Cooking Pheasant Breast On The Grill

A small amount of reserved marinade can be brushed on while grilling for additional flavor.

Cooking pheasant breast on the grill.

Instructions for making barbecue grilled pheasant breast. Prepare virgin olive oil and melted butter mixture. Grilling pheasant is a sensational choice when cooking outdoors and there are a variety of recipes to help you add pizzazz to your meals. One of the all time favorite pheasant treats is pheasant kabobs.

Tender pheasant breast meat strips are perfect to use. I do love pheasant meat. Coat pheasant breasts with butter. A typical pheasant can be smoked in 2 to 3 hours at a smoking temperature around 250 f.

You can t just put it on the grill and walk away. Macfarlane pheasant breast strips a jar of jalapeño peppers 12 slices of bacon and 6 bamboo skewers are all you need. While the pheasant was cooking i chopped potatoes onion and kale. I seasoned them with salt and pepper and wrapped them in tin foil.

Enjoy some grilling tips for the grilling package. Ten minutes later i served dinner for four and it was scrumptious. Grab a drink and a lawn chair and prepare to grill one of your summer s tastiest meals. Cook pheasant on grill at medium heat.

Grill until the juices rise to the surface and are slightly pink. Mix salt pepper and paprika in bowl. Reduce heat to medium and cook for an additional 10 to 15 minutes or until the internal temperature of the pheasant reaches 165 degrees f. I loved the crisp skin and tender moist insides.

But those reasons are why it is a little trickier to cook on the grill. Use a slightly higher temperature since pheasant is as prone to bacteria as turkey. Add fresh rosemary sage. This makes the skin crispy and tasty while keeping the moisture in the breast.

Grilled breasts are often marinated for a few hours or overnight infusing them with flavor. Grilling is another quick cooking method that crisps the skin and leaves the flesh tender and juicy. When grilling or cooking pheasants breast meat sear the open side quickly then flip skin side down to finish. Since pheasant is relatively small the smoking times are not that long.

Sear the breasts on a hot grill to mark the skin then reduce the heat to medium and grill for an additional six to eight minutes. Sprinkle mixed seasonings over pheasant breasts. Flip the pheasant breasts over using heavy tongs and cook them for an additional seven to eight minutes. Place the seasoned pheasant breasts on the grill over the hottest surface area.

It takes 30 minutes to prep these kabobs and 15 minutes to grill them. The skinless side of the breast should be brushed with oil or marinade to. Pheasant breast with rosemary thyme and sage. So when i put the pheasant back on the shelf i put the potato mixture on the hot side of the grill.

Using a higher temperature helps to reduce the risk of contamination. Cook the pheasant breasts on the first side for seven to eight minutes. Rinse pheasant breasts and dry with paper towels. Twenty minutes later i put the pheasant and the potato mixture in a pan and brought them inside.