Print: Bacon-Wrapped Grilled Elk Backstrap

Here's a delicious way to prepare elk: seasoned pieces of backstrap are wrapped in bacon, and grilled. This tasty meal is ready in under half an hour! I like to sprinkle the skewers with more Worcestershire sauce halfway through cooking.

Prep

14 min

Cook

60 min

Servings

Difficulty

Medium

Ingredients

2 pounds elk loin , backstrap
1 tablespoon liquid smoke flavoring
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
0.5 teaspoons garlic powder , or to taste
0.5 teaspoons onion powder , or to taste
0.5 teaspoons black pepper , or to taste
16 slices thick cut bacon

Instructions

1 Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat.
2 Season backstrap pieces with liquid smoke and Worcestershire sauce. Sprinkle with garlic powder, onion powder, and pepper. Wrap each piece of meat with a strip of bacon, and place on a metal skewer.
3 Cook the elk on the preheated grill until the bacon becomes slightly burnt, and the meat has cooked to medium-rare, 15 to 20 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

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