Crock Pot Pheasant

Pheasant hunting went very well this year!  Thanks to my hubby!  So with lots of pheasant in the freezer, tonight I made pheasant in the crock pot.  Actually, the pheasant went into the crock pot at about 12:30 this afternoon and "crocked" (a made up word for time in the crock pot) for about 7 hours on low.

The two pheasants in a food saver bag, thawed overnight in the fridge.  

Glad we bought the food saver!

Cut the pheasants into serving size portions.  

Get some seasoned flour ready in a large bowl.

Dredge the pheasant pieces in the seasoned flour.

Put a large skillet on the stove on medium heat.  

(This is my new ceramic non-stick skillet).  

Drizzle in some oil, I used light olive oil.  

Add the pheasant pieces, but don't crowd the skillet or they won't sear nicely.

When the portions are browned, flip them over to sear/brown on the other side.

Place the seared pheasant on a plate.  

Then slice some mushrooms, dice some onion, and mince some garlic.

In the same skillet where the pheasant was seared, 

add a little more oil and saute the mushrooms, onion, and  garlic until tender and slightly browned.

Next you will need some white wine and some chicken broth, 1 cup of each.  

I use an inexpensive wine, one you would drink, but NOT cooking wine, 

don't buy wine that is labeled "cooking wine".  

Pour the wine over first and let it boil and reduce to about half, 

then add the chicken broth and bring to a boil.

While the sauce is boiling and flavors are blending, place the pheasant portions into your crock pot.  I like to use crock pot liners, because my crock pot doesn't have the removable center, so it's very hard to clean.

Next pour the mushroom, onion, wine, chicken broth mixture over the pheasant.  This is gonna be good!

Cover the crock pot, put the dial on low and let it do it's magic.  If you don't have 7 hours on low, you can amp it up to high for 4 hours!

Ok, I do not, repeat DO NOT usually like instant anything in the cooking world, but....since we have changed over to brown rice, I found this instant brown rice and it's partner instant brown and wild rice that takes one minute in the microwave.  

It is just delish.  Really!  

Please don't microwave it in the plastic tub it comes in.  

Put the rice in a microwave safe bowl instead.  Thanks!

Since this is in the crock pot until dinner time, 

there's time to do whatever else you need to do!

When time is up, take the pheasant out of the crock pot and plate it.

  Tonight we also had the brown and wild rice and some steamed green beans.

Sometimes the breast meat on the pheasant can come out kinda dry, but mmmmmm as you can see, that didn't happen using this method.

Enjoy, friends!