Pheasant Recipies?????

Boss Hogg

I took my Brittany, Maggie, for a hike at Blue Marsh Lake the other day to start tuning her up for the upcoming pheasant season in PA. If Maggie does her job and I do my job, I'll have some pheasants to bring home in a few weeks. Anyone have any experience making pheasant on the Egg? Any recipies or internal cooking temp advice?

Army Corps of Engineers lake 5 minutes from my home

Meet "Brian's Sweet Magnolia" aka Maggie

Way too amature action shot

Thanks for any suggestions!

Brian in PA
(I'm the NRA!)

Austin Smoker

Brian - GREAT looking Dog. I grew up hunting quail behind one that looked just like her.

Can't help you with the Pheasant recipes, but had to comment on Maggie. Good huntin!

Boss Hogg

Maggie was my 50th birthday present from my wife a few years ago. I sent her to Ronnie Smith Kennels in Big Cabin, OK to get her trained. She's a hunting machine plus a great companion. Follows me EVERYWHERE!!!

Richard Fl

Here is one.

Pheasant, Smoked #1


INGREDIENTS:
3 2 Lbs Pheasants, quartered
2 Tbs whiskey or water
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
apple barbecue sauce, (recipe follows)
Apple BBQ Sauce
1 cup applesauce
1/4 cup firmly packed light-brown sugar
2 Tbs cider vinegar
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/4 tsp ground cloves




Procedure:
1 Cut pheasant legs through the joints to separate drumsticks from thighs. Set drumsticks aside; bone and skin thighs and breasts. Refrigerate remaining pheasant pieces and bones for another use.
2 Prepare smoker using fuel of your choice with mild flavor wood chips/chunks. Arrange boned pheasant thighs and breasts and the drumsticks on rack in smoker or roasting pan. Brush with whiskey. Sprinkle with salt and sugar.
3 Smoke pheasant until done, 170F in deepest part of breast meat. When measuring temperature, do not hit the bone with the thermometer probe tip. DO NOT OVERCOOK. Meat will be dry.
4 Serve with Apple Barbecue Sauce, if desired.
APPLE BARBEQUE SAUCE:
1 In a heavy 1-quart saucepan, combine. Heat to boiling over high heat; reduce heat to low and cook, stirring constantly, 2 minutes.
2 Source: Country Living Holidays


Servings: 6

Recipe Type
Main Dish, Poultry

Recipe Source
Source: BBQ List, Rhurley, 1997/12/02

Boss Hogg

Thanks for your help. I'll give it a try.

Brian

Austin Smoker

Sounds like she's a keeper...the wife and Maggie!

Boss Hogg wrote:

Maggie was my 50th birthday present from my wife a few years ago. I sent her to Ronnie Smith Kennels in Big Cabin, OK to get her trained. She's a hunting machine plus a great companion. Follows me EVERYWHERE!!!

JalopyBob

Just don't let it get too dry, and be sure to get all of the pellets out.

Boss Hogg

The way I shoot, there's never too many pellets :S