Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Venison Back Strap is a delectable dish that combines the richness of venison with the savory flavor of bacon. This entree is perfect for special occasions, yet simple enough for a weeknight meal. The back strap, which is the most tender part of the venison, is marinated in a flavorful blend of spices, herbs, and Worcestershire sauce, then wrapped in bacon and grilled to perfection. The result is a juicy, flavorful, and aromatic dish that will tantalize your taste buds. The accompanying recipes in this article provide delicious variations on this classic dish, including a recipe for a tangy mustard sauce that adds a zesty kick to the venison. Whether you prefer a traditional preparation or something with a bit more flair, you're sure to find a recipe in this article that will satisfy your cravings.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
SIMPLE BACON WRAPPED VENISON BACKSTRAP
Recipe by The Pioneer Chicks
Provided by Alexa Lehr
Time 13h40m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Pat the backstrap dry with a piece of paper towel. Sprinkle on the seasoning and rub it into the meat.
- Place the seasoned backstrap in a glass container or heavy duty bag. Add the vinaigrette and massage the vinaigrette into the meat. Let the meat set in the marinade for 12-24 hours in the fridge.
- About 20 minutes prior to cooking, remove the backstrap from the fridge and let it come to room temperature.
- Preheat the grill using medium heat. While the grill is preheating, wrap the bacon slices around the backstrap, using toothpicks to secure the bacon on.
- Decrease the grill heat to medium-low and place the backstrap on the grill. Grill for 8-10 minutes, depending on the thickness of the meat. Turn the backstrap onto its other side and cook for 8-10 more minutes.
- Use a meat thermometer to see if the internal temperature of the backstrap reads about 135°F. If it doesn't roll the backstrap onto a third side and continue cooking.
- Once the backstrap reaches the correct internal temperature, remove it from the grill and place it on a plate. Cover the backstrap and let it set for 15-20 minutes.
- Once the meat has set, you can cut it into slices. Serve and enjoy!
BACON-WRAPPED VENISON TENDERLOIN
The marinade really brings out the rich flavor of the venison and the sugared bacon tops it off!
Provided by beansncornbread
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork
Time 9h5m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Mix brown sugar, soy sauce, garlic, and Worcestershire together in a bowl until sugar is dissolved. Place tenderloin into a container with a lid or zip-top bag and pour the marinade over. Cover and marinate for at least 8 hours, to overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Remove tenderloin and discard marinade. Wrap a slice of bacon around the tenderloin, starting at one end, and secure it with a toothpick. Continue wrapping bacon around the loin until it is covered and secured with toothpicks. Place on a broiler pan on the center rack of the oven.
- Bake in the preheated oven until slightly pink in the center, 35 to 40 minutes for medium-rare. Remove from the oven, sprinkle with white sugar, and turn on the oven's broiler.
- Broil in the preheated oven until bacon is crisp, about 5 minutes, turning once and watching closely so it doesn't burn. Remove from the oven and place on a cutting board. Let stand for 10 minutes. Slice with a knife between each strip of bacon so there are several pieces.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 622.5 calories, Carbohydrate 114.7 g, Cholesterol 95.9 mg, Fat 6.3 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 28.7 g, SaturatedFat 2.2 g, Sodium 2067.4 mg, Sugar 112 g
GRILLED VENISON BACKSTRAP
Tender chunks of venison are marinated twice, and wrapped in thick bacon before being grilled until crispy on the outside. A venison version of Filet Mignon. This is a heavenly use of the best part of a deer. For the BBQ sauce, I prefer hickory flavored.
Provided by TIKCUF99
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Game Meats Venison
Time 5h15m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Place chunks of venison into a shallow baking dish, and pour enough apple cider in to cover them. Cover, and refrigerate for 2 hours. Remove, and pat dry. Discard apple cider, and return venison to the dish. Pour barbeque sauce over the chunks, cover, and refrigerate for 2 to 3 more hours.
- Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat. Charcoal is best, but if you must, use gas. Remove meat from the refrigerator, and let stand for 30 minutes, or until no longer chilled. Wrap each chunk of venison in a slice of bacon, and secure with toothpicks.
- Brush the grill grate with olive oil when hot, and place venison pieces on the grill so they are not touching. The bacon will kick up some flames, so be ready. Grill, turning occasionally, until the bacon becomes slightly burnt, 15 to 20 minutes. The slower, the better. Dig in, and prepare to want more!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1436.2 calories, Carbohydrate 95.1 g, Cholesterol 308.6 mg, Fat 82.7 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 71.8 g, SaturatedFat 27.7 g, Sodium 3441.3 mg, Sugar 72.4 g
BACON-WRAPPED VENISON TENDERLOIN WITH GARLIC CREAM SAUCE
This recipe originated via other recipe suggestions for filet mignon. I made this recipe on my own to celebrate my hunter-husband's Valentine's!
Provided by Huntmom
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Game Meats Venison
Time 1h25m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Place bacon on a slotted baking pan.
- Bake bacon in the preheated oven until partially cooked but still flexible, 6 to 8 minutes.
- Brush venison tenderloins with olive oil and season with onion powder, salt, and black pepper. Place tenderloin roasts side by side and wrap them together in strips of partially cooked bacon. Place into a roasting pan.
- Roast until bacon is browned and an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a tenderloin reads at least 145 degrees F (65 degrees C), about 1 hour.
