Good day to all!
Once again, while shopping for turkey meat, I decided to buy a leg.
I gained as much as 2.5 kilograms of happiness, but I couldn’t figure out what to do with it. I asked my husband and he decided to make fun of me and said to fry it. It was a mutual joke, so let's fry it.
First, we carefully inspect everything, remove hairs and stumps, if there are any, of course.
You can remove the bone, but I decided not to do this; the frying pan I had allowed me to fry the whole leg.
It is difficult to salt such a piece of meat, so I rubbed it on both sides with salt and sprinkled it with spices.
I took the spices to my taste - these are my favorite white roots, a mixture of peppers for chicken and dried herbs.
The salted and spiced ham was left to marinate for a day.
The next day I placed the leg in the frying pan and added 150 ml sunflower oil, 300 ml of water, covered it (as best I could) with a lid and put it to simmer on low heat.
As soon as the water had evaporated by half, I turned the leg over to the other side and continued to simmer.
After about a couple of hours, the leg had shrunk in size, the water had boiled away and the lid was now tightly covering the pan.
I also continued to fry the leg over low heat until completely cooked.
In total, the preparation took about three hours.
The dish was prepared in a frying pan with a ceramic coating.
The skin on the leg was slightly burnt, simply due to carelessness.
Turkey drumsticks are usually prepared for special occasions. It is quite large, it is baked for a long time in an electric oven in a sleeve, with a side dish, under various sauces, and then cut into pieces on a platter and placed in the center of the table.
It is not so easy to choose and buy a good young ham of this bird; you can end up with the meat of an old bird that has lost its taste. As a result, it turns out dry and tough, so you should only buy it in trusted stores.
In the countries of the former Soviet Union they began to cook turkey drumsticks in the oven not so long ago. This dish is considered Western European. This is where it is customary to bake this product at Christmas. But, trying to diversify the buffet table, modern housewives have included this bird in our menu.
Simple recipe
Before starting baking, the bird must be marinated. Almost any sauce is suitable: honey, mustard, soy, even the usual mixture of peppers, spices and salt.
Turkey drumstick in the oven in a sleeve is prepared as follows. We wash the meat and check for any remaining feathers or subcutaneous fluff. If necessary, burn them or remove them with tweezers.
Peel the garlic and chop it into small pieces with a fillet knife. Mix seasonings and salt in a small bowl and rub generously on the drumstick. Leave to soak for ten minutes.
Take a silicone brush and coat the turkey with unrefined oil, and on top - soy sauce. Since the drumstick is very large, you will need a glass roasting pan or kebabs dish.
We put it in the prepared container, seal it with a sealed bag and send it to marinate in a cool place for eleven hours.
We start the electric oven at 220 °C, remove the film and bake for fifty minutes. Ready dish decorate with lettuce leaves and place hot on the table. It has a very appetizing appearance and a brownish crust, so you shouldn’t cut it right away - admire it a little, and then proceed.
How to bake a turkey drumstick in a sleeve
One of the options for preparing soft and melt-in-your-mouth turkey drumsticks is baking in a special sleeve. In addition to the fact that the meat is perfectly baked, it also produces a lot of heated juice, which can be used to pour over any side dish or simply dip bread into it and eat.
Components:
Production: six hours.
Calorie content: 167 Kcal/100 g.
Place the pre-washed and dried turkey meat on a flat surface and generously coat with spices and salt. You need to rub the mixture into the shin as much as possible so that it is better saturated with the aromas of the herbs. Wrap the prepared semi-finished product in cling film and put it in a cool place to marinate for at least a couple of hours, but preferably five to eight. The longer it is salted, the softer and more tender the dish will be later.
Unwrap the ham and sprinkle with fresh lemon juice, coat with your palm with liquid natural honey, crush with rosemary and immerse in two or even three baking sleeves. If there is only one and it bursts under the influence of temperature and air inside, all the juice from the meat will flow out onto the baking sheet and will burn.
We start the unit at 195 °C and set the turkey drumstick to cook in the sleeve for two hours, ten minutes before completion we tear it apart so that the meat is better fried and has a beautiful crust.
How to cook turkey legs in mustard in the oven
Mustard is often used for marinade for red fish and poultry, as it perfectly softens meat and is an excellent conductor for the absorption of spices into meat fibers. It is enough to thoroughly coat the workpiece with this sauce and place it in an electrical appliance to cook.
Components:
- Turkey leg – 1 pc.;
- Homemade mustard – 3 tbsp. l.;
- Seasonings – 2 tsp;
- Garlic – 2 cloves;
- Salt – 2 tbsp. l;
- Natural honey – 2 tbsp. l.
Production: two and a half hours.
Calorie content: 145.5 Kcal/100 g.
