Bacon-Wrapped Grilled Elk Backstrap
Meat and Poultry Game Meats Elk
Here's a delicious way to prepare elk: seasoned pieces of backstrap are wrapped in bacon, and grilled. This tasty meal is ready in under half an hour! I like to sprinkle the skewers with more Worcestershire sauce halfway through cooking.
Servings per recipe: 4
Calories per serving: 443
Preparation time: 10m
Total cooking time: 25m
Ingredients:
- 2 pounds elk loin (backstrap), cut into 2 ounce pieces
- 1 tablespoon liquid smoke flavoring
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder, or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, or to taste
- 16 slices thick cut bacon
Directions:
- 1 Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat.
- 2 Season backstrap pieces with liquid smoke and Worcestershire sauce. Sprinkle with garlic powder, onion powder, and pepper. Wrap each piece of meat with a strip of bacon, and place on a metal skewer.
- 3 Cook the elk on the preheated grill until the bacon becomes slightly burnt, and the meat has cooked to medium-rare, 15 to 20 minutes.
Nutrion facts:
| Total Fat | 21.5g | 33% |
| Saturated Fat | 7.0g | |
| Cholesterol | 144mg | 48% |
| Sodium | 982mg | 39% |
| Potassium | 717mg | 20% |
| Total Carbohydrates | 2g | |
| Dietary Fiber | 0.1g | |
| Protein | 56.6g | 113% |
| Sugars | 1g | |
| Vitamin A | 18IU | |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | |
| Calcium | 18mg | |
| Iron | 6mg | |
| Thiamin | 0mg | |
| Niacin | 19mg | |
| Vitamin B6 | 0mg | |
| Magnesium | 48mg | |
| Folate | 14mcg |
