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Caribou burger placed on a wooden cutting board with a side of fries in the background

Juicy Caribou Burgers

Tara Klippert
These caribou burgers are packed with extra beef tallow and seasonings to make them super juicy and flavourful. Caribou meat can be a little bit “gamey” because it is a wild animal, but with all the incredible flavours in this recipe you wouldn’t know!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 8
Calories 189 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

Caribou burger patties

  • 2 pounds ground caribou meat
  • 2 tbsp melted beef tallow (plus extra for frying)
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbsp flour (I used gluten free)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp paprika

Toppings

  • hamburger buns
  • butter (vegan or regular)
  • lettuce
  • Red onion
  • mayonnaise
  • Mustard
  • ketchup

Instructions
 

Caribou burger patties

  • Remove the packaging on your thawed ground caribou meat and put it all in a large mixing bowl.
    unwrapped ground caribou placed in white bowl
  • Add all remaining wet and dry ingredients to the bowl with your caribou meat.
    Wet and dry ingredients added to raw ground caribou in bowl
  • Press roughly 7 to 8 burger patties in a hamburger press. If you don't have a hamburger press, you can also form them into burger patty shapes with your hands.
    Ground meat with burger seasonings in burger press
  • Heat a cast iron pan on low to medium heat and add some additional beef tallow to the pan so that the burgers don’t stick.
    Heated cast iron pan with melting beef tallow
  • Add your caribou burger patties to the pan and cook for roughly 4 to 5 minutes.
    Raw caribou burger in cast iron pan
  • Using a flipper, flip your burger patties and fry on the second side for roughly 3 to 4 minutes or until cooked through.
    Caribou burger in cast iron pan with one side browned

Burger fixing

  • While your burger patties are cooking, heat a second pan on low heat. Cut your hamburger buns in half and butter the inside of both pieces. Place each bun face down in the pan and fry until the bottoms are getting crispy and starting to brown.
  • Assemble your burger with your buttered and toasted hamburger bun, the caribou patty, lettuce, sliced tomato, diced red onion, mayonnaise, mustard, and ketchup. Enjoy!
    Assembled caribou burger placed on wooden plank with brown parchment paper

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Notes

The nutritional information is based on just the burger patty and not the other burger fixings.

Nutrition

Calories: 189kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 26.4gFat: 7.6gSaturated Fat: 3.3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.8gMonounsaturated Fat: 2.7gTrans Fat: 0gCholesterol: 120mgSodium: 350mgPotassium: 285mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 0g
Keyword dairy free, gluten free
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