Shanks

[CP]

I think this my new favorite cut of venison.  I used to clog up my grinder with these, never again.

275 degree oven for 3 hours, add the vegies, then one more hour. 

[Buckhunter24]

Looks great, is that ceramic coated cast iron?

[CP]

Yep, Le Creuset.

[Buckhunter24]

Nice, that's a quality pot. I had a lodge which I loved, but the ceramic started chipping on the bottom.

[Angry Perch]

That looks really good. Shanks are the bomb. Somebody needs  to breed a deer and an octopus.

[Twispriver]

 
I cut them into 1" disks, sear them in a very hot pan and can them in pint jars with au jus, a couple of jalapeno slices and some pearl onions. Can't beat it for elk camp lunch when heated on the wood stove on a cold day. 

[Angry Perch]

I cut them into 1" disks, sear them in a very hot pan and can them in pint jars with au jus, a couple of jalapeno slices and some pearl onions. Can't beat it for elk camp lunch when heated on the wood stove on a cold day.

Twisp, you do them bone in? Shank meat is made for canning and slow braising. I have had bear, deer, lamb, pork, beef. Haven't run into one that wasn't delicious. Great cold weather food.

[Twispriver]

I've only tried off the bone

[northwesthunter84]

I’m going to try and Sous Vide mine this year for 10-12 hours and make a stew.

[CP]

The bones add a lot to this dish; cooks in its own bone broth.  I at least cut the bones open to expose the marrow.  Cutting them into disks is good idea.

[bustedoldman]

We had 5 deer and 1 antelope this year, I cut all the shanks off bone and smoked them for 10hrs. It came out great, it was moist and fell apart and what little tendon was left was easily removed. We use it for snacks w/crackers and french dip sandwiches on sourdough...............

[Moe the Sleaze]

"Shanks are the bomb!" +1.  Best WITH the bone.

[Tight Spin]

i would like to throw something out there. When i grew up years ago we butchered all our own meat. We had a electric meat saw we used on beef and pork never on game.  It is my understanding  that you do not want to eat any of game bone (saw dust). From what i have seen from meat shops that cut game its all bone less. ?

[rob20]

I take my boneless shanks and simmer them with onion,green pepper and a few spices for about 4 or 5 hours then shred it like pulled pork and add homemade bbq sauce and throw it on a bun. The whole family loves it.

[ridgefire]

My favorite as well. My wife will sear it in the dutch oven and then turn down the heat and let it slow cook.  Est to do it with the bone to get all the marrow. Absolutely delicious.

[Caseknife]

Deer shanks, elk shanks, all with bone in make excellent winter meals.  Nothing like smelling them cook all afternoon while watching football

[huntnnw]

I do 7-8 hours in crockpot, shred them then pan fry with onion, peppers, jalapeños with a good street taco sauce then make tacos or nachos

[pianoman9701]

I’m going to try and Sous Vide mine this year for 10-12 hours and make a stew.

  This is how I do lamb shanks. 2C Beef broth, 1C red wine, 2oz EVOO, aromatic veggies, garlic cloves, and mushrooms sliced. 165F for 12 hours. Reduce the liquids and veggies, salt and pepper to taste after reducing (if you salt before, when the liquids reduce it'll be too salty). They fall off the bone. Serve on rice or riced cauliflower (Keto) and pour the liquids and veggies over the top. If the liquid isn't thickening fast enough for you, use a little psyllium husk to help it along - a little goes a long way. Corn starch, if not.

[ne kid]

I do lamb shanks twice a month with a very similar recipe. The shanks are my most treasured cut from the lambs I raise.

[PKC]

Do you guys who cut your own shanks have bandsaws?  or use sawzalls or what?

[Stein]

I either cook them without the bone or if you want some osso buco, I just use my regular packable bone saw.  It's kind of a pain, but something I only do maybe once a year.  Usually, I just go boneless as deer and antelope are kind of small for osso buco.

Any normal hand butcher saw would work, the kind that look like a hack saw but have a food grade blade.

[WSU]

I have used a butcher saw and also a sawzall with a new blade.   Both work and I always wash them after cutting to remove the bone dust.

[ne kid]

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/36927/rosemary-braised-lamb-shanks/ This is the recipe I use and am really happy with it. I like to leave some of my shanks whole, but I will second the sawzall with the stainless meat blade

[jrebel]

WOW!!!!!  Just cooked my first bear shanks and OHHHHHHH MY GOOOOOODNESSS......so delicious!!  Really simple cook....Sear in a cast iron pan, move to slow cooker for 6 hours.  Beef stock, onions, garlic, potatoes, carrots.....it was really good. 

One of the best things about this site over the years is the recipe thread.  Preparation, and recipes  have really broadened my horizon.  Canned meat to now shank....I've really grown as a cook, hunter and best of all user of all parts. 

