17 Best Ground Elk Recipes to Try Tonight

These ground elk recipes are so healthy and delicious!

Granted, elk isn’t the first meat you probably resort to. But try something different for a change!

If you have the chance to pick up elk burger at your local meat market, count your lucky stars!

This tender, low-fat red meat is a great alternative to ground beef. 

If you’re looking for some inspiration for your new favorite protein, look no further!

Here are 17 of my favorite ways to use ground elk meat in classic, hearty dinners. 

1. Elk Burger

A big juicy burger makes its way to my dinner table about every other week.

If it happens to be an elk burger, even better.

These elk burgers are undeniably flavorful and juicy. This recipe has ample herbs and flavors for a tasty, tender burger patty. 

The key to the best elk burger is letting the meat chill with the seasonings before grilling.

This will remove any of the gamey flavors and tenderize the meat proteins. 

2. Ground Elk Quesadillas

Quesadillas are the perfect easy, cheesy, and delicious dinner to serve up in a hurry.

Well-seasoned taco meat is a great way to introduce new proteins into your diet, too!

Grab some ground elk meat and season it up with your favorite taco seasonings.

This recipe has some extra fixings for a saucy, flavorful quesadilla filling. 

Serve your new favorite dinner with some guac, sour cream, or salsa for dipping!

3. Ground Elk Stroganoff

Elk stroganoff is a delicious twist on classic comfort food. It’s rich, creamy, and everything you want on a chilly fall evening. 

This recipe has all the common ingredients of traditional beef stroganoff.

It includes mushrooms, savory cream sauce, and hearty chunks of ground elk. 

Serve your creamy stroganoff over egg noodles or mashed potatoes. 

4. Paleo Elk Chili

Bring on the chilly weather and big bowls of chili!

Beans, tomatoes, and ample amounts of ground elk meat are in this chili recipe. There’s also some sausage for extra flavor.

Add all your ingredients to a Crockpot for an easy, super flavorful dinner with little effort!

5. Elk Meatloaf

Meatloaf is one of those home-style dinners that never gets old.

This delicious elk meatloaf is gluten-free and even better than the original!

This recipe has a pound each of ground pork and elk mixed with chopped veggies.

There are no breadcrumbs in this recipe, so it’s perfect for so many diet restrictions!

Serve up a big slice with a side of steamed veggies and mashed potatoes. Yum!

6. Elk Stuffed Mushroom Appetizers

Bring on the bougie appetizers for football season! If you don’t love football, but love the food, add this recipe to your repertoire!

Stuff mushroom caps with a simple combination of seasoned ground elk gruyere cheese.

Add in some aromatic ingredients and breadcrumbs, and bake to perfection. 

Yes, they’re as good as they sound!

7. Elk Enchiladas

Whip up this easy recipe for a crowd-pleasing and filling dinner today.

If you want a classic comparison, these are like beef and bean enchiladas.

Refried beans, seasoned ground elk, and sauce are the stars of this dish.

Top them with a hearty sprinkling of cheese and bake them until tender and bubbly.

Serve this dish with a salad, rice, and your choice of toppings. 

8. Family Tacos

You know you can’t go wrong with taco night! Tacos are perfect for family dinners and totally customizable.

When I’m making tacos for a crowd, I love to opt for elk tacos. This keeps the fat content down with no sacrifice on flavor. 

Season up some elk meat and serve it in crispy tortillas. Top the tacos with your favorite fixings and dig in!

9. Elk Swedish Meatballs

I don’t often opt to make meatballs from scratch. But when I do, I make them with ground elk meat.

This simple Swedish meatball recipe is probably my favorite recipe on this list.

A creamy, savory sauce coats tender and flavorful meatballs.

Serve your saucy meatballs over a bed of egg noodles or mashed potatoes.

10. Grilled Elk Burgers Sliders with Bacon

Everything tastes better when it’s in a mini version.

Maybe that’s because of the cooking, or maybe it’s because you can indulge and have a “few.”

Elk sliders with crispy bacon are no exception to that rule.

If you have the chance to let the elk burger sit in the fridge overnight, it helps the gaminess of the meat. 

Serve up your sliders on brioche buns with cheese, burger toppings, and, of course, bacon! It doesn’t get much better. 

11. Baked Elk Meat Pie

Does it get any more homestead than a savory meat pie?

If you’re thinking what I’m thinking, this classic recipe is just what the doctor ordered.

A simple combination of potatoes, onions, mushrooms, and cheese pairs well with the elk meat.

Load all that goodness into a crisp crust for one tasty meat pie.

12. Kashmiri Elk Curry

These tasty curry meatballs are a win for sure. 

Perfectly cooked tender elk meatballs are cooked in a classic Asian curry sauce.

The curry is made with yogurt and loads of curry spices. 

Serve your meatballs with a hearty serving of basmati rice and enjoy.

13. Grilled Ground Elk Taco Pinwheels

Taco pinwheels are my new favorite football finger food. They’re easy, delicious, and the perfect use for leftover elk taco meat!

If you’ve never made them before, pinwheels are super simple to make! Layer taco ingredients into puff pastry and roll it up.

This recipe has a creamy salsa verde added to the mix and is baked to puffy perfection. 

14. Paleo Elk Burger Bowls

I once had someone tell me bowls are the new tacos. Not sure I agree, but I do love a good meaty elk burger bowl!

This clean-eating recipe is so easy to customize, but delicious as it is.

The star of the recipe is definitely the juicy elk burger to add on top of your bowl. 

Assemble it with sweet potatoes, veggies, and tahini sauce for a one-bowl wonder! 

15. Elk Bolognese Sauce

A classic Bolognese is always a winner! Grab your Dutch oven and a glass of wine. This sauce is slow-cooked to perfection. 

Fragrant garlic, onion, and herbs elevate the deliciously acidic tomatoes and elk meat.

A perfectly savory meat sauce like this is best over fresh pasta. 

16. Elk Cabbage Rolls

You can’t go wrong with a tasty cabbage roll, especially with a well-seasoned elk burger filling up your cabbage leaves.

Basmati rice is added to the seasoned sausage and elk meat for the roll filling.

Baking this recipe low and slow makes for an ultra-tender roll that is fragrant and fabulous. 

17. Elk Lasagna

Take your favorite lasagna to the next level with a bit of wild game.

This recipe has a tasty twist to a classic Italian dinner that you’re sure to love.

Two types of meat, and two types of sauce? Count me in.

The ricotta mixture also has cream cheese for an ultra-rich and cheesy lasagna. 

Top with an ample amount of shredded cheese before baking and dig right in.

This lasagna is even better with a warm slice of Italian bread and a chilled salad.