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Mom and Dad’s Deer Pan Sausage
25% bacon (ends and pieces)
Ground deer
Tony Chachere's
Granulated garlic (to taste)
Fresh garlic
Green onion
Jalapenos (to taste)

Dear Dolmas

Venison grape leaves

Ingredients

1 pound venison sausage (see recipe “Mom and Dad’s Deer Pan Sausage”), substitute venison, beef, or lamb burger.

1 red onion, chopped finely

olive oil

herbs butter (see recipe …), or fresh herbs

fresh parsley or cilantro, chopped finely

Garlic, minced

salt

black pepper

1 cup (maybe more) rice

Chicken broth

1 16 oz jar grape leaves

juice of 3 lemons, and zest

Instructions

In a large skillet. Heat the olive oil and herb butter (if using fresh herbs wait!)

Sauté the onions and Garlic.

Add meat and brown.

Add contents of the pan to a mixing bowl with rice

*if using fresh herbs add them to the mixing bowl

Add lemon zest to mix

Mix thoroughly, make sure there are no large pieces of meat.

While the stuffing mi