BLACKENED VENISON LOIN STEAKS

As we ease into spring and deer season lies at a distance in our sporting rear view mirror, it’s time to put some of that fine fare from fall that has been resting in your freezer to tasty use. Here’s one of my recipes offered with that in mind:

Ingredients:

  • 4-6 venison loin steaks, cut 1-inch thick
  • 1/2-1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
  • 1/4-1/2 teaspoon salt

Press pepper into both sides of each venison steak.  Place steaks on grill (or in a broiler pan) two or three inches from heat.  Grill 10 to 12 minutes or until desired doneness is reached.  Turn only once and do not overcook.  Season with salt when cooking is completed.  Simple and supremely satisfying.

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In company with his late wife, Ann, Jim Casada wrote a number of cookbooks focusing on game or foods from the wild. One of those, The Complete Venison Cookbook, is available from him or the Sporting Classics Store. Jim’s next book, Fishing for Chickens: A Smokies Food Memoir, is due out from the University of Georgia Press in mid-2022. He is currently taking advance reservations for copies. To reserve a copy or learn more about his many other books, include his recent multi-award winning A Smoky Mountain Boyhood: Memories, Musings, and More, visit his website at www.jimcasadaoutdoors.com or e-mail him at jimcasada@comporium.net.

 

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