Re: Cooking beaver?
[Re: bob maier]
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12/25/19 04:51 PM
12/25/19 04:51 PM
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I love beaver. Treat it like you would any other critter you're cooking for the table. Don't butcher it in your fur shed, to start, butcher it somewhere clean. I do mine on the kitchen counter tops. If the castors look extra full, squeeze the juice out of them before you even start skinning. Make your opening cut, and before you even start the actual skinning, get the castor out. Now use a separate knife to skin, and smell it often. If you catch even a whiff of castor, stop and wash it in soapy water. Keep fur off of he meat, and when you flip it over to skin the back side, don't flip it over onto where the fur was just laying. Gut and save the heart liver and kidneys if you like them.
I cut any big chunks of fat, but it's not bad to eat, so don't worry if you don't get it all. You can separate the backstraps, legs, and belly meat, or cook it whole. It's kinda sorta like beef, so any recipe for beef will suit it well. Older ones do better parboiled until the.meat falls off the bones, younger ones don't really need it.
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Re: Cooking beaver?
[Re: Ole]
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12/25/19 08:00 PM
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hind quarters in a crock pot with 1" of water and Montreal steak seasoning sprinkled on top of the meat. Very good and tender. I shall now bring home a beaver for the pot! I love Montreal steak seasoning, and I know how well a crock pot treats wild game. I'm on a mission now. Thank you.
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Re: Cooking beaver?
[Re: bob maier]
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12/25/19 08:52 PM
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I use the back straps and de-bone the legs remove most fat and silver skin and use slow cooker season meat add a onion little water and a couple beef bullion cubes and cook till it falls a part for pulled beaver sandwiches. And actually the last one I made we tried the wifes instant pot and it was probably the best yet . Just Sear the meat then pressure cook until done.
Last edited by chasing eyes; 12/25/19 09:01 PM.
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Re: Cooking beaver?
[Re: bob maier]
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12/25/19 08:59 PM
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My son and I saved the backstraps off one last week. Cut the silver skin and fat off. Cut each strap into 3 pieces. Lightly browned all sides in a frying pan with olive oil. Baked at 450deg for an hour and a half in a dish in the oven. It was just like beef and tender. Shredded them up for burritos. I will do it again.
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Re: Cooking beaver?
[Re: Bigfoot]
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12/25/19 10:25 PM
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If i have a lot of beaver i cut them behind the ribs and freeze the back half i call this a beaver butt roast they store well this way and dont take up much room sometimes i slow cook on the grill other times i might boil off the bone and make pulled beaver they also do well in a roaster . If im camping on the line i will bone out the first beaver i skin of the eavening cut in small chunks put on elm skewers and throw them on my portable gas grill with salt and pepper to cook while im skinning. This. I will also roast these in a baking pan with some onions, carrots, and bay leaves. It makes a very tender and moist "roast beef", no one will know the difference.
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Re: Cooking beaver?
[Re: bob maier]
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12/26/19 12:20 AM
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I have not found connective tissue/fat etc to be very gamey on beaver. Old habits die hard and I still try to take most of it off (don't know why really).
Venison is more gamey than beaver. I'm convinced that in most recipes you would be hard pressed not to think it is lean beef.
Last edited by beaverpeeler; 12/26/19 12:21 AM.
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Re: Cooking beaver?
[Re: bob maier]
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12/27/19 08:55 PM
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The meat from a beaver is excellent. Just make sure you cook it all the way. Same as bear and pork. I am in the process of making a few videos on cooking it. Knew to that part of the world but figured its time i shared that part of life with people. will post here when i have completed them. not that great with editing but it will taste good that i know. beaver taste similar to beef and i think the flavor profiles of beef will give you a good starting point to doo some cooking. i do enjoy the liver this time of year. and i am not a liver person at all. I always make sure the beaver i eat are pulled from the trap ASAP for me every morning. when i skin them i do like you mentioned make sure the castors don't touch the meat and get them and the oil sacs out first. if you use the front rest the animal just remove any gland you find or anything dirty or that looks distasteful. the front legs are good cleaned of any dirt and some fat rinsed and if you want you can always soak the meat in salt water to draw some of that red bloodiness out. a good way to do them is drop them in some seasoned flour then brown them in a pan and braise them. braising meat is a great with wild game and works well on beavers. i do grind a lot of my beaver meat and it makes a great meatloaf or meat for spaghetti or goulash. IMO there is not many bad meats in this world just bad cooks. Any questions shoot me a pm will always answer questions.
BTW beaver peeler one day I need to teach myself to clean skin. Thats looking great. I was shown that way when i first started beaver trapping but never could get it right so i just taught myself to rough skin and hit the fleshing beam.
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