Treo Pheasant Stew

the-cat-did-it's Note:

This stew/soup turned out great. Very similar to the soup we were fed while on the hunt at Treo Ranches in Oregon. Serve this hearty dish with bowls of sour cream, chopped cilantro, olives, green onions, and shredded cheese. Credits to Judy Stevens "TREO Ranches".

• Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins
• Prep Time: 45 mins
• Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 3 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth
• 1 1/2 lbs pheasants
• 1 cup onion, diced
• 1 1/2 cups potatoes, diced to 1/2 " - 3/4-inch
• 1 cup celery, diced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 cups carrots, sliced
• 1 (14 -15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 cup spicy tomato salsa
• 1 (3 -3 1/2 ounce) can green chilies, chopped, do not drain
• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped

Directions:

1. Remove all skin and any visible fat before cooking.
2. Bring the broth to a boil in a 4 1/2 to 5 quart Dutch oven. Add pheasant, onion, celery, salt, garlic powder and pepper. Cover and cook over medium-low heat for 60 minutes or until pheasant is tender.
3. Remove pheasant with slotted spoon. Let cool.
4. Add potatoes, carrots, corn, tomato sauce, salsa, undrained chilies, and cilantro to Dutch oven. Cover and cook for 20 minutes until the vegetables are almost tender.
5. Cut pheasant from the bones and add to the stew.
6. This can be thickened and dumplings put on top for a main dish.
7. I use the legs and the thighs of the Pheasant.

Reviews

[SheMess]

My husband wanted to find a stew recipe to make for the pheasant he had and this is the one we found. We did this in the crockpot tonight and it came out awesome! Everyone enjoyed it so much - thanks!

[Chef #1092979]

this was so good, nice and spicy. I could see it working with other meats as well in fact we added some leftover pork chops and it was great.

[TeresaS]

4/2/07 What a wonderful spicy flavor for a pheasant dish. I used the whole bird and a spicy hot salsa. I did put dumplings on top using the dumpling part of Grandma's Chicken 'n' Dumpling Soup. Everything went together with ease. I have lots of leftover's so next time will serve with sour cream, green onion, and shredded cheese to see how that works. Thanks, the-cat-did-it for posting.Update 4/9/07 Made this from the leftovers the other day and they were excellent!!! I used sour cream, cilantro and shredded cheese, what a great tasting dish. Thanks, once again the-cat-did-it. I'm so glad it's your cat and not mine cuz she's always in trouble.