Venison Steak Taco Recipe

"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well" -Virginia Woolf

This is my Venison Steak Taco Recipe: 

This makes 4 tacos that are high in protein and low in fat.  Venison is a very lean meat.  Also the spices used help to boost your metabolism.  Apologies if some of the measurements and directions are a little vague; I don't follow recipes, and this is one I made up.  

Ingredients:

• 2 medium size venison steaks
• 1/4 cup water
• half a lemon
• 1 tbsp Tabasco sauce
• seasoning for meat: cayenne pepper, chili powder, celery salt, pepper
• 1 small chopped up onion
• 4 flour tortillas
• a 16 oz can of re-fried beans
• a 16 oz can black olives
• lettuce
• tomato
• shredded cheese
• salsa
• sour cream

Extras If you would like to add them:

• guacamole
• Mexican rice
• corn
• green olives
• chipotle sauce

Preparation:

1. To ensure really tender meat, I begin slow cooking the steak in a small crock pot about 7 hours ahead of dinner time.  So for example: dinner is at 5:00pm, I would start the steaks at 10:00am.  You do not need to defrost the meat, just put into crock pot with a 1/4 cup of water, to keep moist, and turn on high.  Keep an eye on the meat through out the day.  Once the pink coloring has left the meat you can begin seasoning.
2. To season the meat, squirt in half a lemon, 1 tbsp tabasco sauce, add in the onion, cayenne pepper, chili powder, celery salt, and pepper as you see fit. Again, keep an eye on the meat through out the day stirring as necessary.  The steak will eventually begin to shred as it becomes more tender.  you may need to take a fork and gently pull a part once that happens.  
3. About 30 min before dinner will be served you will need to prepare the other ingredients for the tacos.  You will need to cook the re-fried beans at a low setting stirring occasionally.  Also if you wanted to add Mexican rice to your tacos that would need to be made at this time as well.  
4. Turn oven onto low and put the 4 tortillas into the oven on a baking stone to warm them up a bit before serving.  Make sure you do not turn the oven up too high, or else your tortillas will get too crispy.  We want soft, warm shells.  
5. Chop up your tomatoes and olives, and have salsa, sour cream, cheese and lettuce prepared to add onto tacos.  Also any other ingredients you would want to add prepared at this time.   
6. once everything is set and beans are heated-serve!  I usually spread the beans onto the shell first, then add the meat followed by all the other toppings.  Enjoy!

If you try out this recipe, let me know how you liked it!