This dish, which is reminiscent of sloppy joes, may be used with elk or venison because it eliminates the gamey flavor.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 hrs |
| Total Time: | 5 hrs 20 mins |
| Servings: | 10 |
| Yield: | 10 sandwiches |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups ketchup
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon dry mustard powder
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon liquid smoke flavoring
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons celery salt
- 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 3 drops hot pepper sauce
- 1 (4 pound) elk roast, cut in half
- 10 hamburger buns, split
Instructions
- Whisk together the ketchup, brown sugar, mustard powder, lemon juice, liquid smoke, onion powder, garlic powder, celery salt, black pepper, Worcestershire sauce, nutmeg, and hot pepper sauce in a bowl. Place the elk roast into a large slow cooker, and pour the sauce overtop.
- Cover, and cook on High until the meat shreds easily with a fork, about 5 hours. Shred, and serve on the hamburger buns.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 361 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 36 g |
| Cholesterol | 83 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 39 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 1027 mg |
| Sugars | 13 g |
| Fat | 6 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This was fantastic! My husband grew up eating Elk and Venison, so he’s very picky when it comes to how it’s cooked. He LOVED this and even told me to pass the recipe on to his Ma. I took some of juices leftover at the end to make homemade gravy for over potatoes and it was just Yum!
this was really good! i think the only thing I will change next time is to put the crock pot on low instead of high. the elk was tender and the sause is really flavorful! definitely a keeper!
I didn’t have 5 hrs and I ave
I used ground elk which I browned before slow cooking it in the sauce. I thought it was great and tasted just like a sloppy joe. Another person who tasted it thought it was still a little gamey (but to be fair, they are sensitive to the taste in general).
Cooked more like 6.5 hours for it to shred and had to add about 1/2 cup water at the end so it wasn’t so dry but delicious! My 3 and 5 year olds ate a whole one!!!
We made this years ago for our visiting family, and they have been talking abut it ever since. My only change was leaving out the liquid smoke (didn’t have any) and it was still amazing. Today we get to pick up the meat from my kids’ first elk…guess what’s for dinner??!!! 🙂
I’ve made this several times now and each time I’m amazed at how good it makes the elk taste!! My husband’s friend frequently gives us fresh elk meat and this is my absolute favorite recipe to use for it!! I usually add a bit of paprika and some extra garlic and onion powder because we love those flavors, but really this recipe is perfect exactly as it’s written!!!
Everyone loved this! This includes four kids under the age of 10, one of whom is very picky. We will definitely be making this again. I didn’t change anything.
So yummy and so easy! We used venison instead, and used apple cider vinegar instead of lemon juice because we didn’t have any on hand and no W. sauce, because we have an allergy in the house.
We used this for an odd shaped venison roast. What a great recipe! Easy, tasty and great left overs. What more can you ask? We made this one weekend and ended up freezing the meat and using that afterwards for sandwiches on the ski hill a week later. The meat still tastes good cold! We will use this again for sure! The only thing we changed was we used deer instead of elk.
This was delicious!! Did add a couple more tablespoons of brown sugar and 1 tbsp of cider vinegar as per reviews. I am extremely sensitive to the gamey taste of wild meat, but this is a keeper of a recipe! I served it on kaiser bun with cheddar and parmesan melted onto it, and with a cilantro mayonnaise. Fabulous!
Holy moly this was awesome! Will be doing this with all of my elk roasts! Family and extended family (including little kids) loved it!
Kids liked it but not me or the hubby. Thanks anyways…
I made this with venison and I found it very good but not saucy enough for my tastes. It was very very good, but I will continue my hunt for the perfect shredded meat recipe.
Awesome recipe! I had never cooked venison before so I was a little itimidated, but it turned out great!
Yum, yum! Made this with 1 lb of deer burger and cut the ingredients in 1/2. Husband couldn’t say enough and I loved it too. No deer taste at all. Thanks for sharing.
My sister and I do what we call “guina pig night” where once a week we take turns cooking a meal that has to be a recipe we haven’t tried or a different version of an old faithful. My husband just got his elk and it was my turn so I found this recipe. I followed it to the letter and got scored 10 (we rate 1-10) all around! I didn’t have to add anything including water and there was enough sauce to put in a bowl and we could add extra on the bun if we chose. This was the easiest recipe I’ve ever made and it will get made again and again. Not that this isn’t long enough, but I also fixed the Mom’s German Cole Slaw I found on this sight and we added it to our sandwiches and it was a perfect topper and a huge hit!
We used venison back strap and it turned out delicious! No “gamey” taste at all!
Great way to cook elk! thanks for the recipe
I made this with deer meat and it was great. I just let it all cook in the crockpot and had supper ready when I got home from work. We enjoyed the leftovers of this for a few days.
Delicious! We used sour french rolls, buttered/garlic toasted under broiler. Yummy!