Side Dish Recipes

Speck Kabobs

White-fronted geese, often called specklebellies or simply specks, are generally acknowledged to be the best-tasting geese on the planet, but feel free to use this recipe with Canada geese as well. Kabobs are handy because they can provide meat, vegetables, and starches all in one.

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Italian Duck Sandwich

Duck camp is no place for cute little sliders or a tablespoon of meat on a cracker, especially after a long day in the marsh. The beauty of this dish is that the time-consuming cooking component is done well in advance. Whole ducks or breast fillets are seasoned, slow-cooked, cooled, and shredded much like pulled…

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Honker Apple Breakfast Sausage Sandwich – Ducks Unlimited Recipe

You can make sausage out of just about any meat, including ducks and geese. My favorite camp breakfast is a homemade sausage patty topped with cheese and scrambled eggs and sandwiched into sturdy English muffins. This sandwich can be consumed at the table or packed away as an easy-to-eat duck blind snack. Get the recipe…

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Crispy, Spicy, and Sweet Duck Appetizers – Ducks Unlimited Recipe

What duck camp meal would be complete without something wrapped in bacon? With this recipe, the flavor is all built into the marinade. It’s sweet and salty like teriyaki, with a spicy edge that can be adjusted to suit your own tolerance for heat. Discover Five Delicious Duck Camp Recipes on the Ducks Unlimited site.

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Duck Pot Pie

Pot pies are the one exception to my personal rules of waterfowl cookery. Medium-rare just doesn’t work in a pot pie. The duck breast morsels must be slowly cooked until they are fall-apart tender before you add them to the pie, otherwise they will be tough and chewy when the dish comes out of the…

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Top 3 Wild Game Dishes to Impress Your Valentine

I made these three dishes for my valentine and she absolutely loved them. Make one of these with your sweetheart! All you have to do is click on one of the three S’s. Steak Stew Stir-fry  

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Grilled Duck and Blue Cheese Sandwich

Try making this smoked duck, which if you don’t smoke yourself can be found at the meat or deli counter of most gourmet markets and butchers. The smoke with the blue cheese is tasty. Plus, you can upgrade your regular burger bun for a crusty baguette or soft pita bread, as shown in the picture.…

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Quick Wild Turkey and Wild Rice Soup

If you want to take your time, make your own stock out of a roasted wild turkey carcass and leg/thigh meat. Be sure to let the wild rice cook for awhile, it takes longer to cook than regular rice. And if you just don’t have time, then swap the rice out for noodles.  

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Better Venison Cookbook

Better Venison Cookbook by Scott Leysath

Scott Leysath has a mission: to give you venison recipes you’ll use again and again. Nothing makes him happier than a cookbook full of food stains and hand-written notes. This book features 100 of his favorites, from appetizers, salads, soups and stews, stovetop dishes, great grilled venison and more. If you long for better-tasting venison, you’re…

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