Turkey legs
05-03-2008, 08:59 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: S.W. Pa.-- Heart in North Central Pa. mountains-
Posts: 2,600
RE: Turkey legs
They sure are a LOT different than store-bought legs.....but they can be used. Just takes a little more time. I, for one, love the dark meat when done right.
05-29-2008, 03:31 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Waipahu HI USA
Posts: 2,915
RE: Turkey legs
Legs...there's two parts, thigh and drumstick. Debone the thighs, rinse and season to taste with whatever (salt & pepper, cajun, greek, Montreal steak, etc) and grill like a flank steak. Remove from fire and slice across the grain. For the drumsticks...brown them in the oven and strip the meat from the bone & tendons with a fork. Then use in soups, stews, gumbos, chili, etc. Brown the back and do the same. It's good meat and you worked hard to get it. Why waste it?
05-31-2008, 08:27 AM
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wahoo Nebraska USA
Posts: 277
RE: Turkey legs
I smoke my turkey legs using a cajun seasoning and black pepper. Also spinkle the outside with tender quick and make a solution of tender quick and inject it into the legs. I Then put them in a big plastic bowl and let set in refrigerator over night. Then prior to smoking, bast them with a mixture of honey,butter and lemon juice. Then about half way through the smoking process bast them again with the same mixture. I usually buy about 15 to 20 legs at a time. Eat a few after smoking and put the rest in seal a meal bags, one each to a bag, and put in the freezer. Then when I use them just put a small hole in the bag and put into the microwave. Zeak
