Questions on smoking pheasant breast -

[Wynette]

A hunter friend just gave me some frozen pheasant breast...I'd like to smoke it, but I understand that pheasant can be a bit tough to begin with - will smoking it make it even tougher? I have a Bradley smoker.

Would it be best to marinate it overnight before smoking?

Or, is smoking simply not the best way to cook pheasant breast?

Thanks!

 

[kfacres]

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I would cook it like you would a wild turkey...

To me, injection marinate it, and let it soak through... I would then either fry it, and crockpot it-- like I would turtle... or crockpot it the whole way...

On gamey, tough, type eating birds... wet heat is usally best.. There is nothing worse, than dried out, tough ole game bird, with very little flavor.

 

[Wynette]

Thanks - I was figuring that's what most folks would say, but hoping there was a way to smoke it. Sounds like that would potentially ruin it, and I'm looking for a good meal, not jerkey.

 

[airmechreed]

With any game meat that is lean Deer Elk Antelope or game birds. Or any lean cuts of meat you want to smoke. You will need to Brine it first. If you don't know where to find a brine recipe or need instructions PM me.

 

[AquaEyes]

Have you considered adding liquid smoke to a marinade? Maybe you can get a smoky taste using moist-cooking.

 

[Illia]

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Eww.

Personally I'd rather smoke something or not bother with that route. Liquid smoke is what you get in store-bought meats. Fake and unimpressive.

 

[sonew123]

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x2---we've used it alot besides the natural smoking-just a touch. use is for geese breasts-salmon-wild turkey-woodcock-grouse etc...it may be fake but there's nothing wrong with it if used in small quantities...

 

[kfacres]

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x2---we've used it alot besides the natural smoking-just a touch. use is for geese breasts-salmon-wild turkey-woodcock-grouse etc...it may be fake but there's nothing wrong with it if used in small quantities...

my mom was on this health food kick for awhile. you know, turkey bacon, ff salad dressing... fat free, taste free, not for me type food..

anyways, after awhile, everyone was tired of the turkey bacon...

I took it, soaked it in liquid smoke, and tabasco sauce.. stuck it on the dehydtrator... and it was honestly some of the best jerky I'd ever had... liked it so much, we even went out and bought a bunch of it just to do that with.