How to Clean Game Birds

Here's how to clean grouse, quail or other game birds prior to cooking.

Things You'll Need

  • Enough Water To Cover The Meat
  • 1 Small Sharp Knife
  • 1 tbsp. table salt per gallon of water
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Instructions

    • 1

      Cut a ring around the skin, above the feet, where it first becomes loose.

    • 2

      Use a knife and fingers to tear an incision from the legs to the tail, and then peel the entire skin, with the feathers, off to the neck.

    • 3

      Cut a ring around the tail and the anus.

    • 4

      Make an abdominal cut up to the rib cage.

    • 5

      Reach inside the rib cage and remove all the viscera with one clean jerk.

    • 6

      Break the neck; jerk the neck and windpipe free of the body.

    • 7

      Rinse the entire carcass free of any residue.