Mix in a bowl natural honey and homemade mustard, it’s quite easy to make, and you’ll be pleased with the result. But if you decide to prepare the dish spontaneously, you can also use store-bought ones.
We oil the drumstick and remove the feathers with tweezers, wash it under running water and immediately dip it in a towel.
We peel the garlic, chop it into slices, and begin stuffing the ham, making small cuts with a fillet knife.
Place the turkey in a deep roasting pan and coat generously mustard-honey marinade and leave to marinate room temperature, covering the dish with film.
Turn on the unit at 230 °C. Place the turkey drumstick in a deep baking pan, pour the remaining sauce on top and immerse it to cook for half an hour.
Then reduce the temperature to 175 °C and leave to cook for another hour.
Turkey legs in foil
Turkey is a dietary meat. It is quite difficult to prepare it tasty; often the dish is overdried or not kept in enough marinade, and it turns out rubbery.
Components:
- Turkey leg – 2 pcs.;
- Unrefined oil – 3 tbsp. l.;
- Black pepper – 3 peas;
- Laurel leaf – 2 pcs.;
- Salt, herbs - to taste;
- Little cream – 30 g.
Production: two hours.
Calorie content: 153.5 Kcal/100 g.
The method of baking turkey drumsticks in foil in the oven is quite common. Prepare the drumstick, wash, dry, remove rough skin and remaining feathers from the surface. Mix the softened butter with some of the herbs and salt, and carefully begin stuffing the resulting slurry under the skin of the turkey with your fingers. Spread the remaining seasonings and salt onto the surface of the meat.
Cut a large piece of foil and fold it in half. Place the legs, bay leaf and pepper in the center, wrap tightly so that the resulting heat treatment no steam came out.
Turn on the electric oven at 220°C. Place the dish to bake when the unit has already reached the desired temperature, after an hour and a half, unwrap the foil and check readiness.
Bake poultry with potatoes
It turns out complete and hearty dish, when meat and side dish are baked at the same time. In our case, it will be turkey drumstick with new potatoes in the oven.
Components:
Production: four hours.
Calorie content: 198 Kcal/100 g.
We wash the potato tubers in cold water, peel and chop into slices five millimeters thick. Wash the drumstick thoroughly, place it on paper napkins, and let it dry. Mix mayonnaise, ketchup and seasonings. Coat the turkey leg with the resulting mixture, add salt and leave to marinate for three to four hours.
We clean the peppers and onions, chop them into cubes, and also chop the herbs and cheese. Place the potatoes in two layers on a baking sheet, distribute the onions on top and pour olive oil over them. From the remaining chopped products we make a mixture and stuff it under the skin of the pickled drumstick.
Place the meat in the center of the potato mound and cover with foil. Preheat the electrical appliance to 180 °C. After thirty-five minutes, remove the foil and bake for another fifteen minutes, until a fragrant crust forms. Serve the dish hot.
Culinary results
Turkey drumsticks can be baked in the oven not only with potatoes, but also with other vegetables, mushrooms, dried fruits, served, decorated green salad, arugula, olives or pitted olives, cherry tomatoes and always fresh white or black bread.
If you have leftover drumsticks on the second day, the shredded meat makes excellent hot breakfast sandwiches or spicy salad with vegetables and soy sauce dressing and olive oil. Bon appetit!
Until recently, turkey dishes were considered almost exotic. Now they are available and popular. Delicate taste, the many “benefits” in this product made turkey desirable, especially for devotees healthy eating. How to cook a delicious turkey? There are hundreds of recipes, let’s look at options for preparing drumsticks. A little bit of skill suitable seasonings, a couple of secrets and aromatic dishes will delight the household.
Delicious turkey meat is good for everyone
Turkey occupies the “top” position on the list dietary products. Let us highlight the main valuable qualities:
- does not cause allergies;
- contains a minimum of fat;
- low-calorie;
- improves heart function;
- 100 g of turkey meat “covers” the daily protein requirement;
- tastes good;
- increases the amount of the “happy” hormone - serotonin;
- minimum cholesterol content.
It is especially recommended for pregnant women and children - a maximum of vitamins with easy absorption. Turkey meat is a metabolic “accelerator”. It gives generously useful microelements, which prevent the emergence pests. There is an opinion that foods made from turkey meat inhibit cancer processes, anemia and anemia.
It is known that some elements of turkey meat are added to pharmacological drugs to fight cancer. A large amount of iron in the composition completely replaces red meat, and phosphorus makes the product as valuable as red fish. Sports nutrition experts strongly recommend turkey to athletes. Large amounts of protein help strengthen muscle mass. Men will appreciate this bird for the masculine strength that its fillet gives.
