Pheasant

[iowavf]

I raised quail for awhile and always had issues with toughness. Was on a meat Facebook group and shared my issues and someone asked how fresh was the quail. Which I replied, 15 minutes fresh.... turns out that was my issue. I do a salt water soak in fridge overnight, followed by 2 more nights of fresh water rinse and soak. Give some time for some rigor to set in. Then do as you please. Solved my rabbit issues as well.

Alway put our pheasant in salt water for a couple days in the fridge too.

 

[TAFKAP]

I raised quail for awhile and always had issues with toughness. Was on a meat Facebook group and shared my issues and someone asked how fresh was the quail. Which I replied, 15 minutes fresh.... turns out that was my issue. I do a salt water soak in fridge overnight, followed by 2 more nights of fresh water rinse and soak. Give some time for some rigor to set in. Then do as you please. Solved my rabbit issues as well.

There's no point in a "fresh water rise & soak" unless you want soggy, waterlogged meat. You've just undone all the brining action that the salt water did the first night. Brine that sucker and be done with it.

 

[Iglow]

Pheasant tends to be lean and dry- plan accordingly. I wouldn't grill/smoke unless I had a plan for adding some moisture or fat into it

This. We ended up making pheasant noodle soup with the 3 I brought home from the preserve place.

 

[dewclaw]

Cut up birds, dredge in flour and brown in skillet. In an oven safe dish, mix 1 cup rice, 2.5 cups chicken broth, 1 can cream of chicken soup, 1 can cream of mushroom soup, 1 small jar of mushrooms and mix together. Place pheasant pieces on top of mixture and sprinkle 1 pack of Lipton dry onion soup mix over all. Cover and bake for 2 hrs at 300F. Delicious!

 

[dewclaw]

Cut up birds, dredge in flour and brown in skillet. In an oven-safe dish, mix 1 cup rice, 2.5 cups chicken broth, 1 can cream of mushroom soup, 1 can cream of chicken soup, 1 can sliced mushrooms. Mix and place pheasant pieces on top. Sprinkle with 1 package of Lipton dry onion soup mix. Cover and bake at 300F for 2 hrs. Delicious!