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Walleye Basil Stir Fry

From the cookbook Lake Fish: Modern Cooking with Freshwater Fish by Keane Amdahl, this dish has a lot of flexibility. Follow Keane's suggestions of broccoli, carrots, pea pods and some thinly sliced red onion, or feel free to experiment. When it all comes together with the basil, ginger, garlic, and stir-fry sauce, you’re going to have yourself a winning dish. Note that the flaky nature of the walleye means the fish will break into smaller pieces during the cooking process.

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Traditional Venison Pasties

There are various spinoffs from the traditional Cornish pasties, including empanadas infused with spices, and a similar dish called a hand pie that uses salted fish as the main filling. This basic recipe that was featured in the Outdoor News Taste of the Wild, is a mainstay of many homes across the Great Lakes states, relying on ground venison, potatoes and vegetables.

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Venison Stroganoff with Cognac Cream Sauce

With a foundation of venison, this recipe by Eileen Clarke builds flavor with Cognac instead of wine, and by brining the wild game meat overnight. It makes this wild Stroganoff amazingly tender and flavorful.

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Deer Camp Favorites- Venison Jerky Challenge: The Smoker vs. The Dehydrator

In this recipe, Chef Justin Townsend pairs the two preparations methods of crafting homemade venison jerky against each other using the same recipe. One using a smoker, the other using a dehydrator, comparing time, texture, and overall flavor of both. After he passed the pieces out to some work colleagues for a blind comparison, you may be surprised by the top choice.

Tasty & Tender Upland Birds

Upland birds come in many varieties, some larger like blue grouse, some smaller like quail and Hungarian partridge. This recipe for pale birds is one that fits both large and small upland birds. It relies on long, moist cooking - so legs and breasts are both done at the same time. It’s also flexible enough to use on birds you’ve taken the time to pluck whole, as well as birds that are skinned and parted out.

Venison Birria

Birria is a Mexican dish from the state of Jalisco. The dish is a spicy stew, traditionally made from goat meat. However this version is a recipe that appeared in the Outdoor News Taste of the Wild feature was adapted by Chef Ara Zada with an optional slowcooker method.

Savory Duck Breasts with Seared Apples and Sweet Potatoes

The foundation of this recipe was originally shared by Outdoor News reader, Edward Krenzelok of Tony, Wisconsin. We’ve modified his recipe a bit by adding sliced sweet potatoes, which is similar to a dish with Polish ancestry. Edward’s version calls for the preparation to be done on the stove top, and we recommend a heavy cast iron pan to do justice to the searing process and consistency of heat.

Homemade Egg Rolls With Wild Duck

Although a full roast duck is a beautiful sight to behold on the dinner table, most waterfowl hunters know that once is a while, you’ll end up with a bird that is pretty shot-up, and that’s where this recipe comes…

Wild Game Steak with Chimichurri Sauce

As seen in the Outdoor News Taste of the Wild cooking feature, this recipe has a robust chimichurri sauce that is a flavorful accompaniment to your wild venison that is bright in color and profile, with flavors dominated by the garlic and cilantro. You can adjust the intensity according to your personal heat index by removing the seeds in the peppers.

A recipe featured in the Outdoor News Taste of the Wild from Justin Townsend of Harvesting Nature has smoked salmon as a key ingredient.

Smoked Orange Bourbon Glazed Salmon with Basil Pesto and Pasta

In this Taste of the Wild recipe shared by Justin Townsend, author of the cookbook: Eat Wild Game, you have a simple pasta dish that offers the smokiness of the salmon balances the sweetness of the dish, and the bite of the pesto. Toss some capers and tomatoes in the dish to add some extra citrus undertones.

Eileen Clarke Jerky Cookbook Available

Over 100 jerky recipes made from whitetail and mule deer, elk, antelope and moose, bear, upland and waterfowl birds and even wild hog are found in the latest cookbook from Eileen Clarke. Clarke is a long-time contributor to the Outdoor News Taste of the Wild cooking feature, and author of several other wild-game focused cookbooks. "Stalking the Wild Jerky" is available October 2019.

