Easy Venison Breakfast Hash Recipe – Cooking With Wild Game
This easy venison breakfast hash recipe is the perfect wild game meal. Using leftover game meat for this recipe helps reduce waste, but fresh is also great too!
Why Eat Wild Game for Breakfast?
Many people underestimate the things they can do with wild game. For example, this easy venison breakfast hash recipe is a great way to use up leftover meat from the night before and reduce waste!
A lot of people turn their nose up at game meat, but they just haven’t learned to appreciate the benefits of eating it. Not only is it high in protein, but it’s low in fat. Venison is full of essential vitamins and minerals, and to top it off, you know where the meat comes from. I really enjoy living a life where we live off the land and eat nourishing foods, and wild game is just that.
Part of our mountain lifestyle is trying to hunt and forage for as much of our food as possible. Going back to our roots has been one of the best decisions we have ever made as a family!
Ingredients and Kitchen Tools Needed for Venison Breakfast Hash:
ingredients:
- Cooked venison meat (leftover steaks, roast, etc.)
- Potatoes
- Onions
- Seasonings (salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika)
- Olive Oil
- Butter
Tools:
- Cast Iron Skillet – I only cook with cast iron or stainless steel, due to the toxins in other non-stick cookware. If you don’t have cast iron, feel free to use what you do have.
- Spatula
- Chef’s Knife – this is my personal favorite knife
- Cutting Board – for chopping all of the ingredients.
For serving:
Serve this up with a side of fried eggs for extra protein. Adding eggs to this meal makes it a complete and tasty breakfast! You can also add peppers to the hash and cheese to make it a little more interesting.
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Instructions for Easy Venison Breakfast Hash Recipe:
Step 1: Gather all of your ingredients and put oil and butter into your cast iron skillet, and turn it on to medium-high heat.
Step 2: Chop the potatoes into small pieces, about the size of a kernel of corn. You can use a food chopper for this, or just chop them finely with a knife.
Step 3: Add the potatoes to the hot pan, and then add the seasonings.
Step 4: While the potatoes are cooking, chop up the onion, and the venison. Make sure to finely chop the venison into small chunks.
Step 5: Once the potatoes are starting to soften (after about 8 minutes or so of cooking) add onions and cook until translucent (about 4-5 minutes.) Then, add chopped venison and cook for about 2-3 minutes until heated fully through.
Step 6: Serve and enjoy! Optional- serve with eggs and toast for a full breakfast meal!
Storing and reheating:
If you have any leftovers, let them cool for about 15 minutes, and then store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to five days. You can reheat in the microwave, or in a pan on the stovetop.
Easy Venison Breakfast Hash
Equipment
- 1 Cast Iron Skillet (or other frying pan)
- 1 Cutting Board for chopping ingredients on
- 1 Chef's Knife
- 1 Spatula for stirring and serving
Ingredients
- 1 pound cooked venison meat you can use leftover roast, steaks, and even ground meat
- 2 large potatoes I like to use reds or yellows for this recipe so I don't have to peel them, but any potato will work!
- 1/2 large onion or a small onion depending on the size
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp smoked paprika (optional)
- 1/2 tsp salt & pepper (you can add more to your taste)
Instructions
- Gather all of your ingredients, and get your pan heating up with the butter and olive oil in it. While you wait for it to heat up, chop the potatoes into small chunks, about the size of a kernel of corn.
- Once the pan has heated, add the potatoes and seasonings, and cook them on medium-high heat for about 8 minutes or until they are starting to soften. While the potatoes are cooking, chop the onions and the venison meat.
- Now that the potatoes are soft, add the onions and cook until they are starting to get translucent (about five minutes.) At this point, the potatoes should be starting to crisp up really nicely, if they aren't crisp yet, cook them a little longer.
- Next, add the chopped venison. Stir and cook for about 2 minutes, or until the meat is heated fully through.
- Now it's time to serve and enjoy!
Notes
- This recipe is best served with a side of eggs and toast to make a complete meal!
- You can add peppers to the mix if you’d like to make it more interesting
- Some people like to top it with melted cheese as well
- I like using cooked leftover venison meat to reduce waste, but if you don’t have any on hand, you can just cook some up really quick.
FAQ About Venison Breakfast Hash
Can I use other meat for this recipe?
You can use any type of game meat or leftover meat you like! If you have leftover beef you could use that too!
Is venison healthier than beef?
Venison is generally considered a healthier choice being a very lean meat, and full of essential vitamins and minerals.
What kind of potatoes should I use for this recipe?
You can use any kind of potato, I like using red or yellow potatoes so I don’t have to peel them.
What is venison?
Venison is meat from deer.
