Pheasant Noodle Soup

Pheasant Soup

Homemade Pheasant Noodle Soup

This delicious homemade pheasant soup will warm your soul. This old-fashioned pheasant noodle soup partners well with homemade dinner rolls, and is one of the most comforting comfort foods you’ll ever eat.

Instant Pot Pheasant Soup Recipe

This is a dump-and-go pheasant noodle soup recipe, allowing you to prep the instant pot in the morning and come home to dinner almost ready (you’ll just need to boil the noodles for 15 minutes, while the rolls bake). Cooking wild pheasant has never been easier, so bag your pheasant limit and take home your hunting prizes!

Pheasant Soup and Broth Recipe Ingredients

  • Pheasant: There are many health benefits to cooking soup with bones, and then removing the bones after the soup has cooked (also known as bone broth). Cooking wild game pheasant also has health benefits, so you get twice the health benefits with this meal with pheasant stock! You can learn more about the health benefits of pheasant in this article.
  • Carrots: One of the three components of mirepoix, cooked together for a traditional soup base. Carrots add substance to the soup. Carrots are traditionally used to treat fluid retention, UTIs, indigestion and bloating, and insomnia.
  • Celery: Another of the three components of mirepoix, cooked together for a traditional soup base. Celery adds substance to the soup.
  • Egg noodles: Egg noodles contain less carbohydrates, more protein, and absorb less liquid than pasta noodles. Gluten-free egg noodles are also available.
  • Chicken bullion: This adds flavor to the soup broth, giving a nice base to the soup.
  • Thyme: Thyme is a medicinal herb used for flavoring the soup. Thyme is used traditionally to treat sore throat, cough, poor circulation, and muscle aches.
  • Paprika: Paprika is a mild spice, much milder than its cousin the chili pepper.
  • Oregano: Oregano as a medicinal herb, used for flavoring the soup. Oregano is traditionally used to treat indigestion, liver and gallbladder disfunction, insomnia, and muscle aches.
  • Onion: Onion adds a bit of kick to the soup, giving off a bit of flavor. The last of the three components of mirepoix, for a traditional soup base.
  • Garlic: Garlic adds flavor to the soup, giving off some flavor. Garlic is traditionally used to treat influenza and viral infections, fungal infections, and high blood pressure.
  • Salt: Salt enhances the flavors of the different ingredients.
  • Pepper: Pepper adds a bit of interest to the flavor of the soup.

Equipment Needed to Make Pheasant Noodle Soup

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How to Make this Pheasant Soup Recipe

This recipe will make about 14 cups of pheasant soup (which will fit in a 6 quart Instant Pot). Use the 0.5 x recipe if you need a smaller batch for the 3 quart Instant Pot, and you can fit the 1.5x batch in an 8 quart Instant Pot.

Pheasant Noodle Soup

Pheasant Soup

This delicious homemade pheasant soup will warm your soul. This old-fashioned pheasant noodle soup partners well with homemade dinner rolls, and is one of the most comforting comfort foods you'll ever eat.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Pressurize and Depressurize Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Course Soup
Cuisine American
Servings 7 (2 cups + 2 rolls each)
Calories 357 kcal

Equipment

Muffin pan
Muffin pan or 9×13 baking pan for dinner rolls

Ingredients
  

Pheasant Soup Ingredients

  • 3 Whole Pheasants (brined) (about 1½ – 2 lbs each)
  • 3 cubes Chicken bullion diluted in 4 cups of water
  • 2 cups Sliced carrots
  • 2 cups Sliced celery
  • 2 cups Egg noodles
  • 2 Tablespoons Fresh thyme (or 2 teaspoons of dried thyme per 1x)
  • teaspoons Paprika
  • 1 teaspoon Pepper
  • 1 Tablespoon Fresh oregano (or 1 teaspoon of dried oregano per 1x)
  • 1 Tablespoon Minced onion (or 1 teaspoon of onion powder per 1x)
  • 4 cloves Minced garlic (or ½ teaspoon of garlic powder per 1x)

Dinner Rolls Ingredients

  • cups Flour
  • cups Warm water
  • ¼ cup Sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Butter
  • 2 teaspoons Yeast
  • 1 teaspoon Salt

