Simple Pheasant...

[Moses2531]

Hoping to get a pheasant or 2 this weekend, but if we do we're going to have to bring them back to school with us and prepare them in the dorms.. Just wondering if there was a really simple and basic technique on preparing fresh pheasant? We have access to an oven and a grocery store nearby for spices and what not...

[JigginIsLife]

Yes.... Im a college student and i hear your complaints haha. the answer is in the CROCKPOT!!! I know that in our doorm room we couldnt have anything like a toaster or toaster oven. so you can either breast out your rooster and then keep the thighs. get a smaller crockpot and then like a can or two of cream of mushroom soup and then some sour cream. its delish. haha good luck

[Tony Holland]

I always make mine with 1 or 2 cups of cream of chicken poured over the breasts baked for an hour. Very simple. and good.

[pocketknife]

Here is one if you like mashed potatos,and you have a stove brown the pheasant in pan with little oil maybe little onion,then add one can cream of chicken soup and one can cream of celery and about 2/3 can water and then simmer for about 1 hour. That way the soup absorbes flavor and makes excellent gravey for mashed potaos.

[bigdog]

I put mine in a reynolds oven bag with some apple and white wine. 325F for 1 hour.

[BobT]

That sounds good. I'm going to have to try it.

Why do so many insist on using cream soups with wild bird? Don't we take them to enjoy the flavor they possess or do we just want the tecture in the soup?

Bake it or fry it like you would a chicken or turkey. You might just surprise yourself.

Bob

[joe_stack20]

Here is one that my wife likes so much sometimes she makes me go out and shoot a rooster!

Pheasant Wild Rice Soup

Take your whole bird and boil for a good 30 min.

When bird is good and white de-bone and cut all meat possible into small pieces.

4 cans chicken stock

1 cup half and half

1/4 cup flour

2 boxes of uncle bens long grain wild rice

2 tbsp butter.

throw all of that in the crock pot put on low heat when you leave for work...when you get home turn it off and you are ready to go. If Anyone is home they may wanna watch it and add some water as needed mid day (lunch break)

one thing that i like about this one is that it is a THICK soup...the next day when you re heat it its almost like a hotdish.

[bigdog]

For the oven bag I also pluck my birds instead of skinning, can also rub on some Italian seasoning.

Another good one is to cut the meat into chunks and do shake and bake. Or, can also cut the breast into sttrips and fry in Olive oil with some Italian seasoning. I am in a minority and don't care much for cream soups myself.

[BobT]

Have tried the shake-n-bake and it was great. I have also prepared grouse just by rolling in seasoned flour and pan frying. Turned out moist and tender. I'm going to try it with pheasant next.

Bob

[TTfromBlaine]

Here's a good one for ya, called, Cajun Pheasant Fettuccine cut the meat off a couple of birds into sized big enough to know your eatin pheasant then put in frying pan with olive oil and cover the meat with cajun seasoning tasting as you go. in the mean time cook up about 3/4 to 1 box of fettuccine, drain/rinse pasta and put back into pan with some butter or margerine on med heat throw in cooked bird juice and everything then add a jar of alfredo sauce, Ilike the garlic stuff, add a little milk to empty jar to get all the sauce then you add to make it as creamy as you like. keep mixing until hot then serve with garlic toast to wipe the plates clean if you dont have pheasant use chicken..

[BigDaddy]

Pheasant Curry

2-3 pounds of boneless Pheasant meat (white or dark)

1 jar (16 oz.) Salsa

1 medium onion, chopped

2 Tbsp. curry powder

1 cup Sour Cream

PLACE meat in slow cooker. Combine salsa, onions and curry powder; pour over meat. Cover with lid.

COOK on LOW for 8 to 10 hours (or on HIGH for 5 hours).

REMOVE Pheasant to serving platter; cover to keep warm. Add sour cream to slow cooker; stir until well blended. Serve over the Pheasant.

Serving Suggestion

Serve over hot steamed vegetables. Or, spoon over hot cooked rice.

[Kodiak]

1 can cream of mushroom

1 can cream of chicken

potatos

pheasant meat quartered or breasts

put in crock pot and let run while you are at work 8 hours or so...come home and enjoy and give a little to the puppy dog while your at it...he/she worked hard and should enjoy some also.

[phishandpheasant]

Take breasts and put mustard on them. Spread mustard over breast. Then take French's fried onions(the one's you put over green bean casserole) and crumple them over the mustard. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Very tasty and easy to prepare.

[Kodiak]

that mustard recipe sounds good.

[BobT]

TT,

If you taste as you go how does it remain Cajun Pheasant Fettuccine and not become just Cajun Fettuccine? At least that's probably what would happen for me.

Sounds good.

Bob