Wild Game Recipes: Slow-Cooked Goose

Do you hunt wild geese (or are you planning to head out for your first goose hunt this season)? If so, you need a delicious recipe to prepare the meat you bring home from a safe and successful hunt. 

Hunting wild game is a sustainable way to feed yourself, family, and friends. So, after your next goose hunt, try this recipe for slow-cooked goose from Taste of Home!

Why Hunt Wild Geese

Compared to doves and ducks, wild geese are large birds. This means you can bring home fewer birds and still have more meat than when hunting other wild birds!

It's also a lot of fun to hunt these birds. Whether you head out on your own, with a buddy, or with your best hunting dog, you'll enjoy the challenge and thrill of rustling geese out of their roosts and downing them as they take flight. 

Additionally, goose meat is delicious! Some hunters even prefer this type of waterfowl over duck meat. So, if you have an opportunity to hunt geese, take it. You'll enjoy the hunt and the meat you bring home!

Wild Game Recipes: Slow-Cooked Goose

What's a tasty way to prepare a goose? Slowly! Try this recipe for an excellent dish, ideal on a cool fall day.

Prep. time: 20 minutes + 4 hours marinating
Cook time: 4 hours 
Servings: 4

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs. cubed goose breast
• 4 tsp. canola oil
• 1/2 c. soy sauce
• 4 tsp. lemon juice
• 1 tsp. garlic powder
• 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 packet onion soup mix
• 3/4–1 c. all-purpose flour
• 1/4 c. butter, cubed
• 1 (10-3/4 oz.) can of condensed golden mushroom soup (undiluted)
• 1-1/3 c. water

Combine the soy sauce, lemon juice, oil, garlic powder, and Worcestershire sauce in a large resealable plastic bag. Then, add the goose meat to the bag. 

Seal the bad and turn it to coat the meat evenly. Refrigerate the meat in the bag for four hours or overnight.

Next, drain and discard the marinade. Place the flour in another resealable plastic bag and add goose meat chunks in small batches. Shake the to coat the pieces. 

Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat, then brown the chunks of goose meat evenly on all sides.

Finally, transfer the meat to a 3-quart slow cooker. Add mushroom soup, water, and soup mix. Cover the cooker and cook on high for 4-5 hours or until meat is tender. 

Serve the cooked meat with potatoes, noodles, or rice.

Hunt Wild Geese Safely to Enjoy Delicious, Sustainable Meals

We hope you enjoy this recipe! However, to bring home the wild geese you need to make this dish, you must return from a safe and successful hunt. 

Hunter-Ed wants hunters to hunt safely and enjoy more hunts every season. Our online, state-approved courses help hunters understand everything from good firearm safety, blaze orange regulations, staying in the safe zone of fire, and being responsible and ethical hunters. 

So, before your next wild goose hunt, get safety certified! Find the course for your state and start learning.

Originally published September 22, 2015. Content updated May 20, 2024.