About this season
A lifelong outdoorsman and chef, Andrew Zimmern demystifies cooking wild food over an open fire, creating delicious and easy meals, while sharing tips for sourcing, butchering and preparing game meat and fish.
Episodes (10)
1. Grilled Turkey Legs, Creamed Greens and Lemon Orzo
Aired 25 September 2023 • 21 min
Chef Andrew Zimmern shares a technique for butchering and grilling butterflied turkey legs over an open fire.
2. Carne Adovada
Aired 2 October 2023
Andrew Zimmern cooks a carne adovada using easy tips to butcher a wild hog shoulder that he braises with lots of chiles, vinegar and Mexican oregano in a Dutch oven over an open fire.
3. A Whole Roasted Hog
Aired 9 October 2023 • 21 min
Andrew marinates a whole young hog in orange juice, vinegar and garlic before roasting it for several hours in a wooden box that cooks the pig with downward convective heat.
4. Bison Tomahawk Chop with Italian-style Eggplant and Panzanella
Aired 16 October 2023 • 21 min
Chef Andrew Zimmern shares a simple trick for getting the most out of a marinade. He chars the meat, sticks it in a marinade for 24 hours and finishes it low and slow over an open fire.
5. Creamy Clam Chowder and Mussels in Spicy Tomato Sauce
Aired 23 October 2023 • 21 min
Andrew prepares a pot of creamy clam chowder with a fortified clam broth and demystifies cooking certain shellfish.
6. Braised Pigeon with Homemade Herb Gnocchi
Aired 30 October 2023 • 21 min
To create an exquisite meal for a fall evening around a bonfire, chef Andrew Zimmern prepares braised squab with vinegar and olives, one of his favourite recipes, and pairs it with homemade herbed gnocchi cooked in butter.
7. Goat Curry with Rice Pilaf and Carmelized Onions
Aired 6 November 2023 • 21 min
Chef Andrew butchers a whole goat, using the leg and backstrap for a braised curry while keeping some of the goat's offal for a grilled snack. He completes the meal with rice pilaf with caramelised onions and a tomato and cucumber salad.
8. Nashville Hot Pheasant and Mint Basil Lemonade
Aired 13 November 2023 • 21 min
Chef Andrew reimagines one of his favourite dishes, Nashville-style hot fried chicken, with a wild pheasant. He pairs this crispy, batter-coated and spicy fried pheasant with a spinach salad.
9. Tuna 101: Grilled, Poached and Raw
Aired 20 November 2023 • 21 min
Chef Andrew serves a single tuna in three different ways. He cooks a grilled centre-cut tuna steak topped with a miso-mustard sauce, tuna tartare from the trim and poached tuna belly for his reinterpretation of a Nicoise Salad.
10. Hawaiian Plate Lunch
Aired 27 November 2023 • 21 min
Chef Andrew reimagines the much-loved Hawaiian plate lunch, which is a hearty meal comprised of overloaded portions, with a hand-cut venison burger topped with a fried egg and homemade gravy.