Here’s a spicy and satisfying recipe to serve up the wild pig meat you harvested this year.

Whether you use shoulder, hindquarter or loins, trim as much visible fat as you can from the meat before cooking. Wild pig fat is often the cause of unpleasant flavors. The first thing to do after trimming the meat is to cut it into cubes, brown it and pour off any fat that was rendered while browning.

Ingredients

2 1/2 to 3 pounds wild pig shoulder hindquarter or loin meat, trimmed and cut into 1- to 2-inch cubes

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

2 quarts beef broth

1 medium yellow onion thinly sliced

3 stalks celery sliced diagonally

6 garlic cloves thinly sliced

2 small hot peppers jalapeno, serrano, Thai, etc. seeded and minced

2 cups bell peppers or any sweet peppers sliced or roughly chopped

1 tablespoon Asian chili sauce, sriracha, or similar sauce

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 1/2 cups cooked black beans

1 tablespoon cornstarch mixed with equal part cold water.

2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice

4 green onions shredded

1/4 cup dry roasted peanuts chopped (optional)

warm steamed rice

Instructions

Heat oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Add pig meat and brown evenly on all sides. Pour off any excess liquid rendered during browning.

Add beef broth and next four ingredients to pot. Bring to boil, cover and simmer for 2 to 3 hours or until meat breaks apart with moderate pressure.

NOTE: Do not cook until meat falls apart! It should still be firm, but not tough and chewy.

Add remaining peppers, chili sauce, soy sauce, black beans and cornstarch mixture. Bring to a boil, stirring often to thicken. Stir in lime juice.

Place a mound of rice in bowls and spoon pig meat over rice. Top with green onions and peanuts.

You’ll find more recipes to prepare using the meat and fish that you’ve harvested yourself in every issue of MidWest Outdoors, available by subscribing on our website.