Q: Once I came across the dilemma I’d never heard before. A married couple moved home some time ago, and they’ve been waiting for a new induction oven to arrive. What they had was an old good microwave oven, some ready-to-cook food and a big slab of venison. That evening, the maiden phoned almost all of her friends to find out whether it was possible to cook venison in the microwave oven. We hope that you are not in a similar situation now, but anyway you’ll be aware of whether it’s possible to place something like venison in the microwave.
How Long Do I Cook Venison in the Microwave?
Venison or deer meat can be cooked in the oven, on the stove or in the microwave oven. Some chefs would recommend you not to go silly and not to spoil such a valuable meat by the microwave.
In fact, a properly cooked in the microwave venison is not only tasty but also retains its useful properties, which we will mention below.
First of all, you must reassure yourself that venison is not a chicken, do not expect quick preparation.
Be ready that it’ll take you a few hours to get cooked the venison.
Microwaving a big slab usually lasts for 2-3 hours at stewing mode.
Fit check or Knowing When It’s Ready
How to check the readiness of venison? This is, probably, one of the most frequently asked questions about venison in the microwave oven. Here’s the answer:
- Look at the structure of venison to define whether it’s ready or not.
- The well-cooked deer meat must be soft and well-pierced with a knife.
- After cooking, don’t get the venison out of the pot with water right away.
- Let it soak for another 20 minutes, which will lead to a more saturated and juicy slab.
Which Marinade To Choose When Microwaving Venison?
A marinade is one of the most important parts of the cooking process unless you have some restrictions due to the health condition.
Otherwise, please, keep reading to decide which of the below-mentioned marinades would be good for you to soak venison:
- Soak venison in red wine and salt mixture a few hours before boiling it
- Mix apple vinegar, water, carrots, and onions
- Prepare a traditional one on the basis of garlic, apple cider vinegar, basil, water, mustard, olive oil, and oregano
- If you taste it in the process and feel that the venison needs more salt, add the white powder at any stage of cooking
In this way, venison will turn out to be soft, juicy, and tasty even in the microwave oven if you cook it right.
One of the most valuable pieces of advice that we’d like to share is you should not defrost venison in a hot water or in the microwave oven.
Although you can cook venison there and it will have good taste and flavor, defrosting the deer meat in the microwave will make it unjuicy.
Don’t use your microwave oven to defrost venison. Let it sit at room temperature and this will be just enough.
Is Venison Rich in Vitamins?
Yes, venison is the sort of meat that’s very good for your health and full of vitamins and microelements:
- Vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, E, PP
- Iron, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, calcium, sodium etc.
Microwave Venison Steak
Ingredients:
Venison – 2 lb
Bouillon cubes – 2 pcs
2 and ¼ cups of cold water
Potatoes – 2 large ones
Carrot – 1 pc
Onion (finely chopped) – 1 tbs
Peas (frozen) – 300 g
Cornstarch – 3 tbs
Salt and pepper
Preparation:
In a microwaveable saucepan prepare broth boiling two cups of water and two beef bouillon cubes in the microwave oven (2-4 minutes at high power).
Set the device to the low mode and add venison cubes to the saucepan. Cover the dish with the lid and microwave at low power for an hour and 40 minutes.
You need to interrupt in the process every 25 minutes to stir the venison.
Pour the rest of water in a small bowl and mix thoroughly with cornstarch. Add the mixture to the hot broth and stir well.
Microwave the liquid for 10 minutes at low power after you have added vegetables, salt, and pepper.
10 minutes before taking the venison out of the microwave, add frozen peas, stir well and microwave until readiness.
