Barbecued Bear

Lennie's Note:

No, I haven't made this. It's from "Northern Cookbook", published in 1973 by Information Canada.

• Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 3 lbs bear steak , cut in 2-inch cubes
• 1 piece salt pork , cut up
• 1 cup catsup
• 1⁄3; cup steak sauce , like a 1
• 2 tablespoons tarragon vinegar
• 1 onion , diced
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon chili powder

Directions:

1. Trim all fat from bear steak and cut into 2-inch cubes.
2. Sear meat on all sides with salt pork in a heavy fry pan.
3. Place meat in casserole.
4. Add rest of ingredients to fry pan and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
5. Pour sauce over meat in casserole.
6. Cover and bake for at least 2 hours in a 325F oven, stirring occasionally until meat is tender.

Reviews

[jilkat25]

Although Trichinosis has largely been eliminated from American pork, reducing the need to cook pork well-done, this is not true of wild game and ESPECIALLY of bear meat. PLEASE!!! NEVER EAT BEAR MEAT RARE!!!!!

[Mark O.]

If you can't get a bear yourself, you can order bear meat at http://www.exoticmeats.com . Mark :o)