What Is Pheasant and How Can I Use It?

If pheasant has turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use it with confidence and how to choose it, cook it, store it, what to substitute, and 37 recipes to try it in.

Nutrition

Where found

Pheasant is usually found in the poultry section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.

Food group

Pheasant is a member of the Poultry Products US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.

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Recipes using pheasant

There are 37 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Pheasant in Almond Red Sauce

Pheasant braised until tender in a Mexican-style almond red sauce, where ground almonds thicken a rich, nutty, mildly spiced sauce. A rustic game-bird dish that works just as well with chicken.

Pheasant with Champagne Cabbage I (Pheasant)

Step-by-step guide to boning whole pheasants for the Champagne Cabbage recipe, removing breasts and leg-thigh portions with clean knife work. A masterchef technique for preparing wild game birds.

Pheasant in a Bag

Pheasant roasted in a brown paper bag with butter, garlic, and onion. A no-fuss technique that steams the bird tender while the skin browns in its own heat.

Pheasant Veronique

Pheasant Veronique is a classic French preparation with butter-roasted pheasant in a silky cream sauce finished with green grapes, lemon juice, and arrowroot. An elegant dinner party main course.

Pheasant with Black Olives

Pheasant with black olives sears and roasts boned pheasant breast and thigh, served with a deep wine and bone-stock reduction studded with black olives and tomato. An elegant wild-game main with Provencal flavors.

Walnut Stuffed Pheasant

Roasted pheasant stuffed with bourbon-butter walnuts and seedless grapes. A rustic wild game dish with herbaceous thyme and sweet, juicy fruit in every carved slice.

Pheasant with Wild Rice Stuffing

A simple and delicious dish that is perfect to make when your family's tired of the same old dry turkey.

Pheasant with Cinnamon & Basil

Roasted pheasant with cinnamon, basil and a sherry vinegar pan sauce. Game-bird main course finished with a butter-mounted reduction. Restaurant-style elegance from the oven.

Madeira Roast Pheasant

Madeira roast pheasant with herbes de Provence butter tucked under the skin, a roasted vegetable bed, and a silky Madeira pan sauce. A show-stopping holiday game bird recipe.

Hunters Pheasant

Hunters pheasant braised with onion, carrot, and celery in stock, finished with a currant jelly-thickened sauce. Classic British game bird comfort served with mash and red cabbage.

Roast Pheasant with Rice

Roast pheasant stuffed with toasted rice, mushrooms, and herbs, draped in bacon and basted with a currant jelly and port wine sauce. A classic wild game dinner.

Pheasant Amerind

Pheasant Amerind with poached then roasted pheasant halves in a mushroom pan gravy with thyme, rosemary, and chopped black walnuts.

Aromatic Pheasant

Pheasant braised with lemongrass, ginger, chili, blueberries, and dried mushrooms in a citrusy sauce thickened with arrowroot. A stunning game bird casserole.

Fried Wild Game Ravioli

Fried wild game ravioli stuffed with duck, pheasant, leeks, praline, sour cherries, and demi-glace, finished with a Frangelico hazelnut butter. A restaurant-caliber game dish.

Pheasant Normandy

Roasted pheasant Normandy style, braised in dry sherry and filled with sour cream before a final high-heat browning. Serve with wild rice and mushrooms.

Pheasant in Spiced Sour Cream

Pheasant braised in spiced sour cream with Worcestershire, bay leaves, basil, and rosemary for several hours until fork-tender. A rich, creamy way to cook wild game bird.

Oven-Braised Pheasant with Sauerkraut

Oven-braised pheasant with sauerkraut, bacon, juniper berries, and white wine. Legs slow-cooked until tender in the kraut, breasts roasted separately to keep them juicy.

Yankee Pheasants Jubilee

Bacon-wrapped roasted pheasant stuffed with apples and onions, served with a glossy cherry-wine jubilee sauce. An elegant game bird dinner that brings the hunter's harvest to the holiday table.

Pheasants with Port Wine Sauce

Roast pheasant draped in bacon and basted with a port wine and broth glaze, served with a rich port wine sauce and grapes. An elegant way to keep a lean game bird juicy and tender.

Pheasant with Ramps & Wild Mushrooms

Roast pheasant with ramps and wild mushrooms: tender pheasant roasted atop wild ramps, finished with sauteed mushrooms and thyme in a white wine pan sauce. A foraged spring feast straight from the Appalachian woods.

PHEASANT WITH ROASTED GARLIC & LEMON

Make your family excited with this scrumptious dish that will have them licking their fingers!

Lentil Pheasant Soup

Lentil pheasant soup with wild game, earthy lentils, root vegetables, tomatoes, rosemary, and dry sherry. A hearty rustic hunter's soup worthy of a cold evening.

Tender Roast Pheasant

Tender roast pheasant cooks slowly with frequent basting in a buttery chicken-bouillon sauce, turning halfway through to keep the lean game bird moist. Pan juices thicken into rich gravy.

Pheasant A' L'Orange

Roasted pheasant a l'orange with orange slices tucked under the skin and a caramelized red wine vinegar sauce. An elegant holiday-worthy bird served over wild rice.

Pheasant Casserole

Pheasant casserole with brown rice, cream of mushroom soup, pheasant broth, and soy sauce. A simple hunter's casserole that bakes low and slow for tender, savory results.

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