Favorite Wild Tukey Recipes

[BKhunter]

Was thinking about putting all the quarters in a crock pot and making a Wild Turkey Cacciatore, but would like to hear what everyone else's favorite way to prepare a wild turkey is? 

[turkeyfeathers]

Bar none: Soak breast in bottle of Italian dressing and 2 cups of OJ, tablespoon of salt, tablespoon of pepper, tablespoon of crushed red pepper overnight. Pat dry and lightly cover with your favorite dry rub , toothpick bacon strips to cover whole breast. Throw on smoker. Most incredible bird you'll ever eat  Takes about 2 hrs. 

[Zem18]

Straight up or on the rocks - the only 2 ways to go

[L. I. Yankee]

Deep fried injected with you favorite marinade and covered in your favorite seasoning before frying. I have mad it every way you make chicken and its great

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[Lawdwaz]

Straight up or on the rocks - the only 2 ways to go

 

DING!!

[Lawdwaz]

I'll never do anything again other than running them through the grinder.

 

Turkey Tetrazzini is where the ground is used.

 

(thanks Tim)

[Uncle Nicky]

Younger birds- pluck all the feathers (yeah, fun times).Place 1 small apple quartered and 1 small onion quartered in the cavity. Lay 5 or 6 strips of bacon across the breast. Place in roasting bag, roast at 375, make gravy out of the liquid that collects in the roasting bag.

 

Boneless Breast meat-1). Cut in cubes, marinate, wrap in bacon, cook on BBQ grill- excellent!  2). Slice into cutlets, pound with a meat hammer, bread, and make parmesan style or chicken fried turkey with cream gravy. 3) Cut into strips, bread, deep fry, serve as "fingers". 4) Simmer in water or roast in the oven until cooked through, cool overnight, make into turkey salad.

 

Boneless thighs-cube, make into stew or goulash. Or grind them up for sausage.

 

Skinless pieces: Cacciatore, coq au vin, fry and simmer in mushroom soup, arroz con turkey. Obviously, you have to pre-cook the pieces until almost tender before using in typical "chicken" recipes, turkey is leaner & tougher, just the nature of the beast.

 

Hope this helps. And make sure to watch for BBs, #6 are hard to find sometimes, easy to break a tooth or crown.

[deerslayer1114]

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