Recipes for Grouse
Remove breast from bone (Legs may be left
whole)
Mix 1 pkg. dried onion soup mix into 1/4 cup of cooking oil.
Place ruffed grouse pieces on cookie sheet.
Baste pieces with the onion soup mixture.
Cook at 350 degrees for approx. 20 minutes. Turn meat, baste again and cook for
an additional 20 minutes.
Cook some cubed red skin potatoes at the same time and in the same way to know
you just arrived in heaven.
Good Grouse / Pheasant Fixin
3-4 Grouse Breast
1 pound Bacon
American Sliced Cheese
Lime Juice or Italian Dressing
Cut breast into 1 x 1 strips. Place together
with a piece of cheese and wrap with a piece of bacon. Hold all together by
placing a tooth pick through the bacon and the breast. Marinate 3-5 hours in
Italian Dressing or Lime juice.
Remove from marinade and broil 3-5 minutes. ENJOY!!!!!!
Many people cook grouse in a crock pot or in a sauce, but roasted grouse can be very tasty. Here is a good recipe:
2 grouse dressed
1/4 pound butter
1 cup currant jelly
1/4 teaspoon salt per bird
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups wild rice, cooked
3 ounces brandy (additional for cook as required)
1/4 teaspoon pepper per bird
Melt butter. Roll birds in the butter and flour. Salt and
pepper.
Roast covered for 30 minutes @350 degrees in a preheated oven.
Prepare two cups of wild rice.
Mix cooked rice with currant jelly.
Remove birds, stuff with wild rice.
Pour one jigger of brandy over each bird.
Roast, uncovered for another fifteen minutes, with a damp paper towel
covering breast. Re-moisten towel as needed.