Slow Cooked Venison Leg

Brine Mix: Soak for 24 hours or overnight

½ C Coarse Salt

6-10 C of water

1C brown sugar

½ C Pickle Seasoning

2 TBS Cinnamon

1 quartered Onion

mix together and pour over the leg, you can put your venison in a plastic Trash bag and then place in a bowl if its easier. Put in fridge and let it sit for 24 hours or overnight. Take the leg out and pour out the brine, rinse the leg and place in your pan on a rack.

Usually before I take out my venison leg I will mix up my rub ahead of time so it is ready to go in the morning. The rub is a recipe I picked up for doing beef brisket in a slow cooker. It may seem like a bit of work but it is well worth it and only takes a few minutes for each step.

Rub:

2 tbs chili powder

2 tbs salt

1 tbs garlic powder

1 tbs onion powder

1 tbs brown sugar

2 tsps dry mustard

1 bay leaf

2 tbs instant coffee

Mix this up in a bowl with a whisk to blend it thoroughly. Your going to rub this onto your leg of venison and massage it in on both sides. If you have a side with more fat keep that as your up side. Next your going to take approximately half a pound of bacon. (reason for this is it helps to keep your venison moist for the 8 hours you will cook it at 250*.

Add about 2 cups of apple cider to the bottom of your pan. You are now ready to start your roast.

You are going to want to baste the venison throughout the day with the drippings, if they cook off add more apple cider.

If you're able to inject your venison leg, you can mix this up to inject throughout the day.

Heat on stove:

2C of apple cider

1 stick of butter

2 Tbs of bacon drippings.

 

I use this to inject the leg throughout the day, I will add some of the drippings to the mix.

The venison came out tender and juicy, it fell off the bone and had no gamey flavor at all.

This was an experiment that went very well and everyone was pleased with the result.

Also cooking it this way does leave you with enough left over to use for another meal.

It was safe enough to leave with my husband to watch over for the day and made an enjoyable meal to come home to. Enjoy!

cook time 8 hours
temp 250*