Probably the best meat Ive ever eaten is freshly killed kudu in South Africa. It smelled awful but the taste wasnt all.
A yearlings liver is besttheyre mild and pleasant tasting.
What is the best tasting wild game meat. If youre to ask many hunters they will tell you that elk is one of the few meats that they can stomach for two meals a day and seven days a week. Elk also happens to. In that spirit here are my top five wild-game meats in America.
This might seem a tad predictable but Im including whitetail deer because the animal has a greater ability to produce consistently high-quality meat than any other large mammal that I know ofand I know of quite a few. Its perfectly common to get a bull elk. Cooking Wild Game Meat.
When it comes to cooking wild game you may be interested to know that the guidelines are pretty similar to how you would cook any red meat. There is only one hard-set rule with cooking wild meats. As previously mentioned wild game is very lean which means that if you cook it too long the meat is.
The most wild meat if eaten is plain old whitetail. You can cook any wild meat to a decent taste I know because Ive eaten BBQd possum once but of whitetail a yearling is the best. Particularly if that yearling has had a few days to hang in about 40 degrees.
Give me that over cow any day of the week. This really depends on what cut of meat how its cared for and how its cooked. Ive eaten some crappy overcooked venison.
Ive also eaten some that seems to just melt in your mouth. I like pretty much all of it. My favorite was probably the moose that I only had once.
I tried kangaroo jerky once. It smelled awful but the taste wasnt all. Mans real best friend.
Something Ive likely eaten way too much of after moving to South Africa. Ive counted and in the last 15 months living in SA Ive eaten at least 60 chickens JUST at Nandos. Throw in my bi-weekly visit to steakhouses where I maul throw half kilo steaks and Ive done some serious work here.
South Africa is the place for meat lovers that want delicious meat at. Axis deer are still the undisputed tastiest exotic wild game in Texas. A native of India Axis now make the rolling hills and brush country of the lone star state their favorite home.
They were introduced to Texas in 1932 and by 1988 Texas Parks Wildlife found free-ranging Axis in 27 counties in central and south Texas. Probably the best meat Ive ever eaten is freshly killed kudu in South Africa. Its a small hooved animal one of 20 in the African venison familyantelopes are in there.
But kudu itself the meat is pale pink light and sweeta beautiful delicate flavor. A yearlings liver is besttheyre mild and pleasant tasting. The liver from an older animal will oftentimes have a much stronger taste.
To make matters worse with this meal I left the damn thing in a hot skillet way too long which is a cardinal sin when dealing with liver. The smell of that overcooked meat was almost as bad as the taste. Sable and Eland are the best meats but dont toss a good free range Karoo lamb.
Overcooking wild game meat is a cardinal sin. The game taste in wild meat is actually amplified the more you cook it. Low and slow is the name of this game.
Any pan seared venison needs only a little bit of time on both sides but medium rare should be about all the meat is cooked at the most. Antelopewhich is my favorite game meat by the wayis also the one thats most susceptible to getting tainted. Antelope season typically falls.
Wild Chef Blogs. So is axis deer the best game meat there is like so many claim. Thats hard for me to say.
It is damn good. For my first taste. Dorado or mahi-mahi is a great-tasting fish that has lean pink meat with a mild sweet flavor.
They are also prized by anglers for their acrobatic prowess on the line.