Grouse recipes

[great white whaler]

when on a bird hunt today and and got me limited,,nice big breasts,,,how you guys cook the wild bird ?

[3blade]

Always like it when they're big....anyway congrats, did this with ruffies two days ago, turned out great.

1:debone
2: add 4 tbsp coconut oil to pan and melt on low heat, add breasts and enough water to cover, simmer till cooked through.
3:Put meat in glass pan, sprinkle Montreal steak spice, cover with salsa of choice, top with cheese (Swiss or marble work best) bake at 350 till cheese well melted.

Spruce grouse: need to be soaked in milk for 4 hrs prior to cooking, then pat dry, mix butter, BBQ sauce, garlic, onion, in pan, simmer till done.

[-JR-]

I like cutting the breasts into tiny bacon size slices then fry them in butter and spice.

[her and i hunters forever]

Last sunday out at the farm we used a fish fryer (deepfryer), pre soaked/marinated the roughed grouse in chicken broth over night. After our sunday ride we made it back to the farm, and dipped the grouse strips in eggs and milk, dipped them in flour and spices of choice then redipped into the eggs and milk to seal in the spices, fired up the oil and cut some fresh potatoes, deepfried the chicken then the fries. Mmm Mmm Mmm, have tried many different ways to eat the rough grouse and I do believe this takes the cake! In total we did 10.5 breasts and the kids probably ate 4-5 to them selves!

Enjoy Guys and Gals of AO.

[nympher]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the go-to yet: try shake-n-bake.

[Kurt505]

3blade, that sounds delicious.

-Olive oil
-Add diced breast meat
-Garlic
(cook for 5min)
-Red, yellow, green peppers
-Celery
Cover and simmer until peppers are cooked

Lay on top of a bed of rice, mmmmm

[nast70]

Discovered this one recently :
-Debone as mentioned
-Dip in egg and milk
-Then coat with favorite breadcrumbs and spices (I like the seasoned breadcrumbs from the store with a little extra pepper and garlic )
-Fry on medium in half cup vegetable oil and half cup butter until golden
-Lay them in a single layer on a cookie tray
The good part:
Mix the drippings with a can of golden mushroom soup, mix well
Spoon over grouse pieces and bake at 350 for an hour

[great white whaler]

? anybody try grouse in the smoker.

[TBark]

Tried the regular shake'n bake, but grouse it just too dry to cook this way.
A marinade or sauce is the way to go.

I gotta try yours 3blade.

TBark

[great white whaler]

thanks to outdoorsmen,,still haven't decided which one

[kimmi07]

we used to fry them cut in pig lard and bacon.

[sdkidaho]

Originally Posted by nympher

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the go-to yet: try shake-n-bake.

Zip lock baggy
Flour
Salt
Pepper

Shake pieces in bag

Fry in butter until done.

Worked with pheasant too and I usually only cook cold cereal.

[sdkidaho]

Originally Posted by great white whaler

? anybody try grouse in the smoker.

Yes, but I did it wrong. The breasts are so small I over did it and they came out like shoe leather

[CanuckShooter]

I lightly brown them in a frypan [oil or marg for non stick] then dump mushroom soup over them and simmer long and slow so the meat cooks through slowly without drying out. We then spoon the breasts and soup onto a bed of rice.

[kidd]

Originally Posted by CanuckShooter

I lightly brown them in a frypan [oil or marg for non stick] then dump mushroom soup over them and simmer long and slow so the meat cooks through slowly without drying out. We then spoon the breasts and soup onto a bed of rice.

Thats what we do with duck breasts. terrific.
kidd

[NewGuard84]

This was the wrong thread to read while hungry... Thanks for sharing the recipes everyone.

[kujoseto]

Originally Posted by 3blade

Spruce grouse: need to be soaked in milk for 4 hrs prior to cooking

What is the purpose of the milk?
The recipes look great btw...just may go out for some grouse now.
Cheers

[hunterbyheart]

I used this from another thread, and modified it, as we were streching 1 grouse to feed 5. Thanks, by the way, to Cal!

Originally Posted by Cal

You need a slow fire or a dutch oven for this one. Mix 1 can of mushroom soup with a few dollops of sour cream and a couble tbl spoons of lemon juice. If you've got some soy sauce throw that in too and season with salt and pepper and whatever else you want. Mix this all up and add a bit of water then put your grouse and whatever veggies your having in a roaster or pot and pour the sauce over the whole works. Then cook over low heat for about 1/2 hour or untill the grouse is done. I like to have this with garlic bread and dip the garlic bread in my excess sauce. This recipe also works good with salmon and trout but I use more soysauce with fish.

First, I sliced up the grouse. Then I diced some onion & fried the onion in olive oil until transluscent. Then, while still frying (medium heat) I added a can of mushrooms, and then added the sliced grouse. Fried until the outside of the breast slices were white (not long), then added 2 cans of mushroom soup, a couple of spoonfuls of sourcream (4-5 tbsp, i guess), 3 tbsp of lemon juice, 2 tbsp of soya sauce. Stirred it all up and let it continue to simmer for 1/2 hr. Meantime, made a pot of rice.

Served the sauce over the rice. Everyone loved it. We will be doing this again!

[TikkaT3-7mm]

I just keep it simple, slice up the breasts and fry them up in butter and onions.

[nontypical]

my favs
1 cut gross breast into strips, dip in egg and roll in instant potato flakes and deep fry.
2 cube the breast into 1 inch squares dip in slightly thicker pancake batter than the dirrections on the box and deep fry...... serve with homemade sweet and sour sauce

[great white whaler]

Thanks ! for the ideas,have a great day

[3blade]

Kujo the milk acts as a marinade/tenderizer, draws blood out of the meat and most importantly removes the strong flavor associated with spruce grouse. Also works on strong tasting fish or deer/moose.

[jamesonepp]

I did mine like this:
2 cloves garlic
2-3tbsp lemon juice
2-3tbsp olive oil
1/3c fresh chopped herbs (oregano and basil is what I had)
2-3tbsp grainy Dijon


Marinade for 1/2 hr or more.

Broiled in the oven. Was frikkin awesome, and the kids loved it too.

[great white whaler]

went with the chicken broth...yummmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[CK Angler]

Marinate with soya sauce n fry up with garlic. Done and done!