Family Recipes, Venison

Venison and Gravy (Instapot/Crock Pot)

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The bitter sweet part about living in the mitten state is the fact that spring is tantalizingly hung right in front of you with a beautiful week filled with sunny skies and 65F degree weather, just to be ripped from you on Sunday with a high of only 45F. So in order to cope with the rollercoaster we call weather, I’ve made a nice thick, hot, juicy venison and gravy out of Grandma Beverly’s recipe book!

When even Calvin doesn’t want to come outside!

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 lbs of venison steak cut into 2″ cubes (any cut works, you can also use a different kind of meat if you’d like)
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 2 large carrots chopped
  • 1 can of cream of mushroom soup
  • 1/4 Cup of water
  • 1 can of mushroom stems/pieces
  • 1 bag of onion soup mix
  • 1 teaspoon of pepper

Instructions:

  1. If using an Instapot place your setting on sauté and brown the meat with a small amount of olive oil. Once browned pull out and set to the side. (If using a crock pot brown the meat in a skillet and then set to the side)
  2. Place the carrots, onion, and mushroom pieces now in the instapot and cover with the onion soup mix, stir and cook until the onions are sweaty.
  3. Place the meat back into the pot.
  4. Stir together the cream of mushroom soup, pepper, and water. Pour over the ingredients in the pot and mix until uniform.
  5. If you have an instapot, you are going to cook on high for 45 minutes with a 5 minute slow release. If you have a crock pot you can cook on high for 4-5 hours or low for 8.

**I served with rice and I added some frozen green beans because I love veggies!* — This dish can be great with potatoes, or pasta as well.

Grandma B actually has “deer hunting meal” written on the top of this one. So this dip in the temperature was the perfect pairing for this recipe!

What I love about this recipe is how easy it is to make it your own. Whether you want to serve over rice, potatoes, noodles is completely up to you; but you also have the opportunity to add in more veggies like I did! Or you could even skip serving it over top of anything and make sandwiches. Plus, you all know by now I LOVE a recipe you can throw all together and forget about and there is no better day than a lazy Sunday to do that.

I would love to know how you guys made this your own! Leave me a comment, email, or smoke signal! I’ll leave the light on for you:)

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