Thread: What to do with this sika

Originally Posted by Chelsea

Hubby got a young sika stag last week for the freezer. We decided to have a steak lastnight and it was the most gamey tasting meat I have ever tried. Very tender but VERY gamey! It was cooked in a hot well seasoned pan and finished with garlic butter.
Now I have a few steaks and roasts I’d love to make more edible if anyone of you good folk can please share your ideas and recipes to dull that strong flavour. We got bout 8kg of mince and had a crack at making some snags so I’m hoping that all tastes a bit better.

To get rid of gamey smells and testes, cooking temperature is the key as my experience. Btw, many people in Asia put lots price for that gamey flavor you know. The simple way I would recommend is you cut the meat in slice about 5mm thick, and mix them with cooking oil, salt, pepper for a while, keep cold. Using cast-iron pot fry it, just like cook a mini steak. Sika deer is the most delicious deer do `t wasted. Or, if you live in rural area, then you could dig a hole, fire it up and when temperature goes down, no flames, hang a chunk of meat in and cover it with something, slow bbq for about two hours.
cheers