- Heat butter in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir mushrooms and garlic in hot butter until mushrooms are soft, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir green onion into mushroom mixture; pour in cream. Cook, stirring often, until sauce is heated through. Serve sauce with tenderloins.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 310.4 calories, Carbohydrate 2.4 g, Cholesterol 130.4 mg, Fat 20.3 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 28.2 g, SaturatedFat 9.8 g, Sodium 443.3 mg, Sugar 0.1 g
SWEET BACON-WRAPPED VENISON TENDERLOIN
The #1 rated deer recipe on RecipeZaar since 2005! It's deer season again, and you know what that means - a lot of 'Zaar chefs trying out THE venison recipe again or for the first time. Thanks for all the reviews. Hands-down, this is the BEST deer meat recipe in America. Even those who don't like wild game meat will fight for a piece of this. **I will warn you, that this creates almost a "candy tenderloin." You can see from the reviews how many people love it, but if you're looking for a gamey dish that brings out the purely meaty taste of your venison, this is not for you.
Provided by TCSmoooth
Categories Deer
Time 1h20m
Yield 2-3 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Mix brown Sugar and Soy sauce together in a bowl. They should combine nicely into a soupy soy liquid.
- Put Deer Loin in a cooking tray and pour Brown Sugar/Soy Sauce mixture over loin. Roll tenderloin over in mixture, completely covering it.
- Let meat marinate in mixture at least 3 hours or overnight in fridge. It's best to marinate for 8 hours if you have the time. Also GREAT to use a Food Saver or other Vacuum device to Vacuum pack/seal the meat with Marinade. With this method, you can achieve Overnight-level marinade in just a couple hours!
- Remove loin from tray, and place on a slotted bake sheet with a drip pan or aluminum foil below to catch dripping. Don't throw away marinade.
- Wrap a piece of bacon around the very end of the tenderloin, securing the bacon strip with a toothpick.
- Repeat this process until the entire loin is wrapped in ten or so bacon "loops." The tenderloin should look like an arm with a bunch of wrist watches on it, the watches being the bacon strips.
- Drizzle remaining marinade over deer loin. You can continue to baste the loin with the marinade throughout the cooking process with either a brush or a turkey baster.
- Place on center rack in oven and bake at 350°F for 30-40* minutes. *This should cook the meat to about Medium. For those of you who prefer rare meat (like me), cut the time to 25-30 minutes and then follow with the "OPTION 2" step below regarding searing.
- OPTION 1 - with about 10 minutes of cooking time left, you can lightly dust the top of the loin with white sugar. This creates a sweet crust on top of the bacon. Might be too sweet for some. Try doing it on just HALF of the loin to see if you like it!
- OPTION 2 - For a crispier crust and crispier bacon, remove Loin from oven and place the Loin(s) directly on a Grill over medium-high heat to sear the bacon and outer loin. (Thanks to all of you reviewers who taught me this. It's a great step for those of us who like a cooked crust and a pink center).
- Remove from oven and place on cutting board. Using a knife, cut the loin between each strip of bacon so that you have many pieces of meat, each with their own toothpick.
- You can eat these pieces directly from the toothpick or remove the toothpick and eat like steak. You can thank me later.
- The next day, try the leftovers on a wheat bun with spicy BBQ Saucefor an awesome leftover sandwich.
BACON WRAPPED GRILLED VENISON BACKSTRAP ROAST
My husband loves to fish and hunt and the boys and I love the results that come off the grill! Venison is extremely lean so the bacon not only adds flavor but the needed fat as well.
Provided by Sue Adame
Categories Roasts
Time 2h30m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- 1. Rub roast with olive oil. Sprinkle all sides with salt, pepper, rosemary and thyme.
- 2. For Marinade: Mix together the soy sauce, 2tbsp olive oil, garlic and Worcestershire sauce.
- 3. Pour marinade over roast in glass baking dish. Cover. Let marinade 2-5 hours in refrigerator.
- 4. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes prior to grilling. During this time prepare the charcoal grill to med-high heat.
- 5. Wrap bacon around roast and secure with toothpicks.
- 6. Spray BBQ grill plates with non stick spray. Sear roast 3 minutes per side.
- 7. Move roast to medium heat on the grill and continue to grill until the internal temperature reaches 140°F. This is for medium rare, any higher and the roast will be dry and tough.
- 8. Remove from grill and let rest 10 minutes before slicing.
Tips:
- Use a sharp knife to score the venison backstrap, which will help the marinade penetrate and tenderize the meat.
- Don't over marinate the venison, as this can make it tough. Four to six hours is usually sufficient to maximize flavor.
- If you don't have a grill, you can also cook the venison backstrap in a hot skillet over medium-high heat. Just be sure to sear it quickly on all sides, then reduce the heat to medium-low and cook until desired doneness.
- The internal temperature of the venison should reach 135°F for medium-rare, 145°F for medium, and 160°F for well-done. Use a meat thermometer to ensure accuracy.
- Let the venison rest for a few minutes before slicing and serving. This will allow the juices to redistribute throughout the meat, resulting in a more flavorful and tender dish.
Conclusion:
Grilled bacon-wrapped venison backstrap is a delicious and impressive dish that is perfect for a special occasion or a hearty weeknight meal. With its tender, juicy meat and flavorful bacon wrapping, this dish is sure to please even the most discerning palate. So next time you're looking for a new way to cook venison, give this recipe a try. You won't be disappointed.
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