Turtle Soup Recipe

What you need to make it:
meat from 1 turtle
Hi Mountain Western Sizzler Steak Seasoning
24 oz water
2 bags mixed frozen vegetables
1 8oz can diced tomatoes
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon peppercorns
1 tablespoon parsley
2 teaspoons basil

Outdoor Edge Knives
Cancooker



How to make it:
Soak turtle meat in salt water for four days to fully clean. After four days, use your Outdoor Edge knives to remove any remaining connective tissue.

Season the meat with Hi Mountain Steak Seasoning.

Fill your Cancooker with 24oz of water.

Place the Cancooker over low heat for 3-4 hours, until meat falls off the bone.

Refrigerate overnight.

Remove meat from bones.

Place turtle meat back in Cancooker with the remaining ingredients and simmer over low heat, without the  lid, for 2 hours.

Love of the Hunt TV: How to Make Turtle Soup

 In this clip from Love of the Hunt TV, I show you how to make Turtle Soup using Outdoor Edge Knives, Hi Mountain Seasonings, and a Cancooker.

How to Properly Butcher a Turtle

I've had people all over the place asking me how to butcher a turtle since our Groundhog & Carp Dinner episode aired, including Bill from Ironwood MI, and Randy from Bainbridge, Ohio.

One of the keys is not only knowing how to properly use a knife, but to have the right knife. So I'd say step one is to get a Game Processing Knife Set from Outdoor Edge.

From there, it could get tricky to explain on a blog. So rather than me trying to explain it to you, watch this video clip that didn't air on Love of the Hunt.

Just a quick warning: I am butchering a turtle here, so the content may be too graphic for some viewers.

Here is how you properly process a snapping turtle: