Side Dish Recipes

Slow-Roasted Goose Tacos

There’s more than one way to cook your goose. My usual method is fast and hot. With this one, you end up with goose meat that’s more like beef pot roast. It’s great for making tacos, enchiladas, etc., especially if you have a bunch of large honker breasts in the freezer or fridge. I’ll slow-roast…

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Goose Stir-Fry

Have all of your ingredients chopped and ready to go before you start cooking. If you like it spicy, add some jalapeño peppers, chili flakes or, my favorite, Asian chili-garlic sauce. If you like a thicker sauce, stir in a teaspoon of cornstarch mixed with equal part cold water and bring to a boil.  …

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Pineapple-Almond Goose Stir Fry

Asian flavors and quick cooking make this dish a real crowd pleaser. Serve over or with steamed white rice. Place breasts in the freezer until almost frozen before slicing. This will enable you to make the thinnest slices possible salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Goose Breast Supreme

A simplified version of one of my favorite stuffed waterfowl breast recipes. And I love the use of prosciutto inside the butterflied goose breasts. I save this one for those special occasions when I really want to show off.

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Christmas Goose

Ah, the Christmas goose – a glistening golden brown bird brimming with roasted chestnuts, flanked by colorful winter fruits on a silver platter. If this is your vision of a Christmas goose, you’ll need to stop by the meat market and purchase a big, fat farm-raised bird. Wild geese don’t look or taste like their…

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Peppercorn Goose Breast

It’s amazing how many bad recipes there are for “Roast Goose.”  Cram it full of an assortment of fruits and vegetables to make it juicy and flavorful.  Don’t believe it!  I eventually use the rest of the goose in other recipes, but here’s an easy way to cook the breasts.  Note that they are sliced…

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For Jack, My Dog…A Quail Recipe

There are those who consider hunting dogs only a tool to help locate and retrieve game. During the off-season, their dogs sit in kennels. On a good day, they get a pat on the head, a friendly whistle or perhaps some table scraps. They are ready to take to the field in a second, giving…

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Fish with Citrus Zest

This dish is best prepared with a zester. That’s a kitchen tool that peels away the outer layer of the fruit without digging deep into the bitter, white pith. You can also use an ordinary vegetable peeler and carefully peel away the outer colored akin of the lemon, lime and orange. When browning fish, place…

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Donny’s Deer Appetizer

This one has made Donny famous throughout southeastern U.S. hunting camps. Along with his Poor Man’s Shrimp recipe, they just can’t get enough of this super-easy recipe. It’s usually eaten with a fork, or Gerber folding knife, right out of the pan.  

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