Venison Burgers!!!

[Nauti Natured]

OK ... tonight we try the ground venison.


Ingredients
• 1lb ground venison
• I cup minced bacon (bits w/oil if u don’t want to cook bacon)
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• ½ sweet onion, minced
• 8 Shakes Worcestershire sauce
• 1 glug Smokey Allegro
• 6 Shakes Lime Pepper
• 1 pinch sea salt
• 1 glug Red Wine
• 1 egg, Blue Cheese Crumbles
Directions
1. Mash Venison with Allegro, egg, lime pepper, one teaspoon garlic, sea salt, one glug olive oil, Red Wine, and Worcestershire
2. Heat bacon in a skillet over medium heat with 1 glug olive oil, onion, and one teaspoon garlic, until onion is transparent and softened, about 3 minutes. Put bacon, onion, and garlic in fridge and let cool to touch.
3. Once cool, mix in with venison. Refrigerate for 20 minutes.
4. Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat (300-400 degrees).
5. Shape the mixture into patties (make a thumb print in the middle of patties to prevent rise) and grill for four minutes on one side, flip, and sprinkle blue cheese crumbles on the other side, and cook for another 5-7 minutes.
6. Serve on toasted hamburger buns with raw sweet onion topping and condiments of your choice. (I like A1 Bold & Spicy and my wife likes a creamy balsamic vinaigrette dressing)


I have got to tell you this is one of the best meals I have ever put in my mouth. The combo of the flavor of the venison plus the smokiness of the marinade and the blue cheese sent this one over the top. I hope some of you try this. It is not often that my wife and I fight over the last patty. Of course, she won.

[RobB]

gave this a shot tonight and was very good. thanks for posting.

[scattered_grass]

That's the only kind of burger we cook at home...I would never eat a beef burger if I had venison, no comparison!

[SportFishStaff]

We had vennison cheese steaks
Lady down here will chip your whole deer if you wanted. Soft long roll MMMMM. Its funny to watch my girls eat beef on the rare occasion they have it. They are all like Dad this meat tastes funny.lol

[Nauti Natured]

I am so glad you tried the recipe! I did the same recipe with Bison recently and it was just as good. The nice thing about Bison is that it is readily available at our local Harris Teeter.

Bison .... well only when my hunter friends want something from me

[Kahi]

I never tried this BBQ Sauce..Any good?

[Nauti Natured]

I never tried this BBQ Sauce..Any good?

Its actually not a barbeque sauce. Its more like a soy sauce consistency ... like a tenderizer. Regular Allegro goes into almost every marinade I make. It is a staple. The smokey Allegro is delicious but VERY smokey and powerful so a little goes a long way. This is one of the key flavors in this meal along with the blue cheese. I highly recommend it but I can not emphasize enough ... just a splash. Too much of it will overpower and ruin the meal.