Duck Boudin Balls with Remoulade Sauce

This recipe uses almost the whole duck and a few extra parts. To make these fried boudin balls you will need to save the livers, hearts and gizzards from six ducks. If you don’t have duck livers, hearts or gizzards you can substitute with chicken livers, hearts and gizzards.

Smoked Venison Roast

With hunting season just around the corner, and many people testing new recipes in their smokers, we thought you would enjoy this recipe shared by Kory Slye of Harvesting Nature. You will need a meat injector to prepare the roast, and Kory suggests using apple wood in the smoking process.

Another Outdoor News Taste of the Wild Recipe feature from Jamie Carlson of Modern Carnivore

Panfish Tom Kha Soup

This Thai-inspired soup is a slightly sweet and sour soup with a touch of spice has all the great flavors of summer. Taste of the Wild Contributor Jamie Carlson of Modern Carnivore says It is one of his favorite ways to use pan fish, and adds that it could be made with any northern tier freshwater fish or even salmon. In the fall you could use pheasants or grouse or maybe even squirrel.

Big Game Bologna Jerky

This Bologna Jerky recipe is from Eileen Clarke’s newest wild game cookbook, available Christmas 2019. Tentatively titled The Wild Jerky Handbook, there are more than 100 recipes for deer, elk, waterfowl, moose, bear, wild pig, turkey, antelope—using everything from whiskey…

Tips for Smoking Fish

To smoke fish, you'll want to use wood chips such as alder and even mulberry that have a mild effect on the flavor of the end product Avoid smoking anything using the wood from pine, cypress, elm, sycamore, fir, or Eastern cedar trees due to the high resins in the wood.

Wild Turkey Stuffed Peppers

Its the time of year when fresh bell peppers from your garden beg to be filled with a flavorful mix of your wild turkey meat, black beans and wild rice - in this recipe that was featured in the Outdoor News Taste of the Wild.

Nettle Gnocchi Recipe by Taste of the Wild Contributor Jamie Carlson of Modern Carnivore

Stinging Nettle Gnocchi

If you would have asked the ten-year-old version of this Taste of the Wild contributor if he wanted to eat some stinging nettles as a boy, he probably would have run away from you screaming. Little did Jamie Carlson know that nettles are perfectly edible and quite delicious, as you'll discover in his recipe for Nettle Gnocchi.

Shagbark Hickory Syrup

If you missed out on gathering sap to make maple syrup this season, and want to try something new – consider this recipe shared by Ellen Zachos that was featured in the Outdoor News Taste of the Wild feature recipe. Shagbark hickory syrup can be used in place of maple syrup on pancakes or waffles. Use it to flavor sorbets or ice cream. It’s also tasty swirled into yogurt, in a glaze for chicken, pork, or salmon, or as a craft cocktail ingredient.

Ten Minute Venison Steaks with Spicy Jalapeno Garlic Butter

This recipe is from Eileen Clarke’s bullet-to-fork wild game cookbook titled "Slice of the Wild", where there are several other seasoned butter combos that are just as easy and tasty as the Spicy Jalapeno Garlic Butter featured in this recipe.

Three Bean Red Chili With Game Meat

It’s the time of year when you’re likely spending more time outside and having a meal that doesn’t require a lot of babysitting once you’ve got it in the pot is a great way to use that game meat you’ve…

Ellen Zachos

Meet another contributor to the Outdoor News Taste of the Wild cooking feature, noted foraging expert and author, Ellen Zachos.

Jalapeno Marinated Snapper

The core recipe from Chef Ara Zada is a spicy twist on traditional "pickled fish", and can easily be interchanged with other white fish including those harvested from cold northern waters such as pike or walleye, or equally - saltwater varieties such as halibut or yellowtail.

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