Venison Roast in a Crock Pot: A Delicious & Easy Recipe
If you want an effortless and tasty recipe for cooking a venison roast in a crockpot, this is the one for you!
This recipe is perfect for a deer roast. It guarantees tender meat and vegetables. The great thing about this recipe is that it also works for other wild game, as well as beef or pork roasts.
How to Cook a Venison Roast: One of the Best Slow Cooker Recipes
This slow cooking method is a snap to assemble and can simmer to perfection! It is a nice end to a busy day! Slow cookers or crock pots are extremely beneficial with their low heat; they work well with all game meats, including elk, antelope, moose, deer meat, and buffalo.
Plus, they are such a convenient way to prepare a full meal with meat, potatoes, and vegetables! Consider serving your roast, potatoes, onions, and carrots with green beans for a wonderful meal.
Special Note:
As with any wild game meat, proper handling of the meat is imperative. Proper field dressing is extremely important.
Make sure to keep your wild game meat as clean as possible in the field. Protect your meat from warm temperatures, dirt, insects, and all birds.
These precautions help with the overall quality of the final meat products, steaks, and roasts.
Take a look at our Homemade Wild Game Sausage Recipe!
To Begin:
Remove your roast from the freezer the day before you are planning to cook it. Thaw your roast in the refrigerator.
How to Cook a Roast in the Crockpot
4 to 6 Main Dish Servings
This is an easy way to prepare a roast whether is it wild game, pork or beef.
- Prep Time 15 minutes
- Cook Time 8 hours on low or 5 hours on high
- Total Time: 8 +/- Hours
Ingredients
- 3 to 4 pound Roast ~ Elk, Deer, Moose, Antelope, Beef or Pork
- 1/2 cup Bragg’s Liquid Aminos or Soy Sauce
- 1 teaspoon Mixed Herb Blend
Optional Ingredients:
- 1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper or Lemon Pepper Blend
- 8 Fresh Carrots or 2 smaller packages of baby carrots
- 4 to 6 Small Onions or Shallots
- Consider adding potatoes
NOTES: After 4 hours, clean carrots and onions and add them to the Crock-Pot. Place these around the roast. Onions may be left whole or cut in half.
If you have a large crock-pot, consider adding a few white or yellow potatoes when you add the other root vegetables. This is the best way to prepare a crock-pot venison roast, whether using wild game, pork, or beef, with great results!
Instructions
- Rinse the roast under water.
- Place in Crock-Pot
- Sprinkle or pour Bragg’s Liquid Aminos or soy sauce evenly over the roast.
- Sprinkle with herbs & lemon pepper (you can also use a packet of onion soup mix instead).
- Do not add any additional salt.
- Turn the Crock-Pot on high for 4 hours, then turn it to low for 2 to 3 more hours.
- If adding carrots, potatoes, and onions, proceed with the following steps.
- After 4 hours, add washed carrots and peeled onions.
- Allow to cook for 2 more hours on high.
- Turn the temperature down to low.
- Check to make sure the carrots are tender.
- Before serving, make homemade gravy prior to serving.
- Either pour off the juices for the gravy or remove all root vegetables with a slotted spoon.
- Proceed with the delicious gravy recipe.
- Carefully pour the gravy back into the Crock-Pot to cover the meat and vegetables.
- Taste and adjust seasonings, maybe a little more salt and pepper. But make sure to taste it first.
- Serve warm.
- Store any leftover venison roast in an airtight container.
Use the above recipe in step #13 to make easy homemade gravy with the juice in the bottom of the Crock-Pot. If your roast does not have much juice for gravy, then consider using beef broth with a tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce and even a little red wine.
Time-Saver Tips: You can also use a packet of gravy mix instead of making homemade gravy. This is a nice time-saver.
If you do learn to make gravy, you’ll always know how to do it and won’t need to buy gravy packets again! Plus, it really is super simple!
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HOW TO COOK A VENISON ROAST
This is an easy way to prepare a Roast whether is it Wild Game, Pork or Beef. I happen to use an Elk Roast for this recipe.
Ingredients
- 3 to 4 pound Roast ~ Elk, Deer, Moose, Antelope, Beef or Pork
- 1/2 cup Bragg's Liquid Aminos or Soy Sauce
- 1 teaspoon Mixed Herb Blend
- Lemon Pepper
- NO extra salt as the Liquid Aminos or Soy Sauce are already salty
- Optional Ingredients if making a full meal:m8 Fresh Carrots or 2 small packages of baby carrots, 4 to 6 Small Onions or Shallots and potatoes
Instructions
- Rinse the Roast under water.
- Place in Crock Pot
- Evenly pour Bragg’s Liquid Aminos or Soy Sauce over Roast
- Sprinkle with Herbs & Lemon Pepper (you can also use a packet of onion soup mix, instead)
- Do not add any additional salt
- Turn Crock Pot on High for 4 hours, then turn to Low for 2 to 3 more hours
- If adding carrots, potatoes and onions, proceed with the following steps.
- After 4 hours, add washed carrots and peeled onions.
- Allow to cook for 2 more hours on high
- Turn temperature down to low
- Check to make sure the carrots are tender
- Before serving, make Homemade Gravy prior to serving
- Either pour of the juices for the gravy or remove all root vegetables with a slotted spoon
- Proceed with the gravy recipe.
- Carefully pour the gravy back into the Crock Pot to cover meat and vegetables.
- Taste and adjust seasonings, maybe a little more salt and pepper. But, make sure to taste first.
- Serve warm.
- Store and leftover venison roast in an airtight container.
Notes
After 4 hours, clean carrots and onions and add the Crock Pot. Place around the roast.
TO MAKE GRAVY:
Carefully ladle out the juice in the bottom of the Crock Pot. Ladle it into a 4 quart measuring cup or bowl.
Add water or broth to the equal exactly 4 cups of juice.
Next, Melt 4 tablespoons of butter in a cast iron skillet or heavy pan over medium heat.
When the butter is melted, whisk in 4 tablespoons of all purpose flour stirring until the flour and butter are combines.
This butter and flour mixture is called a Roux.
Carefully and slowly pour the liquid in the measuring cup or bowl into the skillet or pan. Stir constantly as you are adding the liquid. Stirring helps prevent lumps in the gravy.
Whisk the mixture and bring to a slow boil. As the gravy begins to boil, it will thicken.
Continue to stir the mixture until for 2 minutes after it begins to boil.
Carefully pour the gravy back into the Crock Pot.
Taste and adjust seasonings, maybe a little more salt and pepper. But, make sure to taste first.
Remove the roast, slice and serve with the carrots, onions and gravy.
Refrigerator any leftovers.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
8Serving Size
6ozAmount Per Serving Calories 468Total Fat 9gSaturated Fat 3gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 4gCholesterol 201mgSodium 1428mgCarbohydrates 10gFiber 2gSugar 4gProtein 83g
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate due to variations of ingredients used in recipe.
In Conclusion: Crockpot Venison Roast
Using a Crock-pot on a low setting to cook deer roast or any type of wild game meat is an excellent option. It is the perfect way to cook a flavorful venison roast, as it is relatively inexpensive, easy to use, and produces a delicious flavor that can’t be beat!
Plus, it is not only an affordable and convenient way to cook, but it also ensures the meat comes out perfectly tender every time.
If you are looking for a great recipe with great flavor that works well for the whole family, then consider this slow cooker venison roast recipe for best results.
It is such an easy recipe to prepare your slow-cooked venison roast. Just mark this as one of your favorite venison recipes…. You won’t regret it!
Enjoy!
