Pheasant
Lean game bird roasted or casseroled.
About Pheasant
Pheasant is a game bird eaten as meat, usually prepared from a whole dressed bird or from portions. It is commonly roasted, braised, or casseroled, and can be served as a main dish or added to pies, stews, and other savoury recipes. The term may describe either the bird itself or the edible cooked meat.
Pheasant is generally leaner and more strongly flavoured than farmed chicken, with a characteristic gamey savouriness. Breast meat can be relatively tender when carefully cooked, while leg meat is firmer and benefits from slower, moist cooking. Age, diet, and cooking method all influence tenderness and flavour.
It may appear as a whole plucked bird, bone-in portions, or trimmed meat. Roasting produces browned skin and a firm cooked surface; casseroling or braising softens the tougher parts and gives the meat a more yielding texture. Bones can enrich stocks, gravies, and sauces.
- Ingredient type
- whole food
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Local names for pheasant
Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.
Pheasant
pheasant
faisan
fagiano
Faisan, viande crue
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Faisan, viande et peau crues
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Faisan, viande rôtie/cuite au four
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Meat, Pheasant, Female, Raw
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Meat, Pheasant, Male, Raw
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Pheasant, breast, meat only, raw
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Pheasant, cooked
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Pheasant, cooked, total edible
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Pheasant, leg, meat only, raw
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Pheasant, meat only, roasted
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Pheasant, meat only, roasted, weighed with bone
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Pheasant, raw, meat and skin
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Pheasant, raw, meat only
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piece of pheasant meat (raw)
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piece of pheasant meat (skinless, raw)
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piece of pheasant meat (skinless)
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piece of pheasant meat (with skin, raw)
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piece of pheasant meat (with skin)
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Pheasant nutrition & diet
Pheasant nutritional value
Reference: Pheasant, meat only, roasted
Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.
- Calories
- 220kcal
- Protein
- 27.9g
- Carbs
- 0.0g
- Fat
- 12.0g
Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. CoFID 2021 food code 18-383. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
Portions & preparation
Match the species and edible cooked meat, with skin included or removed as served. Roasting, braising, or casseroling can introduce oil, stock, wine, or other ingredients, while bones and cooking loss affect the portion. Assess stuffing, gravy, and side dishes separately.
Compare the right form: Match cooked pheasant meat from the identified species, specifying roasted, braised, or casserolled form and whether skin is eaten.
Diet considerations
Pheasant is an animal-derived game bird and does not fit vegan or vegetarian patterns. Compatibility changes with stuffing, gravy, marinades, dairy, egg, or cereal-based coatings and accompaniments. Farmed and wild birds may be different catalogue identities, so species, source, preparation, and edible portion should be recorded.
AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.
Dietary compatibility
- VeganNot established
- VegetarianNot established
- PescatarianNot established
- KetoNot established
- PaleoNot established
- Low-carbNot established
- HalalNot established
- KosherNot established
What these diet assessments mean
- Vegan · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Vegetarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Pescatarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Keto · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Paleo · Not established
- The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
- Low-carb · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Halal · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
- Kosher · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.
For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.
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Sources & review
Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Pheasant, meat only, roasted ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.
Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.
The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.
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