Who Said It Taste's Bad......

[mklong40]

I hear all the time Javelina taste terrible.......YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG!

 

Picked my pig up from Wild Game Processing down here in Tucson and threw some chorizo, papas, onion, and egg on the stove.....to say its good is an understatement!!! Awesome eating!!!

[CouesWhitetail]

I agree whole-heartedly! I have never had bad javelina meat and can't understand how so many people do. My guess is they handle the hide and then the meat and get the gland smell on the meat, but as long as you don't do that, then the meat is excellent! Much like lean pork. I have made mine into italian sausage and chorizo....Love it!

[Coach]

+1. Javi meat is great eating if cared for properly.

[firstcoueswas80]

Grilled some backstrap as well as done ribeyes the other night with a buddy.... Other then him eating his meat burnt, all was delicious!

[Elkhunter1]

I have never made my Javi into anything, always steaks, roasts, stew meat, or pit. ALL IS GOOD.

 

The best I have made was a pan seared tenderloin well seasoned then in the oven at 325 covered for another 20 min.

[DesertBull]

Last week I had some wood left over from a fire pit party so I lit it up first thing in the morning.

 

While it was burning down to coals I took all 4 quarters and the neck of my javelina and rubbed them down with a combo chile powder, brown sugar, garlic, fresh rosemary and olive oil. Then cut up some onions, apples, Serrano chilis, and oranges.

 

. Triple Wrapped each piece of meat separately with a handful of the chopped stuff and more oil in foil.

 

Once the fire burned down I put the meat in the pit and covered it with a piece of sheet metal with a few shovels of coals on top.

 

By sun down the fire was totally burned down and only warm so I took the meat out, let it cool, then up wrapped the foil. It was totally cooked and falling off the bone.

 

It was a little dry but I chopped some up and added some onion and apple juice to a pan, reduced it to a semi thick sauce, then tossed in the meat.

 

We all grazed heavily on javelina tacos with shredded cabbage, pickled red onions, sour cream and shredded cheddar. Oh and of course a few Shiner Bocks.

 

Shredded up the majority of the meat and put in one lb freezer bags. Summer Taco meat.

[DesertBull]

IMO javelina is better than desert mule deer by far.

[billrquimby]

Slow-cooked in a mesquite-fired pit is the only way I've been able to eat javelina, desert bighorn and bear. It's not because I don't take care in handling, skinning or butchering them -- I simply don't like the flavor of their meat.

 

Bill Quimby

[rclouse79]

This year I boned out my javalina and kept the meat in a cooler with ice, water, apple cider vinegar, and salt for three days. I think it made the meat more tender and it tasted great. My wife even gave the green chili javalina stew two thumbs up.

[25-06]

I have had good javalina and bad javalina, just depends on how many beers I have had.

[WHT_MTNMAN]

My granddad always told me the best way to eat javelina was to dig a big pit, start a fire...place the javelina in a gunny sack place on a piece of plywood. Bury it for a 24 hours over the fire. Then you uncover it all, throw away the javelina and eat the plywood.

[pwrguy]

My granddad always told me the best way to eat javelina was to dig a big pit, start a fire...place the javelina in a gunny sack place on a piece of plywood. Bury it for a 24 hours over the fire. Then you uncover it all, throw away the javelina and eat the plywood.

Sounds about right to me

[JLW]

looks like firstcoueswas80 and Elkhunter1 is the only ones who ate it cowboy style (steaks) everyone else had to cover up the funky flavor with chorizo or something to take the gamey flavor away! really strong flavor... hard to choke it down without all the added flavors.

DB's recuipe sounds awesome though!

I did a red chilli recipe and they loved it here at work but I'd rather eat a coues!

 

James

[Elkhunter1]

looks like firstcoueswas80 and Elkhunter1 is the only ones who ate it cowboy style (steaks) everyone else had to cover up the funky flavor with chorizo or something to take the gamey flavor away! really strong flavor... hard to choke it down without all the added flavors.

DB's recuipe sounds awesome though!

I did a red chilli recipe and they loved it here at work but I'd rather eat a coues!

 

James

Well what I do with them is skin them. After completely washing it down and letting it drain, I put it into a clean plastic bag and put it in a refer at 34* for 14 to 18 days. Take it out, butcher it up as you like and place into a freezer or PIT BBQ