So I got hooked up to some Venison and Elk, and I made some of the venison today. I was looking for some interesting recipes and stumbled upon one where they used Italian salad dressing. I was like, "Wut?", but reading the reviews, it got a lot of thumbs up, so I gave it a try, altered to my tastes.
Pierced steak all over with a fork. Salt and peppered both sides of the steak like I usually do, added a tad of Kansas City rub, then very lightly dribbled some Italian dressing on both sides and rubbed it in really well. I let it sit for a couple of hours, then put it in a good and hot carbon steel pan with a little olive oil and butter. Three minutes per side to a medium rare.
It was REALLY good. Some of the best venison I remember having. I'm gonna try this dressing trick on other steaks as well.