Perfect Slow Cooker Pheasant Food

SLOW COOKER PHEASANT WITH MUSHROOMS AND OLIVES

Steps:

• Place the flour, salt, and pepper into a resealable plastic bag; shake to mix. Place the pheasant pieces into the flour mixture, and shake until evenly coated.
• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Shake any excess flour off of the pheasant pieces, and place them in the hot oil. Cook until the pheasant is brown on both sides, about 3 minutes per side. Place the pheasant into a slow cooker, reserving the oil in the skillet. Cook the onion in the remaining oil until they soften, about 3 minutes. Stir in the mushrooms and garlic, and continue cooking and stirring until the mushrooms have softened and the garlic has mellowed, about 5 minutes more.
• Pour the wine into the skillet and bring to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes, then pour in the chicken broth and return to a boil. Pour the mushroom mixture into the slow cooker, and sprinkle with sliced black olives.
• Cover, and cook on High for 4 hours, or Low for 7 hours.

POT-ROASTED PHEASANT

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Dust the pheasants with the flour, then heat the oil in a large flameproof dish. Brown the pheasants all over, then remove from the dish.
• In the same dish, fry the bacon, vegetables, garlic and herbs with 1 tbsp of the dusting flour for 5 mins, until the vegetables start to colour. Put the pheasants and any resting juices back in the dish, pour on the Marsala, wine and stock, add the sugar, then cover and cook for 1 hr 30 mins - 1 hr 50 mins or until the leg meat easily comes away from the bone. Serve with bread sauce.

BERGIE'S CROCK POT PHEASANT

Steps:

• Skin the pheasant and wash.
• Put pheasant in a large bowl with the salt and cover with cold water.
• Soak at least an hour.
• Then discard the brine solution.
• Cut pheasant into 4 pieces.
• Mix Marinade ingredients in a large zip lock bag (big enought to hold the pheasant pieces).
• Put pheasant pieces into the zip lock bag and put into the fridge.
• Marinate for 24 hours.
• Turn the bag every time you open the fridge.
• Discard the marinade.
• Put a 1/2 cup of water in your crockpot with the pheasant pieces.
• You may want to add a little more water while cooking if it goes dry (A nice touch is to use a dry white wine instead of the water or mix Wine and water 1/2 and 1/2).
• cook on low for at least 5 hours.

PHEASANT IN A CROCK

Steps:

• Put the thyme, parsley, and crushed garlic inside the pheasant.
• Tuck the garlic slices between the legs and body.
• Season the pheasant with the salt and pepper.
• Remove the zest from the orange in long, thick, curly strips; lay them over the breast.
• Wrap the breast with the bacon and put the pheasant in a slow cooker.
• Halve the orange and squeeze the juice all over the bird.
• Put one of the squeezed orange halves in the cavity.
• Drizzle the pheasant with olive oil and broth.
• Cover and cook on HIGH for 3 ½-5 hours until the meat is tender and an instant-read meat thermometer inserted in the thigh registers 180°.
• Serve the pheasant on a platter, with the juices poured over.