We ate a lot of venison growing up, and this is one of my mom’s favorite barbecue sauce recipes.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 30 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 steaks |
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 small onion, minced
- 1 cup ketchup
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 4 (4 ounce) venison steaks
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon water
Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir the onion in the melted butter until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir the ketchup, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, and yellow mustard into the onion and butter; allow mixture to warm completely.
- Heat a separate skillet over medium-high heat. Season the steaks with salt and black pepper; cook in the skillet until browned on each side, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Transfer the steaks to a 9×13-inch baking dish. Pour the sauce from the skillet over the steaks.
- Bake in the preheated oven until meat is cooked through and no longer pink in the middle, about 1 hour.
- Transfer the steaks from the baking dish to a platter, shaking any excess sauce from the meat. Stir the cornstarch and water together until smooth in a small bowl, then mix into the hot sauce remaining in the baking dish until the mixture begins to thicken; pour over the steaks to serve.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 338 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 31 g |
| Cholesterol | 110 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 23 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Sodium | 963 mg |
| Sugars | 26 g |
| Fat | 14 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Wow that turned out fantastic! I used Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ sauce instead of catsup
This is the most delicious recipe I have ever tasted. I was worried that the venison back strap would be gamey and tough, but it was “cut with a fork” tender and amazing!! I didn’t change any of the ingredients for this recipe. The only thing that I did different was I browned my meat as directed but I put it in a Dutch oven instead for a 9×13 pan. Poured the sauce over the meat, put the lid on and popped it in the oven for an hour. Served it with mashed potatoes and it was A-MAZING!!!
This was the best venison I’ve ever had! The kids all loved it too and actually ate was was put in front of them for once! LOVE IT
Very good recipe. I used round steak instead of venison. My family really liked it. It’s a keeper.
Great, hides gameyness very well. Family thought the sauce was too sweet
Wonderful Recipe! It had such great flavor. Be careful when browning the steaks on the stove. Do not leave on one side for too long. Burns fast! 🙂
Great recipe! I didn’t have an onion and didn’t have time to run to the store, so I used the closest thing I had… French fried onions. I was really concerned about this substitution, but it worked out great! I will try this recipe again as it is written, with real onion next time, but I gotta say there was nothing wrong with using French fried onions 🙂
My new favorite BBQ sauce recipe!
Really good. Really easy. The flavor of the barbeque was really yum!
Simple to make and flavorful. It’s a bit too sweet for my taste even though I reduced the sugar (didn’t have brown so I used 2 tsp. white plus 1 tsp. molasses), and I made the amateurish mistake of doubling the butter. I think I missed the vinegar I usually put in my BBQ sauces.
Paul said this was an “awesome” supper!
best venison recipe ever! Thank you
This is a great venison recipe! Thanks for sharing.