Crock Pot Bear Meat Food

BIG BEAR STEW

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl combine flour, oregano, salt and pepper. Place bear meat in the bowl a little at a time and coat well.
• Heat oil and butter in a large skillet. Fry the bear meat until browned. Let drain on paper towels.
• Fill a large Dutch oven with 2 to 3 quarts water. Add bear meat, onions, beef broth, bay leaves, potatoes, mushrooms carrots and turnips. Cook on medium-high heat for 2 to 3 hours. Add more water as needed.

BEAR STEW

Steps:

• 1. In a large mixing bowl combine flour, oregano, salt and pepper. Place bear meat in the bowl a little at a time and coat well.
• 2. Heat oil and butter in a large skillet. Fry the bear meat until browned. Let drain on paper towels.
• 3. Fill a large Dutch oven with 2 to 3 quarts water. Add bear meat, onions, beef broth, bay leaves, potatoes, mushrooms carrots and turnips. Cook on medium-high heat for 2 to 3 hours. Add more water as needed.
• My Note: I have been making this receipe for over 55 years -- when I was first introduced to bear meat! It is fantastic! I have also altered the water ingrediant and used a can of cream of mushroom so that there is some "gravy" to pour all over. On occassion, I have seen some people wrinkle their nose at the thought of eating bear meat but when I serve this, they change their minds! Many times, they can't even tell the difference! A stomach doesn't care as long as it's good and this is one of the best. Add/subtract you favorite veggies and enjoy!
• I also added 3 stalks celery, sliced, and sometime a can of cream of mushroom soup.
• Or I added Guinness beer to the slow cooker with out one quarts water.
• I fried the meat in a pot, so when I added water, it would get all the brown bits stuck in the pan. Since we were given this meat, not harvested by us, I was unsure how old it was and how it was prepared, so I added 1 T of vinegar to the water. This tenderizes the meat while cooking and does not leave a vinegary taste. Also added the salt at the end.
• If you didn't have any bear, but beef stew meat. And needed a recipe for turnips and this is very good. I also added some whole allspice and parsnip, as well as whole pepper kernels instead of ground. I'd only suggest to add the turnips and mushrooms about 1/2hr before the end as they got rather soft. Otherwise it's very tasty, even my 15mo old enjoyed it!

CROCK POT BEEF & BEER STEW

Steps:

• Place cut carrots, celery, onion and potatoes in the bottom of a large crock pot.
• Mix tomato paste, garlic, paprika and Worcestershire sauce together in a small prep bowl and set aside.
• Trim meat and cut into 1" cubes.
• Place flour, salt and pepper into a large zipper lock bag. Add meat, seal bag and shake to coat.
• In a large skillet heat 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil until hot. Add half of the meat and brown quickly on all sides. Be careful to separate the pieces. Transfer meat to the crock pot and brown the remaining pieces. Spoon the tomato paste mixture over the last batch of beef and stir well to coat. Cook about 1 minute longer then tranfer contents of skillet to the crock pot.
• Add the bay leaves and pour the beer over everything. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours. (Note, this was fully cooked in my crock after 8 hours.).

BEAR STEW-SLOW COOKER,PRESSURE COOKER

Steps:

• 1. Put meat in slow cooker or pressure cooker season meat,add water in pc I browned seasoned meat,add veggies,slow cook thicken stew serve