Pheasant Wild Rice Casserole Recipes

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine first nine ingredients; bring to a boil., Meanwhile, place flour in oven bag; shake to coat. Place oven bag in a 13x9-in. baking pan; add the bacon. Sprinkle rice and mushrooms over bacon. Add pheasant. Pour soup mixture into bag., Cut six 1/2-in. slits in top of bag; close bag with tie provided. Bake at 350° for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until a thermometer reads 180°. Let stand for 10 minutes before carving.

Steps:

• Cut pheasant into quarters.
• Dredge pieces in flour.
• Melt butter in oven-safe skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add pheasant, and cook until browned on both sides, turning once.
• Add onion and next 7 ingredients.
• Put oven-safe skillet in oven.
• Bake, covered, at 350°F for 1 1/2 hours or until tender.
• Remove pheasant from skillet, and keep warm.
• Cook pan drippings in skillet over medium-high heat until reduced to 2 cups.
• Serve with pheasant and rice.

Steps:

• 1. Prepare wild rice according to package directions.
• 2. Saute onion in butter until tender.
• 3. Remove from heat; stir in flour until smooth.
• 4. Drain mushrooms reserving liquid. Add enough broth to liquid to measure 1 1/2 cups.
• 5. Gradually stir into flour mixture, add milk, cook stirring constantly until thick.
• 6. Add rice, mushrooms, pheasant, pimento, parsley, salt and pepper.
• 7. Place in 2-quart. casserole.
• 8. Sprinkle with almonds.
• 9. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

Steps:

• Make wild rice:
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a fine sieve rinse wild rice well and drain. In a small saucepan bring broth to a simmer. In a small flameproof casserole Sauté rice in oil over moderately high heat, stirring, 1 minute and stir in hot broth and salt and pepper to taste. Bring mixture to a boil and bake, covered, in middle of oven 1 hour, or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender.
• While rice is cooking, in a 10-inch skillet cook bacon over moderate heat until crisp and transfer to paper towels to drain. Transfer all but 1 tablespoon drippings to a small bowl and reserve for cooking pheasant.
• Heat drippings remaining in skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté onion and cabbage, stirring, until softened. Add vinegar and salt and pepper to taste and sauté, stirring, 1 minute. Chop bacon. Just before serving, stir cabbage mixture and bacon into wild rice.
• Make pheasant while rice is cooking:
• Rinse pheasant under cold water and pat dry inside and out. Cut pheasant into 6 serving pieces, transferring feet, back, neck, and wing tips to a small saucepan. To saucepan add water and bay leaf and simmer, uncovered, 15 to 20 minutes, or until reduced to about 3/4 cup. Strain stock through a fine sieve into a heatproof bowl.
• In a small bowl stir together salt, pepper, and allspice. Pat pheasant dry again and sprinkle evenly with allspice mixture. In a 10-inch heavy ovenproof skillet heat oil with 1 tablespoon reserved drippings over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté pheasant until golden, about 5 minutes on each side. Transfer pheasant to a plate.
• In fat remaining in skillet cook raisins and shallots over moderate heat, stirring, until shallots are softened. Stir in gin and boil until most is evaporated. Stir in wine and boil until reduced by about half. Stir in stock, tomato paste, rosemary sprig, and salt and pepper to taste and bring sauce to a boil.
• Add pheasant to sauce, skin sides down, and braise, tightly covered, in middle of 350°F. oven until breast meat is cooked through and tender, about 10 minutes. Transfer breasts to a clean plate and keep warm, covered. Braise legs and thighs until cooked through and tender, about 10 minutes more. Transfer legs and thighs to plate and keep warm, covered. Stir minced rosemary and grapes into sauce and boil until slightly thickened, about 1 minute.
• Divide pheasant between 2 dinner plates, spooning sauce over it, and serve with red cabbage wild rice.

Steps:

• 1. Prepare wild rice according to package directions.
• 2. Saute onion in butter until tender.
• 3. Remove from heat; stir in flour until smooth.
• 4. Drain mushrooms reserving liquid.
• 5. Add enough broth to liquid to measure 1 1/2 cups; graduallly stir into flour mixture, add milk, cook stirring constantly until thick. .
• 6. Add rice, mushrooms, pheasant, pimento, parsley, salt and pepper.
• 7. Place in 2-quart casserole; sprinkle with almonds. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

Steps:

• Place rice in a strainer or sieve and rinse with cold water for about 1 minute, scouring rice with fingers; drain.
• Place rice in a saucepan with the broth and salt; bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and cook for 40-45 minutes or until tender and most of liquid is absorbed.
• If when tender, any liquid remains, drain it.
• Cook the mushrooms, onion, celery, green pepper, and garlic in butter in a skillet until the onions are tender, about 5 minutes.
• Mix together the rice, vegetables, and cheese, and spread in a greased 2-quart casserole.
• Cover the pan and bake at 325F for 35-45 minutes or until the casserole is heated through nicely.
• Garnish with toasted almonds before serving.

Steps:

• Disjoint bird, split breast, brown sections in butter using hot skillet. Season breast with salt, pepper, beau monde spice and celery salt.
• Turn meat often. Place in buttered casserole.
• Using same skillet, combine onion, mushroom soup, cream and sour cream. Stir constantly over low heat.
• Add wine or broth.
• As soon as mixture approaches boiling, pour over bird in casserole.
• Add button mushrooms.
• Bake covered in oven at 300-325 degrees for about 2 hours.

Steps:

• Pour olive oil in skillet. Add onions & then mushrooms & garlic & saute until tender. Remove from heat, stir in flour, gradually adding chicken broth. Stir until well-blended. Add the half & half. Cook & stir until starting to boil. Add the rice, cooked pheasant, water chestnuts, salt & pepper. Blend together. Put in large casserole, sprinkle with toasted almonds. Bake for 1/2 hr. at 350.