25+ Hearty Crockpot Venison Recipes

There are so many crockpot venison recipes out there, and for good reason. The crockpot is one of the best ways to cook venison due to its ability to tenderize tough cuts, retain moisture, provide even cooking, infuse flavors, offer convenience, and adapt to various recipes. 

Slow cooking makes cooking venison really easy and allows you to transform potentially challenging game meat into delicious, tender dishes with minimal effort. 

If you are new to cooking wild game and want to easily prepare a delicious, hearty meal, a crock pot is the best way to turn a tough cut of meat into a fork tender, delicious meat.

The Best Venison Slow Cooker Recipes

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Different Kinds of Slow Cooker Venison Roasts & Venison Stew (Deer Stew)

Venison stew is incredibly delicious for several reasons. The tender chunks of venison slow-cooked to perfection, become irresistibly tender and flavorful. The rich, earthy taste of venison melds with aromatic herbs, vegetables, and its dark rich broth during the slow simmering process, creating a delicious blend of flavors. (Adding Worcestershire sauce and beef stock really enhances the flavor of deer meat.)

A flavorful stew is a comforting and hearty dish that not only showcases the unique taste of wild game but also offers a satisfying, warming meal that's perfect for chilly days.

Classic Crockpot Venison Stew

This slow cooker venison roast recipe is a classic way to prepare deer roast, and loaded with hearty vegetables; it is so delicious.

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Venison Roast Recipe | How to Slow Cook Deer Roast (crockpot)

This is the way to get flavorful, tender and juicy venison roast. Using the slow cooker is the easiest way to make perfect venison roast.

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Bavarian Style Venison Roast with Sauerkraut

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Bavarian-Style Slow Cooker Venison and Sauerkraut Pot Roast

This easy pot roast features potatoes, sauerkraut, and some of the tastiest venison you'll ever eat.

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Barbecue Crockpot Venison

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Billys Bar-b-que (Crockpot Venison)

This is an excellent way to serve up any form of venison or other meat. - Billy’s Bar-b-que (Crockpot Venison)

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Pickle Juice Venison Pot Roast

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Pickle Juice Venison Pot Roast

Everyone probably has a tough cut of meat in the freezer and a half-eaten jar of pickles shoved in the back of the fridge. Put those together and throw in whatever else makes sense. You might be surprised how tasty it is.

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Venison Irish Stew

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Hunter’s Lot Irish Stew Recipe

This tasty stew is a fantastic way to clear all those small bits from the freezer.

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Venison Rouladen

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Deconstructed Slow Cooker Venison Rouladen Recipe

While classic rouladen is definitely delicious, it is time consuming to make. For this recipe, we take those same flavors and deconstruct the roulade in the slow cooker. Put it on in the morning and the meal will be ready when you get home from work or a day afield.

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Be sure to sear your meat in a hot skillet, and don't forget to scrape the brown bits off the bottom of your pan to add to the slow cooker to give the gravy a rich flavor. 

Pair your slow cooker venison stew with mashed potatoes or cooked egg noodles.

Venison Sandwiches

Slow Cooker Venison Sloppy Joes

Venison Sandwiches

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Crockpot Venison Sandwiches - Season & Thyme

Easy Crockpot Venison Sandwiches use just a few ingredients but are very flavorful. Shred the tender deer meat and serve on french rolls.

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Crockpot Ground Venison Recipes

Grinding up pieces of tougher meat to mix with a little ground pork is a delicious way to add a little fat and flavor to this lean meat.

Venison Meatball Recipes

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Crockpot Venison Meatballs

Crockpot Venison Meatballs are perfect for an easy appetizer or a hearty comfort food dinner. Simple meatball recipe!

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Slow Cooker Cheese-Stuffed Venison Meatballs

These meatballs are easy to make because the slow cooker does all the work. They make an outstanding party hors d'oeuvre by themselves, or main dish when served with a plate of spaghetti. Ground venison by itself has a hard time holding together in a meatball, so I like to use an 80/20 blend of ground venison to beef or pork fat, or bacon.

