Venison Hamburger Salisbury Steak

This stovetop one-pan meal is a classic salisbury steak made with a venison ground hamburger and so tasty.

The thick delicious brown gravy with mushrooms is just pure comfort food, especially when served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes.

If you are looking for venison recipes, this is surely a delicious one and you really can't tell it's not beef!

The kids loved it too and the best part no one even asked what it was because it tasted so good and the same as regular hamburger.

I know sometimes you can just think about wild game meats and not be interested in even trying it, but if you love venison and need ideas for using ground venison, try this recipe first!

You can leave the mushrooms out if you're not a fan and I will give other substitutions for ingredients below.

The gravy simmered with these burgers makes them tender and keep the venison moist not dried out.

We love venison cabernet hamburgers, venison chili, and fried venison steak cutlets, those are all favorite just waiting for all venison lovers out there!

Scroll down to the recipe card and check out this great recipe!

this is a salisbury steak with brown gravy and mushrooms using Venison ground meat

Easy Recipe

You can make this all from scratch or cut corners with some of the ingredients when you're in a hurry.

Even though I love the homemade gravy recipe for these salisbury venison steaks below, sometimes I get store-bought premade jar gravy in a pinch

We are big fans of salisbury steak and have made it with many other types of meat, so scroll down and if you aren't a venison lover, and check out this basic recipe.

this is ground venison made into salisbury steaks in gravy with mushrooms

Ingredients You Will Need to Make Venison Hamburger Salisbury Steak

Scroll down to the recipe card for the exact measurements

For the Patties:
ground venison hamburger or use another suggestion below
medium-size eggs
Worcestershire sauce
ketchup
prepared mustard
Italian style bread crumbs
white bread
milk
Parmesan Cheese
granulated garlic powder
salt, pepper to taste and we like a little cayenne pepper for heat
Optional Additions: jarred sliced or canned mushrooms rinsed around 8 ounces, 1/2 cup sliced onions
Homemade Brown Gravy Ingredients or Use Store-Bought Brown Gravy Bottled around 3 cups
French onion soup mix
beef stock
white wine, marsala wine or use apple juice
Worcestershire sauce
unsalted butter (unless you need the added salt)
cracked pepper
cloves minced garlic
flour

this is venison patties frying in a pan with mushrooms ready to be made into salisbury steaks

Meat Substitutions

Boneless Chicken Cutlets
Boneless Pork Chops
Steak Cutlets
Any Other Wild Game Meats
Hamburger beef Patties
Ground turkey, chicken or pork
Cube steaks

this is the gravy for making salisbury steak using ground venison hamburger with mushrooms in it

Tips:

Always use a combination of butter and oil for frying venison, it's very lean and needs fat.
The milk and the bread added keeps the venison moist don't skip that step
Keep the patties warm if making homemade gravy instead of using the bottled
These patties can be frozen to use another time
This mixture of venison meat can be used for shepherds pie or a meatloaf
Serving suggestions are roasted garlic mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, and big sweet yeast rolls
You can also bake the patties instead of frying or air fry them sprayed with cooking oil
Make sure the venison is very dry no blood before mixing

this is ground venison hamburger made into salisbury steak raw in bowl

More Venison Recipes To Try:

Venison Stew
Venison Pot Pie
Venison Cacciatore

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Italian, American

Yield: 8

Author: Claudia Lamascolo