Mule Deer Jalapeño Brats Recipe

Wild game turned into a tasty game day meal! SCHEELS Grilling Expert Austin shows how to take your harvest from field to table with the LEM Grinder and Stuffer. With 60 percent mule deer, 40 percent pork trimmings, added cheese, and jalapeños, this recipe is 100 percent delicious.

Ingredients

• 3lbs mule deer
• 2lbs pork trimmings
• Bratwurst seasoning
• High temp cheese
• 3 jalapeños
• Natural hog casings

Tools

• LEM #8 grinder
• LEM 5lb stuffer
• LEM meat lug
• LEM meat lug liners
• CanCooker Steam Pot (optional cooking method)

Instructions

Prep

1. In a bowl mix together the wet ingredients; wine, oil, and soy sauce.
2. Once combined, add in the dry ingredients; minced garlic, rosemary, and Blackened Saskatchewan.
3. Place the backstrap into a Ziploc baggie and dump the mixture over the top.
4. Roll out all of the air and seal tight. Place into the fridge overnight.

Instructions

1. Start with your mule deer and pork trimmings cut into chunks small enough to fit into the throat of your grinder.
2. With the meat mostly frozen, start grinding the meat alternating between pork and mule deer.
3. Once the first grind is done, mix in the jalapeños and send everything through the grinder one more time. This will give you good texture on the meat as well as incorporate the jalapeños in.
4. Grab the LEM Bratwurst seasoning and mix in your LEM Meat Lug.
5. Once the seasoning is mixed in you can grab the high temp cheese and mix in a 1/2 pound.
6. Load up the stuffer with your mixture and grab your casings.
7. Rinse the casings inside and out so the salt is off of them so it won't give you any unwanted flavors.
8. Load the casings onto the stuffer and tie a knot in the end of the casings but not too tight so some of the air can escape when stuffing.
9. Crank the stuffer being very careful to not strain the casings when full. Tie a knot in the end of the casing when full and twist about a 7" brat going away from you for the first and toward you for the second. Alternate this cadence all the way until the end of the casing.
10. Cut each brat so it is separate from the rest. You can now grill and enjoy, toss them in the CanCooker for easy steaming, or freeze them and vacuum seal them up.