Cooking deer ribs

The few times I have cooked them, they are too tough and not much meat on the at all to fool with.

Post an update in the next few days if you have any luck.

Place the ribs in a crock pot along with a small Boston Butt. Add seasoning and veggies of your choice. Cook on low for 6 hours. Slice the pork and serve with veggies, then place the ribs in the nearest trash can.

Or if you want to save time, trash the ribs before cooking the pork.

Thinking of putting them in a pan and cooking in apple juice. I guess this would be like braising them. I will post an update tomorrow night.

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cooking in apple juice

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Good call, but I would do half apple cider vinegar along with the juice. The acidity of the vinegar will counter balance the sweetness of the apple juice. Onion, bell pepper and garlic will help, as well as a bay leaf or two.

Deer ribs are impossible. Even if you cook them down the tallow/fat is like freakinq steroid peanut butter in your mouth when trying to eat.

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Anybody ever done these? Most thing I find online say you can't get them tender enough. Looking for someone advice.

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Very lean and usually tough as hell. The only thing we've ever done with them that was even remotely enjoyable was to sear them on a grill and then wrap them in foil packets with bacon and some citrus(lemon/lime/orange juice) cooked low and slow so the acid could break them down while the bacon fat could mix in and add some flavor.

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Most thing I find online say you can't get them tender enough. Looking for someone advice.

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Take the ribs and cut them in half like short ribs. Then put in a pot with a small amount of LA Crawfish/ Crab boil. Bring to a rolling boil for about 25 minutes. Remove the ribs let them cool and then baste them with your favorite BBQ Sauce. Put them on the grill for about 30 minutes and enjoy. They will fall off the bone..

Ok, to update the deer ribs. We basically cooked them for 6 or 7 hours in a pan at 225. The bones fell out of them. The meat had good flavor, but was not very tender. This was something we have been wanting to try and we did. Probably won't do theses again.