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Posted elsewhere about my 9 year olds first deer last weekend. Yesterday we worked it up. The shoulder blades were deboned and thrown in the burger pile. Rather than fighting the silverskin and connective tissue, thought I'd try something else. Came across a Hank Shaw recipe for 'Venison Barbacoa'. Will probably use for enchiladas and the remains will go to tamales with some leftover pulled pork. This cooked down awesome, still had some work pulling the meat and the really thick pieces of ligament that were left, but not bad at all. Only deviation from the recipe was I smeared the lower legs with yellow mustard, sprinkled taco seasoning, garlic powder, and garlic on them before smoking. In the link he just says 'to turn it up a notch, smoke it for a few hours with some salt'. Lower legs on the smoker-I ended up smoking for 4 hours at 200-225. In the roaster pan partway through- 2 lbs of pulled meat with leg bones 99% clean. Might as well throw the workers picture up too- Hank Shaw's Venison Barbacoa RecipeIngredients 2 to 3 pounds venison, from the shoulder or legs 2 to 4 chipotles in adobo, canned 1 red onion, chopped 5 garlic cloves, chopped 2 bay leaves 1 teaspoon smoked paprika (optional) 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1 tablespoon kosher salt ½ cup lime juice ½ cup cider vinegar 1 quart beef or venison stock 1/4 cup lard or vegetable oil Smoked salt (optional) Cilantro, shredded cheese, sour cream, avocados and hot sauce for garnish Instructions Put everything in a slow cooker or Dutch oven and cook, covered, until the meat falls off the bone, which will be between 2 hours (for many domestic meats and young deer) and 6 hours if you have a very old animal. If you use a slow cooker, set it to “high.” If you use a regular pot, put it into the oven set to 300°F. Pull all the meat from the bones and shred with forks or your fingers. Stir in the lard and as much smoked salt as you want. You want the lard or oil to coat the shreds of meat. Pour over some of the juices from the pot and put the meat in a pan for the table. Serve with tacos, in a burrito or on a bun. Notes Have lots of accompaniments for your barbacoa: It's a base for a meal, the do-it-yourself construction of your tacos is more than half the fun!
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Looks great!!! All the tendon and membranes will melt and gives the meat a very good flavor.I sometimes do the shanks like that.It's for sure a tasty taco.Great to see the kids learning and seeing where their meat comes from.Good job!
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Awesome - thanks for sharing that.
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Hell of a thing!
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Frikken fantastic Guys (& gal) !!!!!
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We do this exact recipe with several game roasts every year.
I really like neck roasts for this recipe.
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We do this exact recipe with several game roasts every year.
I really like neck roasts for this recipe. How do you cut them? I have only ever boned the neck out for sausage.
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We do this exact recipe with several game roasts every year.
I really like neck roasts for this recipe. How do you cut them? I have only ever boned the neck out for sausage. Jim, I cut them off the bone, in 2 pieces per side, Just like I would for chunking to grind. Leave them like that, with all the connective tissue & gunk you fight with when chunking. Low N slow in cropckpot, with whatever you like. All that nasty stuff disappears, just like cooking shanks ! & Again, less work on the butchering table.
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We do this exact recipe with several game roasts every year.
I really like neck roasts for this recipe. How do you cut them? I have only ever boned the neck out for sausage. Jim, I cut them off the bone, in 2 pieces per side, Just like I would for chunking to grind. Leave them like that, with all the connective tissue & gunk you fight with when chunking. Low N slow in cropckpot, with whatever you like. All that nasty stuff disappears, just like cooking shanks ! & Again, less work on the butchering table. Yes, not much cutting. I like to have bone in (vertebrae) but cwd may affect how some want to approach bone-in. I like mine 2-3 lbs. In an elk, I can get 2 off each side.
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My only modification to that recipe is about 50% less stock. It's great otherwise.
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Hmmmmmmmm............makes me think of tacos.
Congrats to your son for putting meat on the table.
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Yum! I did something similar with the leg/thighs of my turkey from the spring. Made some awesome tacos with it.
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Smoked for 4 hours now in in the cooker. Smells amazing
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