Reviewed: Feb. 4, 2012

very nice recipe. I soaked my venison in milk for about 8 hr prior to cooking. I think it helps. used "dirty rice." simple recipe on a busy night.

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hbird23

Reviewed: Oct. 27, 2011

I made this for the 1st time last night with some venison I had in the freezer. I used the Zatarain's Dirty Rice instead of the Beef as well. My 12-year old said "Mom - This is one of my new favorite dinners!" My husband loved it as well. I liked it very much too, although the rice was kinda spicy for me, but I still went back for 2nds!!!

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CANAH

Reviewed: Feb. 11, 2011

I would have rated this only as a 1 star if it were only me eating it, but my hubby and 2yr old ate it up. I needed to use up the deer that has been in our freezer for awhile and I liked the idea of the fresh veggies. It really didn't suite my taste buds at all. I do not care for venison and tried this because several people commented about how they don't like venison but enjoyed this dish. I can't say I'm among that group. Not a fan - won't be making this again.

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Reviewed: Nov. 8, 2010

Great recipe when you don't have much prep. time. After making this a few times over the last year I have tweaked the recipe so everyone in my family likes it better. I started the Zatarain's beef flavored rice with just the water, not adding the butter listed on the box. Then I cut up a venison tenderloin into bite size pieces. In a seperate pan I put a little olive oil and some garlic letting it cook for just a minute, then I added the venison and some worcestershire (1 - 2 T). I let the meat cook about 15 seconds then start turning the pieces over -- the trick with venison tenderloin is to barely cook it, over cooking makes it tough fast! After turning over each piece (total cooking about a minute) I added all the liquid and the meat to the cooking rice (10 - 12 minutes cooking time remained). I opened the vent on my pot lid (or set the lid a little off center) to allow the extra liquid to evaporate while adding the garlic and worcestershire flavors. My teenage boys had friends over who ended up eating with us. They both thought it was steak and almost did not believe us when we said it was venison.

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LORIWID

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: May 17, 2010

I really loved this recipe for the flavors and changes I made, however I DO like the taste of venison so I missed that. I did love cooking the meat with the rice and water. That did really help to tenderize the usually tough deer meat. Changes I made: Used Tony Cacheray's Red Beans and Rice mix, added a chopped jalepeno pepper (with seeds cause we like it spicy), canola oil instead of veggie (which doesn't make a difference), and used ground venison sausage as well as sliced vension tips. Started to brown the tips a bit before the sausage as I knew the sausage would brown quicker. We had sliced squash and zucchini on the side. This ended up more like a gumbo/stu although I only used the recommended amount of water that the rice called for. So although we ate it out of a bowl it still tasted divine (minus the venison flavor).

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pinkpigeon

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Naples, Campania, Italy

Living In: Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 11, 2010

Really bland.... needs some more spices or something.

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SAM

Reviewed: Feb. 7, 2010

Used Zatarain's Dirty Rice Mix. Gave it five stars based on the fact I don't care for venison and this made one of the six gazillion pounds of it I have much more palatable. Thank you much!

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I'm The Steph

Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2010

I Hate Venison with a passion, but my husband brought home a bunch of meat so I figured I might as well put it to use. I found this recipe and I really enjoyed it. My kids loved it too. I didn't do anything different from the recipe. Good Good Good

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hilerfamily

Reviewed: Jan. 17, 2010

very good recipe!!!!! I added cayenne red pepper and cumin to the recipe and served with Naan bread. It was very much a sucess with everyone at the table!!!!

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abellastyle

Reviewed: Jan. 11, 2010

This was pretty good, but throwing the venison in with the rice to finish cooking seemed to dry everything out too much - all of the moisture was sucked up and the meat ended up a little dry. I would probably add a little bit extra water to the rice mix before adding the venison, peppers, and onions next time.

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