Side Dish Recipes
Smoked Quail Salad
Smoky quail, just cooked and still tender, tossed with a spirited vinaigrette and served atop a mound of crisp lettuce – delicious! To smoke your game, use a Camp Chef smoke vault to get mesquite, hickory or other flavors into your meats.
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Simple Squirrel Recipe (Hillbilly squirrel & gravy over rice)
This squirrel recipe is an easy and delicious way to prepare squirrel. Don’t let the long cook time intimidate you: most of it is the simmering required to make the meat tender. The only question is: What wine do you pair with squirrel? Since it is still a game meat, and a dark meat at…
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Peter B’s Barbecue Sauce
Some barbecue sauces just aren’t that good on their own – but they are great when cooked with meats/fish. This one can do double-duty as both. It is from the former Peter B’s Freeport Inn, just south of Sacramento, California.
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Spicy Spoonie Burger
Hey, there are a big bunch of you duck hunter types that won’t shoot the Northern Shoveler, the Spoonbill, the Laughing Mallard, Flying Technicolor Rat…you know what I’m talking about. Well, if you happen to be in the neighborhood when I’m cooking, there’s a good chance that the duck I serve you just might be…
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Chipotle Venison Burger
Bust out the ‘cue and ice down the beer, it’s officially grilling season. Oh sure, in most of the Western U.S., you can fire up the barbecue just about any time during the year, but summer is the time when I end up cooking outside more often than in. Keep the kitchen cool and fire up…
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Corn and Mango Relish
My favorite recipe of summer 2011, this one combines a few of my favorite flavors and textures. Pan-seared fresh sweet corn, just-ripe mango, red onion, peppers, cilantro and lime – great as a side dish or served atop grilled fish.
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Yellowtail Pepperfin (Pepper fin)
This one’s by request from Dave Dolan, a friend from southern California who just returned from 7 days on the water with a gang of misfits fishing the Royal Polaris on a trip sponsored by Let’s Talk Hook-Up. Dave’s looking for something to do with a freezer full of yellowtail. Inspired by my local favorite…
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Venison Satay Skewers
Prepared on The Sporting Chef TV show with my good friend, Joe Shaw. Hey Joe, how come you never call any more? If your guests are allergic to peanuts, then this would not be a party starter.
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