Give me alllll your recipes and tips!

wrap it in bacon. Toss it on the grill.

The way the good Lord intended for all latge game birds to be prepared: chicken fried. My buddy that is a serious pheasant hunter serves it with a side of fried banana peppers and cocktail sauce.

Otherwise, consult Steven Rinella.

Made some mean enchiladas outta the ones I shot

Medium rare

This recipe is a bit involved and actually was my mother's recipe for Quail. Gamebirds are typically very dry ( hell most 'game" is).
She used to essentially smother the birds.

Take the whole Quail/ Pheasant ( or quarter the Pheasant.
Salt/Pepper to taste and dredge in flour.
Now brown the birds in oil in a roasting pan. (Brown- don't fry completely).
Let the birds drain on a paper towel.
Pour off the excess oil.
Take some flour ( Wondra is best its presifted) and make a blond roux with the left over oil in the pan.
Now deglaze the pan with Sherry (plain Sherry not "cream sherry,etc")
Add about twice as much water to the pan as you did Sherry and place the Birds breast down so that they're nearly completely covered.
Cover and Bake at 350 degrees for about an hour.
Remove from oven, turn birds breast side up ( possibly add some water and/or Sherry) and replace in the oven for another 30-45 minutes.

Serve over Wild Rice. The birds will fall off the bone... literally

Now, its really good the first time. BUT! Serve it warmed up the next morning over toast and you'll think you've died and gone to heaven.

Got any questions, PM me.

AND PLEASE don't **** it up by grilling it with a Jalopena!

Slice and fry the breast. Legs in to gumbo. Same as wild turkey.

Wrap with bacon and marinate with raspberry chipotle sauce. Grill over medium hot fire. Use extra sauce as a mop sauce as it cooks.

It makes into awesome sausage.

Borrowed these from another Ag buddy. Pheasant Pot Pie. Pheasant Stew.

Brine/inject and fry.

Pretty much same way you cook chicken. I use it in my gumbo quite a bit (farm,raised, not wild)

I usually go with phire roasted or phried

I brine them for 24 hours and smoke them with oak wood on low heat for as long as it takes.

Debone breasts and thighs. The rest of the bird goes in the crock pot for soup.

Cook 3-4 pieces of bacon per bird. Dredge birds in seasoned flour and fry in bacon grease for about 30 minutes. Cover with chicken broth. Slice 1 onion per 2 birds, separate rings and scatter over birds. Simmer covered for 45 minutes. Uncover the last 10 minutes or so to let the broth thicken. Sir occasionally. Crumble bacon over birds. Serve as is or over rice.

BradMtn346 has made this several times for me. There isn't much better eating than this.

Add salt, pepper, garlic, minced onion to extra virgin olive oil. Heat oil until garlic is starting to brown. Remove meat from breast. Pan sear meat to medium.

If you want to grill or smoke I would suggest bringing or marinating. First time to cook pheasant was last year, so I don't really have any recipes to contribute. Looking forward to trying some of these this year.

Ditto on chicken fried! Fillet breasts and cut into strips...fry, serve with cream gravy, rice, and biscuits!!!! Also makes a great breakfast with all of this and eggs!

Make Enchiladas.. So good.

tamc91 said:

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Wrap with bacon and marinate with raspberry chipotle sauce. Grill over medium hot fire. Use extra sauce as a mop sauce as it cooks.

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I was served this using blue quail. It was very good. Like 9.5/10

It says fry in bacon grease for 30 minutes. Should this have been 3 minutes?

This sounds amazing, but to me it seems like the raspberry chipotle sauce(sugar in the sauce) would burn while grilling. How do you keep that from happening? Or am I mistaken?

NW80 said:

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OThis recipe is a bit involved and actually was my mother's recipe for Quail. Gamebirds are typically very dry ( hell most 'game" is).
She used to essentially smother the birds.

Take the whole Quail/ Pheasant ( or quarter the Pheasant.
Salt/Pepper to taste and dredge in flour.
Now brown the birds in oil in a roasting pan. (Brown- don't fry completely).
Let the birds drain on a paper towel.
Pour off the excess oil.
Take some flour ( Wondra is best its presifted) and make a blond roux with the left over oil in the pan.
Now deglaze the pan with Sherry (plain Sherry not "cream sherry,etc")
Add about twice as much water to the pan as you did Sherry and place the Birds breast down so that they're nearly completely covered.
Cover and Bake at 350 degrees for about an hour.
Remove from oven, turn birds breast side up ( possibly add some water and/or Sherry) and replace in the oven for another 30-45 minutes.

Serve over Wild Rice. The birds will fall off the bone... literally

Now, its really good the first time. BUT! Serve it warmed up the next morning over toast and you'll think you've died and gone to heaven.

Got any questions, PM me.

AND PLEASE don't **** it up by grilling it with a Jalopena!

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Book marked! Thank you!!

30 minutes. Medium heat. Just don't let them burn. They are pretty much cooked through when you add the broth. The simmer in the broth is to make the meat tender.

I've had your cooking and no doubt it will turn out great. let us know which recipe you decided on and how it turns out.

RCR06 said:

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It says fry in bacon grease for 30 minutes. Should this have been 3 minutes?

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That's what I was wondering, because frying pretty much anything for 30 minutes...yeah, no.

Haha thank you! Hunt ended up not being great and only one small bird was brought home. Ended up roasting it in the oven and it turned out great! Next time we're going to try one of the recipes on here... this time we really wanted to see if we enjoyed the meat before investing in another two hour drive!

When I cook duck, dove, and pheasant I do it a lot slower than I would grill a steak or hamburger. Use a charcoal fire that has burned down some and add a few coals intermittently to maintain medium heat. I keep a place on the grill away from the coals for indirect heat if it looks like it might be too hot.

Hahaha, well now that y'all know they are worth the Drive sounds like it's time for a pointer to chase birds with.