Elegant Pheasant

Name: Elegant Pheasant
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps melted butter; 4 skinless pheasant breast halves; 2 Tbsps Dijon mustard; 1 teaspoons chopped fresh chives; 118 milliliters kosher salt; 59 milliliters mayonnaise; 6 servings salt and black pepper to taste; 59 milliliters sour cream; 454 grams package herb seasoned stuffing mix, crushed; 2 liters water

Elegant Pheasant might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 25g of protein, 17g of fat, and a total of 496 calories. This recipe serves 6. 1 person found this recipe to be yummy and satisfying. Head to the store and pick up salt and pepper, herb seasoned stuffing mix, dijon mustard, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the sour cream you could follow this main course with the Sour Cream Apple Pie as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Stir the kosher salt into the water until dissolved. Soak the pheasant breasts in the brine for 1 hour at room temperature.

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Pheasant

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Water

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Place the herb seasoned stuffing mix crumbs into a shallow bowl; set aside.

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Stuffing Mix

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Bowl

Whisk the butter, mayonnaise, sour cream, chives, and Dijon mustard together in a bowl until evenly mixed.

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Dijon Mustard

Mayonnaise

Sour Cream

Butter

Chives

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Whisk

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Remove the pheasant breasts from the brine. Rinse in the sink, and pat dry with paper towels. Season the breasts to taste with salt and pepper if desired.

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Salt And Pepper

Pheasant

Brine

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Roll the breasts in the mayonnaise mixture, then press into the stuffing mix crumbs until covered on all sides. Gently shake excess crumbs from the breasts, and place into a 9x13-inch baking dish. Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil.

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Stuffing Mix

Mayonnaise

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Bake in the preheated oven until the pheasant breasts are no longer pink in the center, about 1 hour. Turn the oven off, remove the foil, and allow the breasts to cook 15 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

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