Easy One Pot Venison Pot Roast
This Easy One Pot Venison Pot Roast is melt in your mouth tender, full of rich meaty flavor, and all cooked in a Dutch Oven.Every wild game cook needs to have a venison pot roast recipe served with carrots, potatoes, and rich brown gravy!This easy venison roast recipe is great for novice cooks and delivers incredible results every time! A Sirloin Roast found on your deer hind quarter is the perfect cut for cooking in the oven at a low temperature for a few hours. The sirloin is the football-shaped roast on the back of the leg. Add in a handful of veggies and some savory herbs for the perfect family meal.WHAT IS VENISON POT ROAST?A Venison Pot Roast is a classic wild game recipe and for good reason! A pot roast is a venison roast (usually 3 to 6 pounds) that generally starts with a tougher cut like a sirloin tip or neck roast. Cooking at a low temperature for a long time breaks down the tough connective tissues resulting in deliciously tender meat with a flavorful gravy. The venison is seared, surrounded by onions, carrots, celery, potatoes, and a savory combination of herbs and spices. Then it's cooked in the oven until melt in your mouth tender.To learn more about the different cuts of venison, and how to process a deer on your own, check out the Bearded Butcher.HOW TO COOK A VENISON POT ROASTHere’s how to make pot roast:1. SEAR VENISON Add oil to the pan and sear deer roast in oil (bacon grease is better if you have it!) until browned on all sides.2. ADD BEEF BROTH Place the onions around the deer roast and add beef broth, rosemary, and thyme. Bring to a simmer and then bake 3 hours in the oven.3. ADD VEGGIES Add carrots, celery, potatoes, Au Jus Gravy Mix, and 2 more cups of water and bake until the potatoes are tender, about two more hours. Remove the bay leaves.4. SERVE Cut the deer roast into smaller pieces or shred with two forks and serve.A Venison Pot roast is always a family favorite! Not only is it easy to put together, but it makes for great venison pot roast sandwiches as leftovers with gravy or in a crusty bun dipped in the leftover juices like a French Dip Sandwich.HOW LONG TO COOK A VENISON POT ROASTThis venison roast recipe is based on a typical deer sirloin roast, about 3 pounds. Pot roast is best cooked at a low temperature for a long period of time to break down any tough connective tissue.Cook times can vary based on the type of venison roast. A small pronghorn antelope roast or deer roast may take less time, while a larger elk roast may take longer. Check the venison roast with a fork. If it doesn't pull apart easily, the roast probably needs MORE time to cook. Cover it back up and let it keep on cooking.HOW TO MAKE VENISON POT ROAST GRAVY AND SERVE!Turn the sauce into a great pot roast gravy in only 4 steps!1. Whisk two tablespoons of corn starch in cold water until it turns into a smooth slurry.2. Remove deer roast and veggies from the broth leaving about 3 cups of liquid in the Dutch Oven. 3. Add the slurry to the liquid remaining in the Dutch Oven, whisk together, and simmer until the broth thickens. 4. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Gently pull beef into large pieces with a fork or slice into thick pieces. Serve with gravy and enjoy!Looking for another great Venison Roast recipe? Check out my Venison Carnitas Tacos or Venison Birria Quesatacos or Cider Braised Deer Roast.WILD GAME FOR WEEKNIGHT DINNERSAfter a long day of work, it's not always easy to face your kitchen and whip up dinner. But I hope this venison roast recipe and my other venison recipes will give you inspiration and motivation you need to get excited about cooking every night.If you are headed our way for North Dakota deer season, check out the North Dakota Game & Fish Department website. And if you want me to come along with you as your camp cook, photographer, or butcher, you can find out more details here.CONNECT WITH ME AND JOIN OUR WILD GAME COOKING COMMUNITYIf you make this Easy One Pot Venison Pot Roast, I’d love for you to join our community and connect with me so we can all see pics of your creations on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter! When you post a pic of your finished dish on Instagram, be sure and use the hashtag #wildgameandfish and then tag me @wildgameandfish so I can share it on my Instagram stories.Did you enjoy this Venison Pot Roast? Be sure to leave a 5-star rating RIGHT HERE!This recipe was last updated on May 4, 2024.
Ingredients
- 3-4 pound venison sirloin roast (3-4 pounds)
- kosher salt
- black pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large yellow onion, sliced thin
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary
- 1 sprig fresh thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 cups beef broth
- 8 ounces carrots, cut into 1" pieces
- 3 stalks celery, cut into 1" pieces
- 1 pound baby potatoes
- 1 ounce Au Jus Gravy Mix
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
Instructions
- Gather your ingredients and preheat oven to 300°F.
- Season the roast with salt and pepper.
- In a large Dutch Oven, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Sear the venison roast for about 3 minutes per side until browned.
- Arrange sliced onions around the venison roast. Combine garlic, rosemary, thyme, and beef broth. Pour over the roast. Add bay leaves.
- Bring mixture to a simmer on the stovetop over medium-high heat. Once the broth is simmering, cover with the Dutch Oven lid and place in the oven and bake 3 hours.
- Add carrots, celery, potatoes, Au Jus Gravy Mix, and two more cups of water and bake an additional 2 hours or until the roast and potatoes are fork tender.
- Discard bay leaves, rosemary, and thyme. Gently pull venison into large pieces with a fork or slice into thick pieces. Serve with gravy.
To Make the Gravy
- Combine 2 tablespoons cornstarch with 2 tablespoons cold water until smooth.
- Remove the venison and vegetables from the Dutch Oven and set on a large plate to rest.
- Add the slurry to the liquid remaining in the Dutch Oven, whisk together, and simmer until the broth thickens.
- Season with salt and pepper as needed.
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Did this for Thanksgiving and fed three families. Major hit. Finally upstaged my hunt buddies.