Indulge in a culinary journey with our diverse collection of pheasant and chicken recipes, each infused with the refreshing essence of apple cider. From the classic combination of pheasant or chicken with apple cider to creative variations like pheasant with apple cider and chestnuts or chicken with apple cider and sage, our recipes offer a range of flavors to tantalize your taste buds. Whether you prefer the gamey richness of pheasant or the versatile taste of chicken, these dishes promise a delightful dining experience. The detailed instructions and step-by-step guides ensure that even novice cooks can create restaurant-quality meals at home. Explore our pheasant and chicken with apple cider recipes today and embark on a culinary adventure that will leave you craving for more.
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APPLE CIDER CHICKEN
Steps:
- Heat oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper, add to pan and sear until golden, about 4 minutes each side. Remove chicken from pan, and set aside. Add remaining butter and onion, apple, garlic, thyme and bay leaves. Saute until apple begins to get color and onions soften, about 6 minutes. Add flour and stir 2 to 3 minutes. Nestle chicken back into pan, add cider, bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cover. Cook until chicken is cooked through, about 12 minutes.
CIDER-BRAISED CHICKEN THIGHS WITH APPLES AND GREENS
In this hearty one-pot dinner, chicken thighs are browned, then braised in chicken broth flavored with mustard, sage, garlic and a triple dose of apple: apple cider, cider vinegar and apple slices. The addition of a few handfuls of greens makes this a complete meal, in need of nothing else but a nice of hunk of bread to soak up the broth and perhaps a glass of dry white wine.
Provided by Lidey Heuck
Categories dinner, poultry, main course
Time 50m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Pat the chicken thighs dry and season generously with salt and pepper.
- In a Dutch oven or heavy pot, heat the oil over medium. Cook the chicken thighs skin-side down, undisturbed, until the skin is golden brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Flip and cook until lightly browned on the other side, about 4 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
- Pour off all but about 3 tablespoons of fat from the pot, turn the heat to medium-low, then add the shallots and sage. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the shallots are translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Be careful not to let the garlic burn.
- Add the cider, cider vinegar, mustard, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and cook, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan, until the cider has reduced slightly, 2 to 3 minutes. Return the chicken and any accumulated juices to the pot, skin-side up. Pour just enough broth around (not on!) the chicken to cover the sides of the thighs but not cover the skin on top.
- Bring to a boil, then turn the heat to low. Partly cover and gently simmer until the thighs are cooked through and tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a clean plate or sheet pan (if you'd like to broil the chicken in the next step), raise the heat to medium, and add the kale and apple to the pot. Cook, tossing often, until all the kale is wilted, the apples are just softened and the liquid has reduced slightly, about 5 minutes. While the greens cook, if you'd like to crisp the skin on the chicken, pop it under the broiler for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Taste for seasoning, and stir in 1 or 2 more teaspoons cider vinegar to taste. Divide the chicken and kale mixture among shallow bowls; serve with crusty bread to mop up broth.
POT-ROAST PHEASANT WITH CIDER & BACON
Oven roast this rich game bird - bring out the flavour with sweet cider and apples, and let the juices run into a cream and sage sauce
Provided by James Martin
Categories Dinner, Main course
Time 1h
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Melt the butter in a large non-stick flameproof dish. Season the pheasants, add to the dish and brown on all sides. Remove from the dish and set aside.
- Add the bacon, onion, celery and sage to the dish and cook for 10 mins until the onion is soft and the bacon is crisp. Carefully pour off any excess fat.
- Return the pheasants to the dish and scatter over the apples. Pour over the cider and the chicken stock, bring to a simmer, cover with a lid and cook in the oven for 25 mins until the birds are cooked through.
- Remove the birds from the dish and keep warm. Return dish to the hob over a high heat. Let the liquid bubble until reduced by half, then add the cabbage, cover with a lid and cook for 3 mins. Add the cream, check the seasoning, and continue cooking for 1 min more. Serve the pheasant on top of the cabbage mixture with some mashed potato, if you like.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 865 calories, Fat 56 grams fat, SaturatedFat 26 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 15 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 15 grams sugar, Fiber 6 grams fiber, Protein 67 grams protein, Sodium 1.6 milligram of sodium
CHICKEN FRIED PHEASANT
Family favorite around bird hunting season. Chicken fried pheasant is so simple and good, and unless you tell them, they don't have a clue it's wild game. Uses few ingredients, prep and cooking time are minimal. The first problem is getting the bird in the first place, if you're a hunter! The second problem is there are NEVER any leftovers, no matter how much you cook. Makes wonderful cold sandwiches IF there is anything leftover!
Provided by KATHYKOEHN
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken
Time 20m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a shallow bowl, mix the milk and vinegar. Dip the pheasant slices in the milk and vinegar mixture, then press both side in the cracker crumbs to coat.
- Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the pheasant in the hot oil about 5 minutes on each side, or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 275.2 calories, Carbohydrate 15.3 g, Cholesterol 57.7 mg, Fat 11.6 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 25.8 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 242.6 mg, Sugar 2.9 g
PHEASANT BRAISED WITH LEEKS, CIDER & APPLES
Need an impressive autumnal dish to serve at a dinner party? Try this pheasant with pickled apples, leeks and hazelnuts. Serve with our celeriac colcannon
Provided by Rosie Birkett
Categories Dinner, Main course, Supper
Time 1h
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- For the pickled apples, put the salt, sugar, vinegar and berries in a small pan and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat, add the apple cubes and set aside.
- Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed, high-sided casserole and season the pheasant joints with salt. Brown them all over, rendering out some of the yellow fat into the pan. Remove to a plate and season with pepper. Add the leeks, bacon and thyme to the pan along with a pinch of salt and a good grind of black pepper, and fry until the leeks have softened - about 8 mins. Add the apple slices and cook until starting to colour on both sides.
- Spoon in the brandy and cook until evaporated, add the cider and simmer for a few more mins to cook off the alcohol. Pour in the stock and bring to the boil. Reduce to a gentle simmer and add the pheasant joints back to the pan, covering with a circle of baking parchment.
- After 15 mins, remove the breasts from the pan to a plate and return the circle of baking parchment to the pan. Cook gently for a further 20 mins, then remove all the pheasant pieces from the pan to a plate and turn the heat up to reduce the sauce. Boil hard for a few min until reduced, then stir in the cream and mace and turn off the heat. Return the pheasant pieces to the sauce - the residual heat will warm it perfectly.
- Divide the pheasant between plates and spoon over the sauce. Garnish with the pickled apples and hazelnuts. Serve with our celeriac colcannon.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 874 calories, Fat 52 grams fat, SaturatedFat 17 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 16 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 15 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 66 grams protein, Sodium 2.2 milligram of sodium
PHEASANT (OR CHICKEN) EN CREME
Make and share this Pheasant (Or Chicken) En Creme recipe from Food.com.
Provided by papergoddess
Categories Pheasant
Time 2h10m
Yield 2-3 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Place pheasant in a 9x9x2-inch baking dish.
- Mix soup, cider, Worcestershire sauce, onion, garlic and mushrooms; pour over pheasant.
- Sprinkle generously with paprika.
- Bake at 350°F for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, basting occasionally with sauce.
- After baking 1 hour, sprinkle with paprika again.
CIDER-BRAISED PHEASANT WITH PEARL ONIONS AND APPLES
Long, slow cooking is the key to these tender, juicy birds, braised in an autumnal mix of apples, cider, and caramelized onion. If pheasant is hard to come by, you can substitute chicken.
Provided by Melissa Clark
Categories Blender Fruit Onion Braise Marinate Thanksgiving Orange Apple White Wine Fall Winter Tarragon
Yield Makes 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 33
Steps:
- Make marinade:
- In blender, combine olive oil, ginger, tarragon, orange juice, zest, salt, and pepper and purée until smooth. In large bowl, combine marinade and pheasant and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate overnight or up to 48 hours.
- Braise pheasant:
- In very large Dutch oven over moderately high heat, heat olive oil until hot but not smoking. Remove pheasant pieces from marinade, scraping off excess, and sprinkle with salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Working in batches, sear pheasant pieces until well browned, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer to paper towel-lined platter to drain.
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Skim off all but 1 tablespoon oil from pan, leaving browned bits at bottom, and set pan over moderately low heat. Add butter and heat until melted. Stir in onions, bay leaf, fennel seeds, salt, remaining 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and sugar. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are well caramelized, 30 to 40 minutes.
- Return pheasant to pot. Add chicken broth, cider, and wine. (Liquid should cover half of pheasant pieces. Add more chicken broth if necessary.) Raise heat to high and bring liquid to simmer. Add apples, cover, and transfer pot to oven. Braise, turning pheasant pieces occasionally, until meat is cooked through and tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- Using tongs or slotted spoon, transfer pheasant to platter and cover with foil to keep warm. Set pot over high heat and bring pan juices to boil. Boil, uncovered, until sauce is well reduced and thickened, about 25 minutes. Taste and add additional salt and pepper, if necessary.
- While juices are reducing, prepare caramelized onions and apples:
- Bring medium pot of water to boil. Add pearl onions and boil, uncovered, 1 minute. Drain and run under cold water until cool enough to handle; slip off skins.
- In small skillet over moderately high heat, heat oil until hot but not smoking. Add onions, apples, sugar, salt, and pepper and stir to combine. Sear, shaking pan occasionally, until onions and apples are dark golden, about 10 minutes. Stir in apple cider, scraping up any browned bits in pan. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook until onions are fork tender, about 2 minutes more.
- Serve:
- Spoon some of sauce over pheasant and garnish with onions, apples, and chopped tarragon. Serve additional sauce alongside.
Tips:
- Use a sharp knife to cut the pheasant or chicken: This will help to prevent the meat from tearing and will make it easier to cook evenly.
- Season the pheasant or chicken liberally with salt and pepper: This will help to enhance the flavor of the meat.
- Sear the pheasant or chicken in a hot skillet: This will help to create a nice crust on the outside of the meat and will help to keep it moist inside.
- Transfer the pheasant or chicken to a roasting pan and add the apple cider and vegetables: This will help to create a flavorful sauce and will help to keep the meat moist.
- Roast the pheasant or chicken in a preheated oven until it is cooked through: The cooking time will vary depending on the size of the bird, so be sure to use a meat thermometer to check the internal temperature.
- Let the pheasant or chicken rest for a few minutes before carving: This will help to keep the juices in the meat.
- Serve the pheasant or chicken with the apple cider sauce and vegetables: This will make a delicious and flavorful meal.
Conclusion:
Pheasant or chicken with apple cider is a classic dish that is perfect for a special occasion. The pheasant or chicken is cooked in a flavorful apple cider sauce, and the result is a moist and tender dish that is sure to please everyone at the table. This dish is also relatively easy to make, so it is a great option for a busy weeknight meal.
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