Every August I try to cook through everything in the deep freezer. Multiple reasons for this annual event; 1) saves money eating what we have 2) minimizes potiential losses if a hurricane comes and knocks out power 3) out with the old and room for the new since hunting season is coming. 

I recently took inventory of what we have remaining and I realized I was going to need some help from y’all. We have a ton of deer steaks and I only have 2 recipes I normally make; grilled marinated steaks and steak fajitas.  

Help! Everything I google and find on Pinterest is along one line or the other. Someone has to have tried something creative I can do with these so we aren’t eating the same thing over and over! We need some variety! Can you cook these in the crockpot some way??

I’m sharing my recipes below to kick us off. Comment with your suggestions! 

Grilled Marinated Deer Steaks

Prep time = 10 minutes

Cook time = 8 minutes

Resting time = 5 minutes

Total time = 5 hours 18 minutes

Ingredients: 

1.5 lbs venison steak (1” thick) 

3 tablespoons Italian dressing

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

1 tablespoon soy sauce

2 teaspoons minced garlic

1/2 teaspoon ground pepper

1/4 cup dry red wine (anything you like to drink)  

Directions: 

1) Mix ingredients in ziplock bag then add venison. Seal bag and lay flat in refrigerator.

2) Let rest for 5-8 hours in refrigerator turning regularly.  

3) Let it come to room temperature for 1 hour before cooking.  

4) Cook on 500 F grill. Approximently 4 minutes on each side for medium rare. 

5) Aside from grill and let rest for 5-10 minutes before slicing to serve.  

Steak Fajitas

I do these more as a “leftover”  meal. I marinade double the amount of steak and have hubs grill it all up. See previous recipe and pictures with giant plate of meat. After dinner I slice it up and add it to a Tupperware with 1/2 cup of water with this Tex-mex seasoning. Refrigerate until ready to use. 

Directions:  

1) Slice half an onion, a green pepper, and 2 cloves of garlic to a pan with 1 tablespoon of EVOO and cook on medium-low until soft. 

2) Dump in Tupperware mixture of Tex-Mex seasoning and steak. Stir and simmer until majority of water has evaporated. 

3) Assemble fajitas and enjoy! We like to use 1 big burrito wrap instead of 3 little fajita wraps for our dinner. 

XOXO

The Mr. & Amanda