Fried Prairie Chicken or Pheasant

Name: Fried Prairie Chicken or Pheasant
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1360.77 g pheasants or 1360.77 g prairie chicken, cleaned and dressed; salt and pepper; flour; 59.16 ml fat, for frying

Submitted by Molly53

"Prairie chicken, sage hens, young pheasants or even frying chickens can all be cooked this way. From the Mississippi Valley chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947."

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Ready In:: 1hr
Ingredients:: 4
Serves:: 4

ingredients

1360.77 g pheasants or 1360.77 g prairie chicken, cleaned and dressed
salt and pepper
flour
59.16 ml fat, for frying

directions

Cut bird into serving portions, plunge into cold water; drain thoroughly but do not wipe dry.
Season well with salt and pepper; dredge thickly with flour.
Heat fat in skillet; cook bird slowly until brown and tender, about 45 minutes.
Remove to a hot serving platter and serve with cream gravy.