Simple and Delicious Venison Steak
… Easy and Fun from Freezer to Dinner Plate
This simple venison steak recipe we mostly use for the backyard grill, but it can also be easily cooked in the broiler of your kitchen stove, on a griddle-plate or in the colas of a wilderness hunt campfire a hundred miles from civilization. It’s easy and delicious!
First, trim your steaks of any obvious fat as venison fat is not sweet, it is tart when cooked. On both sides of the steak(s), rub in a dash of salt, pepper and any of your own personal favorite garden herbs. Then, on a sheet of heavy aluminum foil large enough to allow fold-over and enclosure of the steak in the middle, spread a drop or two of olive oil on the bottom where the steaks will be placed.
Position the steak(s) in the center of the foil (can place two small steaks side by side), smear the top of the steak with a tablespoon or two of Campbell’s mushroom soup, right from the can. Carefully place a semi-thick slice of sweet onion on top of that, add a thinly sliced collection of red or yellow peppers atop the onion, drop in a quarter teaspoon (or so) of minced garlic and carefully start to fold the aluminum foil around the steaks to form a sort of sealed envelope package, being extra careful to leave a small opening on one top end.
In this opening, add four to five tablespoons of water. Now close-up that foil opening nice and tight, place on a medium heat grill (300F) or in an oven for 15 minutes.
The foil envelope forms a sort of mini-pressure cooker. Once cooked, you’ll be able to hear the water boiling, be very careful when you open the foil. The steam is super-heated and looking for a quick escape, so use your oven gloves. If you don’t have steam exiting, you may have cooked it too long or did not add enough water, remember that for next time.
Remove the steak from the foil wrapper and to your plate to serve with the other preparations you wish to eat. We like whole sweet potatoes, green beans or carrots and a small salad with a glass of red wine.
The steak is so tender it will literally fall apart. You can add your favorite steak sauce if you like, but most of my family simply eats right out of the wrapper from the grill.
So simple, so delicious, so good for you.