Hints For Cooking With Emu Meat
Remember, when preparing a meal, that Emu meat has very little fat; significantly less than skinned white turkey meat. An added bonus is that Emu meat, while a red meat, is also much lower in cholesterol than white turkey meat.
- Emu meat may be prepared any way you like your meat; barbecued, chicken-fried, sautéed, as fajitas, grilled, as chili, in stews, and especially as burgers. Try any of your own favorite recipes.
- Italian recipes such as scallopini, parmesean, lasagna, pasta sauce, stuffed peppers are excellent
- You can marinate the meat to taste before cooking if you so desire. It adds whatever type taste you want.
- As with any meat, if there is any “silver” muscle covering trim it off; when cooked this makes the meat “chewy.”
- It is NOT necessary to use cooking oil when grilling or sautéing the meat. Just spray the pan or grill surface liberally with a product such as Pam. If you want to use oil, olive oil works nicely.
- Meat should be cooked with a high temperature, but NOT overcooked; hot and quick are the watchwords.
- Simple sauces will complement the meat and your meal; steak sauces, white gravy, chutney, traditional gravy. However, “plain” is great!
- Chutney (Major Grey’s Chutney is a traditional brand) can be found in the supermarket, usually in the spice or gourmet section. It is a sweet, spicy condiment made from mangoes, peaches, raisins, etc. There are many native Texas-made chutneys available in specialty shops around the state. Faye’s Texas Naturals, on the square in Goliad, has a variety of fruit chutneys with a hint of chili petin peppers.
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Some recipes to try are provided below. Remember to use your own favorite meat recipes.
Burger Patties
Prepare meat with the following suggestions for best results and cook by any method you like. Add the following to the ground meat mix:
- No more than half a cup of breadcrumbs to a pound of meat
- One egg
- Liberal dash of Worchestershire sauce and/or a steak sauce such as A-1
- One Tbsp onion powder
- One tsp garlic powder; or to taste
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Use one or two Tbsp of catsup if desired, and/or
- Use a one quarter tsp of dry mustard if desired
Cook hot and quick
Homestyle Pepper Steak (best cooked in heavy iron skillet)
Use the burger patty as above; make a thick patty (3/4” to 1”)
Or, use an Emu steak.
- Pat-on cracked pepper on one side
- Grill with pepper side down
- Turn and grill on other side
- About one or two minutes before completion, add liberal amounts of your favorite chutney on top of the cracked pepper, and serve. Spoon any pepper/chutney “sauce” from the skillet onto the “steak.”
Remember: cook hot and quick.
MR Bar Marinade For Barbecued Emu
Joyce’s homemade marinade is our favorite … it is one of the best tasting of all the marinades that we use. You will have to pick the proportions that suit you, since we do not “measure” the contents.
Vinegar u Garlic Powder
Teriyaki Sauce u Ginger Spice powder
Coconut Crème u Finely Crushed Pineapple
Molasses u Papaya Mix Sauce u Orange Glace Sauce
Remember … cook hot and quick !
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