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Offline snake eyes

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« on: December 01, 2010, 07:13:51 AM »
I have eight pheasant breast in the freezer. I usually just coat
with flour and fry them up like chicken in a skillet.
Suggestions?
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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2010, 08:00:03 AM »
Had it smoked once, that was pretty good.
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« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2010, 09:22:18 AM »
Marinate 'em in Italian dressing over night and then cook 'em on the grill.  Fine eating!  Or make them up like you would chicken for fajitas.  Pretty much any recipe you would make with chicken can be made with the pheasant.
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« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2010, 04:06:30 PM »
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Marinate 'em in Italian dressing over night and then cook 'em on the grill.

Oh yeah, what BB said!!! Don't forget to send me some.
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« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2010, 05:06:16 PM »
I prefer my pheasant to be no more than two days old after being shot stuffed with sage and onion  and wrapped with rashers of streaky bacon on the breast. But here in the UK there are still those that prefer their game to hung  for days  till high.
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« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2010, 05:24:58 PM »
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But here in the UK there are still those that prefer their game to hung for days till high.

I thought the preferred method was to hang 'em by the beak until it separated from the body.
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« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2010, 05:39:47 PM »
Biliff

Yes that is correct the beak or neck.
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« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2010, 06:57:16 AM »
BreakfastBoy,
               Think I'll try that marinade,then grill on four! Then smoke
the other four!Both sound great to me.
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« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2010, 08:43:32 AM »
You'll like that Italian dressing thing.  I do that with deer steaks too.  Nothing but Italian dressing and you're good to go.

Smoked phez sounds mighty good too.  I'm jealous.  LOL!
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« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2010, 11:22:59 AM »
Now I didn't try the phez this way......but a piece of bacon wrapped around a dove breast and then smoked is mighty tasty!
You might give that a try with a couple of the pheasant.
'Course I might hafta come over an try 'em to make sure they're ok! ;)
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« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2010, 11:36:58 AM »
I'll add a little to what Flashpan said...

A piece of bacon wrapped around a dove breast, then basted with a 50/50 mix of honey and Heinz 57 steak sauce and cooked on a charcoal grill...now that's heaven on a plate!  My kids even eat it.  My youngest will eat the dove breasts cooked this way as fast as I can take them off the grill!
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« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2010, 07:04:40 PM »
Quote from: "Breakfast Boy"
I'll add a little to what Flashpan said...

A piece of bacon wrapped around a dove breast, then basted with a 50/50 mix of honey and Heinz 57 steak sauce and cooked on a charcoal grill...now that's heaven on a plate!  My kids even eat it.  My youngest will eat the dove breasts cooked this way as fast as I can take them off the grill!

BB, that's sounds like that'd be heaven on a plate!

Somehow I missed Feltwads post about the sage and onion stuffing and then wrapping the breast with bacon  :oops:  that sounds mighty tasty too!  
Snake eyes, me thinks yer gonna hafta round up a few more phez if'n yer gonna try all them different ways a'fixin'em!
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« Reply #12 on: December 03, 2010, 12:03:42 AM »
Quote from: "flashpan"
Quote from: "Breakfast Boy"
I'll add a little to what Flashpan said...

A piece of bacon wrapped around a dove breast, then basted with a 50/50 mix of honey and Heinz 57 steak sauce and cooked on a charcoal grill...now that's heaven on a plate!  My kids even eat it.  My youngest will eat the dove breasts cooked this way as fast as I can take them off the grill!

BB, that's sounds like that'd be heaven on a plate!


I haven't tried it yet, but I think a feller could cut some duck breast into nugget sized chunks and cook it the same way.  I'll be trying that this year since I only dove hunted once this year.
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« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2010, 06:29:36 PM »
BB,
    Did them all doing the Italian dressing marinade.Grilled over charcoal. Marinated for around 12 hours. A bit on the dry side,
but the taste was outstanding. :)
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« Reply #14 on: January 01, 2011, 07:58:26 AM »
Guys my son brought me four more birds the day after Christmas.
Due to some advise from another source, I used them to make
pheasant cacciatore!!!!!It was outstanding!IMO
Anyone that likes the chicken version will certainly appreciate the
pheasant version.
« Last Edit: January 03, 2011, 08:08:09 AM by snake eyes »
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