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Venison Meatloaf

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Slow Cooker Venison Meatloaf

That favorite comfort food gets even easier to prepare, and just as tasty.

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Venison Chili Recipes

Slow cooker venison chili is a classic way to prepare venison. 

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Best Slow Cooker Venison Chili (Deer Chili)

This award-winning Venison Chili (Deer Chili) recipe is made with ground venison meat and has the best spicy, Southern flavor! Simple and easy to make in the Crockpot! No beans required!

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Venison Skyline Chili

Cincinnati chili can be served a couple different ways. I choose to eat it over spaghetti noodles topped with cheese and diced onions. You can also just serve it in a bowl with oyster crackers or atop a hot dog. Either way you choose, you will love it and mostly likely go back for a second round.

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Venison Chili

Ground meat tends to become a surplus for hunters throughout the season. Chili is a go to recipe for people when they want to use up that meat. This is a chili recipe that strays away from the traditional. Use this recipe if you’re in the mood for something flavorful and sophisticated.

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Crockpot Venison Soup Recipes

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Slow Cooker Venison Lasagna Soup

A great slow cooker soup for warming up after a cold day. Start it in the morning and let it simmer on low all day. When you get home, flip the slow cooker to high, add the dried pasta and mix up the ricotta cheese topping. Serve with crusty bread and enjoy.

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Slow Cooker Ground Venison and Cabbage Soup

Put this one together before you leave and it will be ready to eat when you get home that night. Packed with ground venison, cabbage and other vegetables, this hearty soup is a meal on its own.

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Venison-Stuffed Pepper Soup

Venison-stuffed bell peppers are a classic dish, but they take some time to assemble and cook. But with colder weather just around the corner, hearty soups and slow-cooker recipes are back on the menu. This one packs in all the flavor of stuffed bell peppers, but with way less work.

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Venison Stroganoff Recipes

While I love beef stroganoff, this great recipe will make preparing venison a piece of cake.

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Slow Cooker Venison Stroganoff

Cooked low and slow, this venison stroganoff is simple, hearty, and ready when you are.

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Slow Cooker Venison Roast with Mushroom Gravy

Tender venison roast that is smothered in a bacon mushroom gravy! Not your average roast recipe and is a must try.

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Venison Barbacoa Recipes

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Venison Barbacoa

This is a slow-cooking process that incorporates both dried and fresh peppers to capture the flavor profile of traditional barbacoa. Because this recipe is somewhat time consuming, it’s easy to double the ingredients and freeze the leftovers for quick meals from the freezer.

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Venison Barbacoa Recipe - Hank Shaw’s Venison Barbacoa

A Mexican venison barbacoa recipe using shoulder, or lamb or goat. Barbacoa is braised with spices, pulled and tossed with a oil to keep it moist.

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Tough Cuts of Venison

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How to Cook Slow Cooker Venison Shanks

These Slow Cooker Venison Shanks are a wonderfully easy way to turn a chewy cut of meat into the tenderest and most lip smacking meal

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Neck roast BBQ is a great way to cook this tough cut of meat.

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Whole Venison Neck Roast BBQ

This neck roast bbq recipe is a great dish to make with a whole venison neck, or a 4-to-6 pound piece of elk or moose neck. Since the neck is a heavily used muscle it takes a lot of cooking to tenderize the meat.

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Which venison cuts are the toughest?

Similar to stew beef, the neck, front shoulder, shanks, and parts of the hindquarter will be the least tender cuts of the deer. These cuts of meat will benefit the most from slow cooking, so use them to make venison stew meat.

And, if it is cold out or you don't have access to a grill, you can also cook venison ribs in a crockpot.

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Venison Ribs

A lot of people don’t realize that you can make great bone-in rib recipes with your venison ribs if you just apply a little low, slow heat first and then go to the grill. Give this recipe a try. You’ll never look at venison ribs the same way again.

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How to Store Leftover Venison Roast

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator. You can also freeze venison, both raw and cooked, in freezer bags for 3-6 months. (Vacuum sealing will make the meat last even longer!)