Smoking Pheasant and Recipes

[FallOf81]

Not THAT kind of smoking.
Will be in possession of birds the day after Thanksgiving. Hunting on private game reserve.
Curious to see your all favorites. I do have a Big Green Egg. I'd like to take the breasts and smoke. Add to other dishes.
Thanks!

 

[1100011CS]

I've never smoked pheasant before. Curious to hear how it goes. We almost always tenderize then cube and fry or leave whole and eat like a tenderloin. Or a casserole.

 

[ISUagger]

Carefull smoking it. It will be easy to overcook and dry it out. I just did this one after opener and I highly recommend. https://www.pheasantsforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Pheasants-Forever/Pheasant-Jagerschnitzel.aspx

 

[Dr.bannedman]

Carefull smoking it. It will be easy to overcook and dry it out. I just did this one after opener and I highly recommend. https://www.pheasantsforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Pheasants-Forever/Pheasant-Jagerschnitzel.aspx

yo pheasant jagerschnitzel sounds friggin great

 

[9104Griffith]

I’m smoking some tomorrow.

Skinless and quartered so I can pull the breasts off before the legs.

Brine tonight
Dry and apply rub tomorrow morning with mayo as the base (first time trying this)
Start smoking at 200 for 1st hour or so then up to 250
Baste with mixture of spicy honey and some BBQ rub. Might try different rub on legs since I will shred a lot of that.
Pull breast around 155 and legs around 165

I’ve smoked pheasant covered with bacon in the past and it was good but felt like the bacon covered so much meat it blocked the smoke. I’m debating whether to apply a single strip right along the center of the breast bone

Various sources for ideas:
Meat Church BBQ
Hunt Gather Cook
Project Upland
Meat Eater

 

[2122]

Don't know about smoking. We used to just cover the bird in cream of mushroom soup (helps keep the moisture in) and bake it then eat w/ wild rice. Fab.

The road hunting around Ames back in the day was pretty good.

 

[1100011CS]

I’m smoking some tomorrow.

Skinless and quartered so I can pull the breasts off before the legs.

Brine tonight
Dry and apply rub tomorrow morning with mayo as the base (first time trying this)
Start smoking at 200 for 1st hour or so then up to 250
Baste with mixture of spicy honey and some BBQ rub. Might try different rub on legs since I will shred a lot of that.
Pull breast around 155 and legs around 165

I’ve smoked pheasant covered with bacon in the past and it was good but felt like the bacon covered so much meat it blocked the smoke. I’m debating whether to apply a single strip right along the center of the breast bone

Various sources for ideas:
Meat Church BBQ
Hunt Gather Cook
Project Upland
Meat Eater

Are you tailgating tomorrow? Where?

 

[1100011CS]

Don't know about smoking. We used to just cover the bird in cream of mushroom soup (helps keep the moisture in) and bake it then eat w/ wild rice. Fab.

The road hunting around Ames back in the day was pretty good.

We've been seeing more this year in central Iowa than we have in a long time.

 

[Arkansas Cyclone]

I am so freakin' envious! I haven't had pheasant (or partridge) in, well.....forever. It's been a very, very long time ago that we used to drive the country roads of Greene and Guthrie County every weekend, literally from the moment it opened Saturday morning until it closed late Sunday afternoon. We'd even do afternoon hunts on week days coming back from a survey job.

We used to cube it, flour it and season it, and fry it in butter. Never smoked it though which sounds interesting. Man, I miss those days. And miss the duck and goose hunting too.

 

[RLD4ISU]

Not a recipe for a smoker, but this is great with pheasant, chicken or quail:


1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
1 can Cream of Celery Soup
1 soup can filled with water
1 box Uncle Ben's Long Grain & Wild Rice (don't get the instant kind)

Mix above in a 9x13 pan
Place pheasant (chicken or quail) in the mix
Cover pan with aluminum foil and Bake @ 350 degrees for 2 hours

 

[9104Griffith]

Are you tailgating tomorrow? Where?

I wish I could say Ames but I’ll be in Chicago with friends from other schools like IU and Purdue who will gladly cheer on a fellow strong BB school vs a FB blue blood. It helps that I’m feeding them.

 

[Acylum]

Not a recipe for a smoker, but this is great with pheasant, chicken or quail:


1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
1 can Cream of Celery Soup
1 soup can filled with water
1 box Uncle Ben's Long Grain & Wild Rice (don't get the instant kind)

Mix above in a 9x13 pan
Place pheasant (chicken or quail) in the mix
Cover pan with aluminum foil and Bake @ 350 degrees for 2 hours

Prepare the rice separately or just from the box into the pan?

 

[ISU_phoria]

Just made this today...smoked pheasant white chili. So good!

 

[9104Griffith]

Just made this today...smoked pheasant white chili. So good!

Recipe please

 

[RLD4ISU]

Prepare the rice separately or just from the box into the pan?

Dump the rice (and the seasoning that comes with) out of the box, into the pan and mix it with the soups and water!

I love it - easy to fix and you have your main and one side dish!

 

[CyPhallus]

Don't even bother with papers just put it in a RAW cone.

 

[ISU_phoria]

Recipe please

I dry-brined the pheasants overnight and smoked them with blackened seasoning.

Followed this recipe, using the pheasant.

Creamy White Chili

Years ago, as a time-starved college student, I got this wonderful recipe from my sister-in-law. She had made a big batch and served it to a crowd one night. It was a hit—and easy and quick. In all my years of cooking, I’ve never had another dish get so many compliments. —Laura Brewer...

www.tasteofhome.com

 

[FallOf81]

Now to try out a few of those recipes you all offered up! Thanks!

 

[CycloneDaddy]

These 11 came out of a field last week. Same field had over 30 taken out of it opening week.

 

[Candide]

Don't know about smoking. We used to just cover the bird in cream of mushroom soup (helps keep the moisture in) and bake it then eat w/ wild rice. Fab.

The road hunting around Ames back in the day was pretty good.

Have you and I met? This was my ISU pheasant experience to the letter.