Whole Pigeon In A Slow Cooker???

[belly47]

i have eaten tons of pigeons in my time, usually breasted and fried in pan or whole roasted but never seem to see many recipes for cooking them in a slow cooker.

 

I imagine this is because its not the best way to do it.

 

Have any of you tried it though and if so what is your recipe.

 

cheers

 

Belly

[JDog]

I do cook whole pigeons but only young ones. This is not the right time of the year.

[hawkfanz]

i use a slow cooker sometimes but i cut the meat from the breast bone dice it add onion,leek ,carrot,turnip,mushroom and not forgetting pearl barley,add oxo and leave for a few hours to cook thicken and serve with mash potatoes an broccoli

[Moley101]

I used breast meat in the slow cooker to make a cracking dansak (used the new hairy dieters recipe and replaced the lamb with pigeon), was absolutely fantastic.

[belly47]

I used breast meat in the slow cooker to make a cracking dansak (used the new hairy dieters recipe and replaced the lamb with pigeon), was absolutely fantastic.

thanks, ill try it and see how it goes

[evo]

i use a slow cooker sometimes but i cut the meat from the breast bone dice it add onion,leek ,carrot,turnip,mushroom and not forgetting pearl barley,add oxo and leave for a few hours to cook thicken and serve with mash potatoes an broccoli

tell ya what ,,,that sounds delicious certainly going to give that a try, cheers,

 

Lee sling a couple of breasts in mate ,plenty of veg,also a knorr stock cube and away you go,,just experiment mate, you,ll be surprised at some of the tastes you get

[malkiserow]

I used breast meat in the slow cooker to make a cracking dansak (used the new hairy dieters recipe and replaced the lamb with pigeon), was absolutely fantastic.

Sounds great, do you have the recipe?

[oliver90owner]

The ex, gone getting on for twenty years ago, diced the breasts, seared in a big fry pan and then pressure cooked. Not sure for how long. Made into pies with the usual additions and nobody could tell it wasn't a tender beef dish (she made steak and onion as she did not like steak and pygmy)

[FalconFN]

Pygmy is an acquired taste I s'pose...

 

I have slow cooked breast meat but the texture wasn't great, it was grainy and a little disappointing. Change beef for pigeon and make a burguignon instead, its great.

[Moley101]

Sounds great, do you have the recipe?

It's from the new Hairy Bikers diet book. I imagine it would work well with any curry recipe. I find slow cooking curries allow the meat to tenderise and the flavours to develop nicely, just finish off with the fresh coriander garnish and yogurt before serving.