Deer meat filleted, Cajun stews (7)
I believe the answer is:
muntjac
'deer' is the definition.
(muntjac is a kind of deer)
'meat filleted cajun stews' is the wordplay.
'filleted' means to remove the middle letters (inside letters get 'filleted' out).
'stews' is an anagram indicator.
'meat' with its centre taken out is 'mt'.
'mt'+'cajun'='mtcajun'
'mtcajun' anagrammed gives 'MUNTJAC'.
(Other definitions for muntjac that I've seen before include "Small deer" , "animal" .)