Recipe: Perfect Dutch Oven Elk Stew

Dutch Oven Elk Stew. Add the onion, celery, and carrot to the Dutch oven. In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat. Flour elk pieces, season with a little salt and pepper.

Generously season the venison with salt and pepper. Cover the bottom of a large dutch oven in oil and heat over medium high heat. Once the oil is hot, add half the venison, and brown all sides. You can have Dutch Oven Elk Stew using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Dutch Oven Elk Stew

1. You need 2 lb of elk stew meat ( can use deer or even beef).
2. It's 2 tbsp of oil.
3. You need 1 large of onion, diced.
4. Prepare 1 large of carrot, sliced or diced.
5. Prepare 1 stalk of of celery, diced.
6. It's 8 oz of white mushrooms, quartered.
7. Prepare 8 oz of shitaki mushrooms, cut up.
8. It's 28 oz of can of whole peeled tomatoes.
9. You need 1 lb of red potatoes, quartered.
10. You need 1 of 28 oz.( from tomatoes) can filled w/ beef broth.
11. Prepare 1 tsp of garlic salt.
12. You need 1 tbsp of fresh cracked black pepper.
13. Prepare 2 of bay leaves.
14. Prepare 1 tsp of whole thyme leaves.
15. It's 1 of biscuit mix.

Transfer the browned venison to a plate and brown the rest. Move the remaining venison to the plate once browned. Heat olive oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the olive oil to a large pot or Dutch oven and heat over medium-high heat.

Dutch Oven Elk Stew instructions

1. heat dutch oven, add oil..
2. add meat and brown well.
3. add remaining ingredients except biscuit mix.
4. place oven in coals.
5. let cook on low simmer for 2 or 3 hours.
6. check and stir every 30 min..
7. once the meat is tender, top with biscuit dumplings ( this is optional) cover and let bake another 20 min..
8. I like to let it stand in refrigerator over night and reheat next day. this let's all the flavors mingle well. ENJOY!.

Remove the venison from the pot and set aside. Turn the heat down to medium and add the potatoes, carrots, celery and onion. This hearty crockpot elk stew is the perfect warm meal for fall. This stew is full of healthy vegetables and lean elk meat, simmered in broth and herbs to create rich, full flavors. This recipe for elk stew is so versatile - I like how I can change up the vegetables and herbs to use whatever I have at hand.