 

[Angry Perch]

WOW!!!!!  Just cooked my first bear shanks and OHHHHHHH MY GOOOOOODNESSS......so delicious!!  Really simple cook....Sear in a cast iron pan, move to slow cooker for 6 hours.  Beef stock, onions, garlic, potatoes, carrots.....it was really good. 

One of the best things about this site over the years is the recipe thread.  Preparation, and recipes  have really broadened my horizon.  Canned meat to now shank....I've really grown as a cook, hunter and best of all user of all parts. 

 

I feel the same. Have tried a lot of new things. Shanks are the bomb, for sure. Crazy how often the best pieces are the ones that often end up in the gut pile or the trash.

[Twispriver]

I first got interested in cooking shanks (instead of grinding) after watching an episode of Meateater. In the show they had gotten an elk and put a whole boneless shank in a crock pot with some diced vegetables and stock and went out hunting for the day. When they returned the meat was fork tender and, according to them, delicious. So I tried it with a couple deer shanks and I was hooked. For me a quick sear is part of the deal and then either slow cook for hours or canning it in a pressure cooker make shanks a favorite cut of any game animal.

[Angry Perch]

The worst bite of a shank is like the best bite of a pot roast. Tender, sticky, and perfect.

[deerhuntr4885]

Anybody ever use an Instapot?  Any idea how long to cook it in one?

[pianoman9701]

Anybody ever use an Instapot?  Any idea how long to cook it in one?

It's a pressure cooker. Probably no more than an hour.

[Special T]

I first got interested in cooking shanks (instead of grinding) after watching an episode of Meateater. In the show they had gotten an elk and put a whole boneless shank in a crock pot with some diced vegetables and stock and went out hunting for the day. When they returned the meat was fork tender and, according to them, delicious. So I tried it with a couple deer shanks and I was hooked. For me a quick sear is part of the deal and then either slow cook for hours or canning it in a pressure cooker make shanks a favorite cut of any game animal.

This is pretty much how ive done my deer shanks. I fire up the wood stove put my spacer bricks on the stove ( creat an air gap to keep the temp low) and then walk away. I cooked mine low and slow for 6-7 hours and i love deer shanks as well.

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[fishngamereaper]

Anybody ever use an Instapot?  Any idea how long to cook it in one?

Probably the 90 minutes at 12 lbs setting. Bone in meat.  Its what I use for pork butts and such.

[buglebuster]

One of my favorite meals! Just did one of my daughters muley doe shanks not too long ago. This one I did sous vide for 48hrs at 143 degrees. Just used balsamic vinaigrette and garlic, with some salt and pepper. Quick sear in cast iron to finish. Reduced the juices from the bag and drizzled over top 😍

[fishngamereaper]

One of my favorite meals! Just did one of my daughters muley doe shanks not too long ago. This one I did sous vide for 48hrs at 143 degrees. Just used balsamic vinaigrette and garlic, with some salt and pepper. Quick sear in cast iron to finish. Reduced the juices from the bag and drizzled over top 😍

And a couple fingers to go along with it. 

[msg]

Did elk shanks last year after getting an email for Hank Shaw's Portuguese Braised Elk Shanks. Unbelievably good. I have done several since then with variations. I did some mondo sized beef shanks from Winco this weekend while on a road trip  to check out a late muzzle area in the bottom end of the Cascades. Seared and in the crockpot at 6am with onions and mushrooms. Back at 1:30 pm to turn them down. Came back at the end of the day to siphon off excess oils and thickened to pour over rice. Added a green salad and sourdough bread. Nothing really better!

[Geoduck Duck Goose]

That looks really good. Shanks are the bomb. Somebody needs  to breed a deer and an octopus.

This I'd pay good money to see.

[Karl Blanchard]

My issue with shanks is I am really bad about free feeding while I pick them    I usually do sweet and spicy barbacoa street tacos with mine.  Necks and shoulders almost as good.

[Geoduck Duck Goose]

I enjoy doing my shanks in a soup. Filipino style. I know it sounds nuts... But it's good. Clear broth with ginger, green onions, corn, dash of fish sauce. It's a dish my wife introduced me to except it's normally made with beef shanks and marrow.

[Special T]

I enjoy doing my shanks in a soup. Filipino style. I know it sounds nuts... But it's good. Clear broth with ginger, green onions, corn, dash of fish sauce. It's a dish my wife introduced me to except it's normally made with beef shanks and marrow.

Sounds like a great recipe!

[scotbradly726]

I cut them into 1" disks, sear them in a very hot pan and can them in pint jars with au jus, a couple of jalapeno slices and some pearl onions. Can't beat it for elk camp lunch when heated on the wood stove on a cold day.

Twisp, you do them bone in? Shank meat is made for canning and slow braising. I have had bear, deer, lamb, pork, beef. Haven't run into one that wasn't delicious. Great cold weather food.

I did mine on the bone this year, made amazing venison stew, not to mention a killer bone broth!!!

[Stein]

Shanks a lot to all you guys posting this stuff a week after I ground mine...

[CP]

Picked up some nice beef shanks at QFC the other day - $2.99/lb