posole as well. its my "lets fill the freezer with shit" weekend
@LibertySpeaks @TKW406 Hell yeah....or...make enough food to not have to go out the rest of the week :)
Although it’s been a while since I cooked with venison (had an avid hunter friend), I found soaking the meat in milk for 24 hours prior to cooking removed much of the gaminess.
@LibertySpeaks @TKW406 I have no recommendations but that sounds delicious!
@LibertySpeaks @TKW406 Venison and wild meat tends to be very lean, so you might want to add fats via bacon.