Sage Grouse Question

[Big Slick]

I know there are some sage grouse hunters on this site. How do you prepare them? Are they worth having as table fare?

 

[wytex]

Have eaten very few, crock pot works well.
Bomber, crock pot is all I know.
Younger bird, maybe marinate and then cook.
Might make good jerky.

Fun to hunt but I don't enjoy eating them so we rarely go hunt them anymore.
Someone surely has a good recipe for you.

 

[brymoore]

Sage grouse are great to eat.

My wife is the cook. She likes to cook them in a liquor sauce and serve in chunks over rice. However, any good chicken recipe would work. Orange Sage Grouse (instead of chicken) would work too.

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

This is good. Younger birds are better but even the old roosters are good this way. Bone out the bird. Cut the breasts into steaks, 3 per side. Make a marinade of 2 cups of milk,2 eggs, a couple shakes of garlic salt,onion salt,paprika and pepper. Mix in a tsp of soy sauce and put in a ziplock along with the boned out bird. Refrig overnight. To cook, bread with Italian or seasoned bread crumbs and fry in olive oil until just done. Don't overdo it. So good you won't believe it's sagehen.

 

[Goatshoes]

I shot one with archery in Wyoming. Probably a young bird. I didn't take particularly good care of it. Ultimately, I breasted it out and pulled the legs and cooked it rare in a cast iron skillet with salt pepper and butter. It tasted amazing and I can't wait for the next one. It's safe to eat dark meat birds rare.

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

I dressed them out right away. They have a stomach like a rabbit, no craw and gizzard.

 

[kansasdad]

Great Grandma Grace did her “sage chicken” just like chicken fried steak. Breaded and fried as @Brittany Chukarman replied as above. She loved it enough to serve it year round (and there weren’t readily available freezers back in her day if you get my drift).

 

[KMO385]

Sage grouse are favorite upland bird! Cleaning them out in a timely manner is important. Don't let one sit in you game bag all day while you look for that second one. Get that thing cool. Lightly tenderized,lightly breaded and seasoned pan fried done medium-medium rarish is my personal favorite, served with new potatoes and asperges. But a chicken fry is good too. Honestly as long as you take care of the meat I haven't been disappointed with any recipe. I believe project upland and some other upland sites have some good reciepes that are different, when I'm looking for something the usual that's where I go for ideas.