One of my favorite easy meals are these crockpot venison fajitas. I put them in the slow-cooker in the morning, and by noon (or supper, on low) the meat is ready to be wrapped up in tortillas. Plus, it's one of the meals that the whole family enjoys, so no forcing kids to eat, haha!
How to make venison fajitas
Here are the spices and such, that you will need. Note, I used bottled lemon juice, which works just fine. But you can use fresh lemon or lime juice too. Any kind of oil will work, remember the first rule of cooking from scratch: use what you have! 🙂
Pour the oil in a slow-cooker, add spices and mashed garlic.
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First, put the spices, oil, and lemon juice into the crockpot. Stir them together with a spoon..
Slice the venison into thin strips. Thinner is better. I use elk or venison steak, usually. You can also use beef! Beef will not take quite as long to cook. Then throw the strips in with the spices, and mix well with your hands.
When it is mixed well, it should look like this:
Put the lid on, and cook on low for 6-7 hours, or on High for 3-4 hrs. It can go longer, depending on your slow cooker. When you have an hour of cooking time left, slice an onion and a bell pepper, and throw the strips on top. You can use more peppers and onions if desired. I like lots of veggies but the family prefers less.
HANDY TIP: I discovered that you can buy frozen onion & pepper mix in the frozen section of the grocery store. It is very handy to keep a bag in the freezer and toss a few handfuls in at the end.
Use a slotted spoon to scoop out the meat and place in a flour tortilla. Top with cilantro, avocado, or whatever you like. My kids think fajitas need cheese on them, while I prefer jalapenos and avocado!
I make my favorite easy tortillas to go with these venison fajitas. This delicious Mexican Crema recipe would be awesome on these crockpot deer fajitas! Check out these Venison Recipes for more ideas:
Elk Stuffed Peppers
Easy Elk Queso
Chicken-Fried Venison Steak
Venison Potpie
Elk Stroganoff Recipe
Easy Venison Skillet Chili
Elk Stuffed Peppers
Easy Elk Queso
Chicken-Fried Venison Steak
Venison Potpie
Elk Stroganoff Recipe
Easy Venison Skillet Chili
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Fabulous Fajitas ~ Venison Recipe
Tender venison strips cooked low and slow in the crockpot with peppers and onions. Wrap in warm tortillas and top with sour cream for a delicious wild game meal! With no gamey flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs venison steak sliced thinly
- 2 T. olive oil
- 2 T. lemon juice
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 1/2 teaspoon. ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 large green pepper sliced
- 1 large onion sliced
Instructions
- Mix all seasonings together in the crockpot.
- Add meat and mix well.
- Cover and cook for 6 hours on low or 3 hours on high.
- Add onion and pepper during the last one hour.
- Serve with sour cream and salsa if desired.
Nutrition
Serving: 4ozCalories: 227kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 35gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 90mgSodium: 459mgPotassium: 522mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 148IUVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 18mgIron: 5mg
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I have a crockpot fajita recipe I really like too. It makes the meat so tender. The garlic press from pampered chef works really well. I really like mine.
You will have to share your recipe, Twila! One can never have too many crockpot recipes! 🙂
I do my fajitas like this too! We have venison usually if the hubby gets to hunt, but he hasn't been able to the last two years. They go by a draw here, and he has drawn out the last two years. Anyway, we sure have plenty of beef though, and we usually don't get the best of the best, usually the big bosses old roping steers. Needless to say, its tough! This is the only way I can get fajita meat tender!
Oh that's too bad that he didn't draw a tag. I like elk second best after beef. We have beef for the first time in 5 years, and this is the best beef I've had - hands down. Our current boss rocks! 🙂
If you haven't found a garlic press you love then try a garlic machine. I bought one for my sister and I both years ago because I didn't like any garlic press I had tried. Mine is a chefn brand.
Link-http://www.chefn.com/garlicmachinetm-garlic-press-meringue.html
I made this for supper last night, except I used white tail steaks and done it on the stove in a stock pot. Instead of in a fagita style served it over rice, very delicious. Thank You