The Backstrap is the loin of the animal; it’s the tender meat sitting right along the backbone on each side. For this recipe I make a slit down the length of the backstrap to butterfly it. Then it gets stuffed with a mixture of cream cheese, bacon, mushrooms, onion, and parsley. The whole thing gets wrapped in bacon to hold it together and to add a little fat because deer is incredibly lean meat.
Total Time
2hr 10min
4.0
4 Ratings
Author: How to BBQ Right
Servings:
6
Ingredients
•
2
Venison Backstrap
•
1
Small
Yellow Onion
, diced
•
3
cups
Baby Portobello Mushrooms
, chopped
•
1
cup
Cream Cheese
, room temperature
•
1/4
cup
Bacon Bits
•
1/2
cup
Italian Flat-Leaf Parsley
, chopped
•
2
lb
Bacon
•
2
Tbsp
All-Purpose Spice Rub
•
2
Tbsp
Barbecue Rub
Cooking Instructions
1.
Prepare Pellet Smoker or any other bbq grill for indirect cooking at 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Add your favorite wood to the hot coals for smoke flavor.
2.
To prepare the stuffing sauté
Yellow Onion (1)
and
Baby Portobello Mushrooms (3 cups)
over medium heat.
3.
Add to
Cream Cheese (1 cup)
and fold in
Bacon Bits (1/4 cup)
and
Italian Flat-Leaf Parsley (1/2 cup)
.
4.
Trim excess silver skin from
Venison Backstrap (2)
and cut a slit down the length to butterfly it open. Be careful not to cut through the entire piece.
5.
Season with
All-Purpose Spice Rub (2 Tbsp)
and stuff with cream cheese mixture.
6.
Wrap the outside with strips of
Bacon (2 lb)
and season with
Barbecue Rub (2 Tbsp)
.
7.
Place each backstrap on a wire cooling rack and set on the smoker.
8.
Cook until internal temperature reaches 130 degrees F (54 degrees C) or your desired doneness. The bacon should be brown on the outside.
9.
Allow the backstrap to rest for 10 minutes and cut into individual pieces for serving.
Nutrition Per Serving
CALORIES
855
FAT
72.7 g
PROTEIN
43.1 g
CARBS
5.9 g
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