Bacon-Wrapped Venison Tenderloin

For this bacon-wrapped venison tenderloin recipe, a sugary, savory marinade brings out the rich flavor in the venison before wrapping in bacon and baking.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 623 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 cup soy sauce
• toothpicks
• 1 (2 pound) venison tenderloin
• 1.5 cups brown sugar
• 0.5 pound hickory-smoked bacon
• 0.25 (5 pound) white sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bake in the preheated oven until slightly pink in the center, 35 to 40 minutes for medium-rare. Remove from the oven; sprinkle with white sugar. Turn on the oven's broiler.

Step 2

Whisk brown sugar, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and garlic together in a bowl until brown sugar is dissolved; pour into a resealable plastic bag. Add tenderloin, coat with marinade, squeeze out excess air, and seal the bag. Marinate in the refrigerator 8 hours to overnight.

Step 3

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) with a rack positioned in the center of the oven.

Step 4

Remove tenderloin from marinade and shake off excess. Discard remaining marinade. Wrap 1 strip bacon around tenderloin, starting at one end; secure it with a toothpick. Continue wrapping bacon around tenderloin until covered with bacon and secured with toothpicks; place on a broiler pan.

Step 5

Broil in the preheated oven until bacon is crisp, about 5 minutes, turning once and watching closely so bacon doesn't burn. Transfer tenderloin to a cutting board; rest for 10 minutes. Slice tenderloin between bacon strips.