Today I decided to talk about a dish that is a bit different – game meat or Kudu meat to be exact; not your typical meat dish but extremely delicious and flavoursome. Growing up I absolutely hated game meat; maybe it was never cooked properly, but for me as a 5 year old, it was awful. Needless to say since the age of 5 I have never eaten game meat again. However, coming back to Zambia inspired me to try this much loved dish once again. I figured that there must be a game meat recipe that I will enjoy; and voila, after searching high and low I came across this scrumptious Barbecue Kudu recipe.
Kudu is often said to be the best tasting game meat in the world. It makes an amazingly tasty meal when prepared and cooked correctly. There are a few different ways to cook Kudu; you can marinate it in yogurt for a few hours to reduce the gamey taste or with lemon juice over night, wine for 24 hours or even coca cola for a few hours. Throw in all the spices of your choice (but go easy on the salt and garlic, so that you don’t overpower the game meat); and cook it in a casserole with winter vegetables or braai it. Kudu is a lean meat and great for dieters or health conscious people.
Today’s recipe is quick and easy, with a few simple ingredients and an even simpler cooking method. So what are you waiting for let’s get started!!
Preparation time: 8-12 hours (overnight)
Cooking time: 5-10 minutes
Serves: Up to 12 people, depending on the size of the meat
Ingredients
- Kudu loin, roughly cut into 2 inch pieces
- 100 ml olive oil
- 100 ml lemon juice
- 1 tsp of ground black pepper
- 1 tsp of salt
- 30 ml soy sauce
- 5 garlic cloves, crushed
Method
Mix all the ingredients together in a resealable plastic bag, add your Kudu meat, seal tightly (releasing any excess air) and let it marinate over night in the fridge or an ice box (if you are camping in the bush).
Barbecue/braai the meat over very hot coals for 2 ½ minutes on each side to get that perfect medium/rare finish; alternatively, if you do not like medium/rare meat, keep it on the braai for longer until it is well done.
Serving
Kudu can be served in a number of ways and with a number of dishes e.g. a traditional meal of nshima and vegetables, rice or even potatoes. Sit back relax and enjoy the fine flavours with a beverage of your choice. Enjoy!!
Kanta Temba is a cake maker and decorator. She is also the owner and founder of Kanta Kakes – cake shop.
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The only problem is that you need a permit to have Venison
venison?
lol…simple preparations, loved it…will try it with elk!!
Thanks Kanta for this simple and quick recipe. The only problem (unlike the venison-from-kudu one) is that most game meat is sold dried (or semi-dried). Please search and give us another recipe for dried game meat (any).
Couldn’t have said it better myself!!! That horrible dried game meat I was subjected to as a child; cooked for four hours with flies all over the place, and the smell…chi nsima yaba…
Now that is a recipe am sure will challenge our learned Kanta!
I would rather eat dried smoked salted meat than any fresh game meat as I can not trust anybody or any packaging!!
Kanta. Do something about your hair. This long human hair which is shaved off women wanting to shed off their bad luck/omens by Hindu priests in Indian temples and then exported to Africa is demeaning to say the least. Suffice to say buyers of this hair unwittingly wear/assume the ill luck /bad omens of the shaved woman (if u are a spiritual person) .Google ; BBC how Indians shave their heads and hope for luck. I expect educated & well travelled African women to be more discerning or alert!
Any simpler recipes as in grandma’s kitchen? Too much of exotic ingredients in Kanta’s recipes that makes a meal expensive to cook for most of them one would have to visit a supermarket. Well on the other hand this may not be of my interest as these are westernized meals!
@Jay Jay agreed. It’s the problem of a Trusted source of the packaged Fresh Game Meat that us a problem. Fresh……is a challenge even in large stores. Load shedding means trusting your freezer is capable of preserving your meats at the same temperature when lights are out. In the last three weeks I noticed friends hoping putting meats in the freezer unit during lights out was the only option. But truly that could cause Food Zpoisioning as temperatures do alter. It’s a challenge to cope right now.
This recipe is a good and simple way to treat the meat, am too squimish for Game meat, but as I now have a large bar and restaurant I will think of Game as part of my Brazilian style roast Meats offerings for customers.