Venison Tenders, are one of our camp favorites. I have been doing these for 30 years and with hunting season around the corner I thought I would share this one. Venison tenders are very rich and tender with more than a hint of coarse ground black pepper. This is very easy to do and your buddies will always want you to be the camp cook so be careful.
This can easily be done on a stove top or a campfire but I chose to use my Davey Crockett tailgater from GMG to add that “Kiss of Smoke”. This is so simple to do, you wrap cubes of meat in bacon add your seasoning and cook it like you would do a pot roast until fork tender. So, you can use the tough meat that would normally go into the grinder. And you can do this with any game meat you have or even beef, chicken or pork chunks. Filet of Yak would probably work, too.
Things have changed a lot over the years and one of those changes are tailgater grills. Our Green Mountain Davey Crockett tailgater runs on 12 volts and you can set it down anywhere. Most hunting camps don’t have electricity and that’s not a problem with the Davey Crockett. It will run for days on an “Emergency Jump Starter” that will fit in your glove box. So, you can smoke or grill up a storm in camp from burgers to pulled pork!
This year I have discovered Chef of the Future South Western seasoning that I thought would just set this off. I was thinking of a nice dusting to top it off would be just right. I was correct, off the hook, no leftovers…
Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on our Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker but sometimes we cook inside. We always eat outside on our patio where it is very comfortable with a rainforest theme. Wood Pellet Patio Heater, little lights, candles, lanterns and surround sound. We enjoy a little wine, or strawberry margaritas using frozen strawberries for ice, good food, music and sometimes a dance or two…
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Venison Tenders A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe
Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 2 ½ hours @ 400 degrees (205c) Grill: Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill Pellets: Green Mountain’s Gold Blend BBQ Pellets
Ingredients: Venison Tenders
- 1 pound thick cut pepper bacon
- 1 ½ pounds cubed venison
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup Worcestershire sauce
- Coarse black pepper, to taste
- 1 Tbsp. garlic powder
- 1 Tbsp. onion powder
- A dusting of red pepper flakes, to taste
- Chef of the Future South Western seasoning
- toothpicks
Venison Tenders A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe
Cooking Directions: Venison Tenders
Cut the bacon in half. Cut your meat into bite size cubes and wrap with a strip of bacon securing with a toothpick. Place them into a large cast iron Dutch oven. Cover with the water and Worcestershire sauce. Do a heavy covering of the black pepper adding the onion and garlic powder. Then, top it off with a nice dusting of the Chef of the Future South Western seasoning.
Preheat your grill to 400 degrees (205c) and place your Dutch oven in it. Do a rapid boil until the liquid is almost gone. Lower heat and cover and continue cooking until the meat is browned and fork tender, about a half hour or so. Your Venison Tenders will be very rich and no teeth needed.
Because there no smoke at 400 degrees I used an A-MAZE-N-Tube smoker on the side for that “Kiss of Smoke” with Maple pellets to blend a bit with the bacon.
Note: I get a lot of questions about the kind of pellets you can use with a recipe. Keep in mind that a recipe is just an outline. Some you need to follow closely like when you are making bread, but most you can do anything you can dream, our favorite way to cook. Feel free to mix and match the pellets until you find a combination you really like. Also you are only smoking at temps less than 250 degrees (122c), anything higher is cooking and there will not be much if any smoke so it does not matter what kind of pellet you are using.
Venison Tenders A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe
Venison Tenders A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe
