Nilgai Recipes & Ideas

[Mr. Public]

I've been cooking the nilgai I harvested in November. I had it processed by Slovaceks Wild Game in Snook, TX. They do an exceptional job, quality packaging and great sausage. I had Nilgai Garlic pepperjack smoked sausage, ground hamburger, 1 hind cut into tenderized steaks the other cut into roasts and all the back strap cut into 8" pieces.

I've made nilgai nachos, nilgai lasagna bake, nilgai meat pie (forgot to oil the pan and the pizza dough stuck [emoji55]), smoked bacon nilgai burgers and countty fried nilgai steaks.

The country fried steaks were my best dish, lasagna bake was very good as well. The burgers were awesome, except I made them too large!


I'm smoking a venison backstrap today, its been in a brine over night.


Anyone have some insight or ideas on good nilgai dishes!?

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[Jared.King]

https://honest-food.net/venison-steak-diane/

This is incredible! I've done it 3 times with axis.

Anything that I've tried from Hank Shaw has been great! Just make sure you cook your meat from room temp, and let it rest. I think smoking one of those roasts should be awesome!

[Guerrero88]

Man that burger looks great

[mikeyb_23]

Did you mix the burger with anything?

[Mr. Public]

Did you mix the burger with anything?

Yes, the nilgai burger is 10% pork. I also took a package of sliced bacon and smoked it for 2 hours, then chopped it up and mixed it with the ground nilgai. I was stupid good. I get a lot of ideas from BBQ PIT BOYS on fb.

[Mr. Public]

https://honest-food.net/venison-steak-diane/
This is incredible! I've done it 3 times with axis.

Anything that I've tried from Hank Shaw has been great! Just make sure you cook your meat from room temp, and let it rest. I think smoking one of those roasts should be awesome!

Jared.King, thanks! I am definitely making that one night. My absolute favorite venison backstrap recipe I found in a Wild Game cook book, is a seared venison back strap with a BOURBON-Green Peppercorn cream sauce. It is awesome but kind of expensive due to the peppercorns and bourbon. I usually ended up hammered drunk by the time I'm eating it.

I'll post some pics of the NILGAI DIANE!

[czechgrubworm]

Good cook you are.....

[Mr. Public]

Some more dishes.

Country fried nilgai steak
Seared Duck breast with raspberry red wine reduction
Venison spaghetti
Venison backstrap with Blackberry redwine reduction



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[Jared.King]

Jared.King, thanks! I am definitely making that one night. My absolute favorite venison backstrap recipe I found in a Wild Game cook book, is a seared venison back strap with a BOURBON-Green Peppercorn cream sauce. It is awesome but kind of expensive due to the peppercorns and bourbon. I usually ended up hammered drunk by the time I'm eating it.

I'll post some pics of the NILGAI DIANE!

YES! That sounds awesome. Do you have a link to the Bourbon-Green Peppercorn cream sauce? And that seared duck looks great!

[Mr. Public]

YES! That sounds awesome. Do you have a link to the Bourbon-Green Peppercorn cream sauce? And that seared duck looks great!

Here you go Jared.King

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[Mr. Public]

I'm making this right now.
Venison Backstrap soaked in a spiced brine for 20 hrs.

Rubbed with season and bacon wrapped.


Smoking it for 2 hrs with apple wood chips

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[Mr. Public]

It turned out better than I expected. I got distracted as usual while cooking and let the internal temp get too high,170°. I was intending on pulling it at 140°.

I'll try the other bacon wrapped back strap tomorrow, stuffed with cream cheese, diced jalapeno and onion rolled pin wheel style.

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[CoolArrow]

Dang. That all looks delicious.

[Jared.King]

Here you go Jared.King

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Thanks! I’m going to try this out!

[Txhuntr2]

Greg, is the Nilgai as good as everyone talks it up?


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