Instructions
 

Night Before Timesaver Prep

  • Thaw pheasant in the refrigerator for 24 – 48 hours, or on the counter overnight.
  • Dilute 2 or 3 chicken bullion cubes in a glass measuring cup about ¼ cup of water in the microwave, on high for about 1 minute 30 seconds. Measuring cup will be HOT. Add diluted bullion to the instant pot, then add remaining 3¾ cups of water (using hot tap water to avoid breaking the glass measuring cup).
    3 cubes Chicken bullion diluted in 4 cups of water
  • Add seasonings and stir.
    2 Tablespoons Fresh thyme, 1½ teaspoons Paprika, 1 teaspoon Pepper, 1 Tablespoon Fresh oregano, 1 Tablespoon Minced onion, 4 cloves Minced garlic
  • Slice carrots and celery and add to the Instant Pot. (If prepping the night before, place the silicone lid on the Intant Pot inner pot, and place in the fridge for tomorrow morning.)
    2 cups Sliced carrots, 2 cups Sliced celery
  • Mix ingredients and arrange the dinner rolls, and put them in the refrigerator until mealtime (up to 24 hours). You can divide the dough into 36 balls and place 3 balls in each greased muffin tin, or divide the dough into 20 balls and arrange them on a greased 9 x 13 baking pan.
    3½ cups Flour, 1¼ cups Warm water, ¼ cup Sugar, 2 Tablespoons Butter, 2 teaspoons Yeast, 1 teaspoon Salt

Morning Prep

  • Remove giblets from the pheasants (if they are included), and place in the Instant Pot.
    3 Whole Pheasants (brined)
  • Attach pressure lid with gasket to the Instant Pot, and set on high for 28 minutes. Naturally release the pressure (don't open the valve) when it is done cooking. (Use the "Keep Warm" setting if prepping in the morning.)

Evening Prep

  • Remove the rolls from the refrigerator, and allow them to warm to room temperature on top of the stove. Preheat the oven to 350°F (the heat from the oven will help warm the rolls to room temp). Bake the rolls for about 10 minutes, until the tops start to turn gold.
  • Once the pressure has released, open the instant pot and remove the pheasants using 2 large slotted spoons or spatulas. Remove the meat from the bones and shred. The pheasant meat should fall off the bones, and this step should be relatively easy.
  • While deboning and shredding the meat, set the Instant Pot to the "Sautee" function, and add the egg noodles to the broth. Stir the noodles occasionally while adding back the shredded pheasant meat. Cook the egg noodles until they are soft (about 10 minutes). To minimize broth evaporation, use the slow cooker lid for the instant pot while cooking the egg noodles. Once the noodles are cooked, turn off the Instant Pot and allow the pheasant soup to cool. The rolls should soon be done, and cooling as well.
    2 cups Egg noodles
  • Enjoy!

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Pheasant Soup
Serving Size
 
2 cups + 2 rolls
Amount per Serving
Calories
357
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
5
g
8
%
Saturated Fat
 
2
g
13
%
Trans Fat
 
0.1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
1
g
Cholesterol
 
18
mg
6
%
Sodium
 
848
mg
37
%
Potassium
 
337
mg
10
%
Carbohydrates
 
69
g
23
%
Fiber
 
5
g
21
%
Sugar
 
10
g
11
%
Protein
 
9
g
18
%
Vitamin A
 
6665
IU
133
%
Vitamin B1
 
1
mg
67
%
Vitamin B2
 
0.4
mg
24
%
Vitamin B3
 
5
mg
25
%
Vitamin B5
 
1
mg
10
%
Vitamin B6
 
0.2
mg
10
%
Vitamin B12
 
0.04
µg
1
%
Vitamin C
 
7
mg
8
%
Vitamin D
 
0.03
µg
0
%
Vitamin E
 
1
mg
7
%
Vitamin K
 
19
µg
18
%
Calcium
 
65
mg
7
%
Iron
 
4
mg
22
%
Magnesium
 
35
mg
9
%
Phosphorus
 
129
mg
13
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Keyword Noodle, Pheasant, Soup
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Substitute Pheasant Soup Ingredients

  • Gluten free egg noodles
  • Gluten free chicken bullion

Leftover Pheasant Broth

After cooking the soup, save the pheasant bones for later to make pheasant broth. I put the leftover bones (with a little bit of meat, carrots, and celery) in a freezer bag, to later simmer in a stock pot all day. I then pressure can the pheasant stock to cook with later.

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