Slow Cooker Pheasant with Mushrooms and Olives

Description

Pheasant recipes–especially good ones–are very hard to find! This one results in a moist, tender and delicious pheasant that even my kids will gobble up. Its adapted from a recipe a friend passed on to me.

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour
  • salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 pheasants, rinsed, patted dry, and cut into pieces
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 onion, sliced into rings
  • 1 cup sliced crimini mushrooms
  • 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
  • 1 cup white wine
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • ½ cup sliced black olives

Instructions

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

Prep Time: 25 mins

Cook Time: 4 hrs 20 mins

Total Time: 4 hrs 45 mins

Servings: 6

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