Garlic Butter Elk Steak Bites

Holy cow… I have found this recipe to be fast and utterly delicious. You can use any sort of red meat for this recipe.

I used elk here, but you can use venison, big horn sheep, goat, antelope, moose, caribou—you get the picture.

I am actually going to experiment with crane and goose next time around. Stay tuned!

When choosing a cut of meat, your more tender cuts will do better with this recipe.

However, when we process our game, we have our round steaks and sirloins tenderized. Thus, I can use those tougher cuts for something like this.

Cuts like the butter used in the recipe!

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 pounds steak cut into bites
• Salt and ground black pepper to taste (I also use a lot of lemon pepper here)
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 stick of salted butter
• 4 cloves minced garlic
• 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro (it adds way more flavor than traditional parsley)

DIRECTIONS:

1. Cube steak into 1 inch cubes
2. Heat oil in large pan
3. Add steak and sear both sides
4. While steak is cooking, combine garlic, cilantro, salt and pepper in a bowl.
   Set aside.
5. Once steak bites are adequately seared, add a stick of butter. Cook until butter thickens a bit.
6. Add garlic mixture and cook until garlic has browned
7. Remove from heat and serve!

These steak bites have tons of great flavor and work well with a nice Cabernet Sauvignon.

They can be served as appetizers or as a main dish. I personally prefer to serve it as a main dish.

Potatoes work well with it as you don’t have a lot of competing flavors.

Another lighter option? Serve on top of a salad. The sauce will serve as your dressing.