1. Spice It Up
Some feel wild game meat has, well, a gamey taste. To help counteract this, prepare wild game with a strong spice, such as garlic or ginger. Take your game meat and add salt, a little olive or canola oil, strong spices, such as ginger, garlic or chile pepper, and vegetables, such as onion, leek or other flavorful selections. Then saute it with a little olive or canola oil and add more of the spices if desired. You may even add things like ginger again at the end of cooking to make the taste especially strong. Pair your main dish with a mild side, such as brown rice with just a bit of oil and salt to balance out the meal.
2. Let It Sit
Letting your wild game sit in marinade generally wakes up the flavor and gives your game meat a tender, melt in your mouth flavor. Get a plastic zipper bag and fill it with a bit of olive oil, salt, apple cider vinegar and your favorite spices. Try a combination of basil, garlic, parsley and oregano with some pine nuts and balsamic vinegar for an Italian venison steak. Or try an oriental spin on your fresh turkey breast by adding a little orange juice concentrate, garlic and ginger. Try some soy sauce; if your family is sensitive, use rice or white wine vinegar instead. Place the meat in the bag and coat it thoroughly with the marinade. Let this sit in your fridge no less than a few hours to overnight, but no longer than a day.
3. Over the Open Fire
Nothing tastes as good cooked indoors as out. When spring breaks in your neck of the woods, get out your grill and cook up some venison burgers that the whole family can enjoy. Chop some onion very fine, mix with ground deer meat, pepper, salt and your favorite spices; try garlic, ground mustard, a bit of chile pepper and some parsley. Make sure the grill is clean and fire up some charcoal, or if you have a gas grill, soak some mesquite chips in water. Then sprinkle them on top of your lava rock base and enjoy the smoked flavor of mesquite with the modern convenience of your gas grill.
4. Throw It in the Stew Pot
Get some rascally rabbits on your last hunt? Use them in a nice rabbit stew. Boil the rabbits until tender in salted water, with maybe a little garlic for taste. De-bone and add it to your regular stew vegetable choices for a hearty stew that's a little on the wild side.
5. Pluck, Roast and Serve It
If your wild game is of a fowl nature, a common preparation method is simply roasting it in the oven. Thoroughly pluck and clean your ducks, pheasants, geese, quail or other bird of choice and toss it in a roasting pan. Add a little of your favorite marinade and spices. Through some vegetables like potatoes, carrots, onions or mushrooms into the mix, cover and roast for something a little different than your every day chicken dinner.
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