Turkey is not “capricious” in preparation, the main thing is proper preparation of the meat. There are many ways to prepare drumsticks:
- in the oven, in a slow cooker - baked in foil;
- fry on a grill or frying pan - in breading or batter;
- cook soups based on them;
- stew stuffed drumsticks;
- prepare cutlets, meatballs;
- make minced meat.
Attention! The following seasonings are most “harmonious” with turkey: basil, curry, a mixture of Italian herbs, turmeric (it will add a “golden” quality to the dish), saffron.
The next step in preparing the legs is marinating. Important point, which is not recommended to be skipped. Well-marinated meat cooks much faster, will be juicy and retain more “benefits”. You can choose any marinade according to your taste preferences. First, stuff the drumsticks with garlic, mix with the marinade and put in the refrigerator, maybe overnight. You can serve leg dishes with white wine - they go well together. What recipes does it offer? world cooking? Let's look at the fastest and easiest to prepare.
Casserole in foil “a la game”
Baked turkey legs really taste like game. Just as fragrant, but more tender and softer. Ingredients:
- drumstick pulp (pitted) - 0.5 kg;
- salt - to taste, but not much;
- mixture of Italian herbs - 1-2 tsp;
- medium mustard – 2 tsp;
- potatoes - 0.5 kg;
- spicy herbs - to taste. Paprika, saffron, basil are recommended.
Cooking steps:
- Sprinkle the washed, dried shin fillet with salt (it’s better to grate), pepper, and generously “sprinkle” herbs, coat with mustard. Place in foil (not tightly, so that there is room for the meat juice to flow out and place the potatoes).
- Next, you have two options. Place the potato mugs evenly between the fillet pieces and place in the oven (heating temperature - 200 g). Or, if time permits, cover the meat with foil and marinate for an hour and a half.
- Bake for about 50 minutes, after 30-40 minutes you need to check readiness. If meat juice appears when you pierce a piece of turkey, the dish is ready.
Attention! Depending on the native area where the turkey was fattened, the degree of readiness of the dish made from its meat varies. For example, southern poultry cooks faster.
Light soup with vegetables
A light soup made from turkey legs is suitable even for the smallest children, which will allow you to avoid preparing a separate meal for the baby. What you will need:
- drumstick - 1 pc.;
- potatoes - 600 g (or 800 g for thick soup)
- beans in a pod - 100 g;
- carrot - 1 pc.;
- onions - 1-2 pcs.;
- spaghetti (if you want something heartier) - 100 g;
- salt - Adyghe or sea salt, 1 tsp.
As for seasonings, if the soup is intended for adults only, it is advisable to add basil, saffron or a mixture of herbs. The same applies to preliminary preparation turkey meat. For adults, it is better to marinate; for children, it is better to cook immediately. The cooking process is very simple: prepare the broth (after boiling, remove the onion and cook for 40-50 minutes over medium heat). The soup is ready if the pulp separates easily from the stem. Remove the drumstick, add small cubes of carrots and potatoes, and let cook for a little while. If planned, add the spaghetti next, and lastly the beans (literally 10 minutes before cooking). Salt as desired, in the middle or end of cooking.
Legs in spicy sauce
Ingredients:
- salt (for a special flavor you can use Adyghe salt);
- turkey drumsticks – 6 pcs.;
- 6-7 tbsp. honey;
- 6 tbsp. spoons of classic soy sauce;
- 6 garlic cloves.
A dish of turkey legs prepared this way turns out very beautiful and aromatic. Cook in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Lightly rub the legs with salt and seasonings, leave to soak for 0.5-2 hours (the longer you marinate, the faster the dish will be cooked).
You don’t need to add salt at all, since soy sauce is intensely salty. Mix soy sauce and crushed garlic with honey. If the honey is candied, melt it in a glass or ceramic cup in a water bath or in microwave oven. Place the legs into a baking sleeve placed on a baking sheet. Pour in the prepared sauce, mix thoroughly by shaking. Bake for 30 minutes, pierce the bag and bring to readiness - usually no more than 20-30 minutes are needed. Serve with rice or mashed potatoes.
Can cook different ways, and legs cooked in a slow cooker taste, according to some reviews, even better than the usual ones from the oven. Turkey drumstick in a slow cooker is the “lazy” way of cooking, but, oddly enough, the most “preserved” in terms of the amount of nutrients.
You can now buy turkey drumsticks in any store; they are inexpensive. Today I bought them at a promotion of 130 rubles per kg, and on ordinary days the price does not exceed 170 rubles. So the dish turns out not only tasty, but also quite affordable. For baking, choose chilled rather than frozen ones.
I usually make soups from turkey or just stew it. The bird bakes for a long time, at least two hours, and if cooked incorrectly, it can become tough or dry. Thanks to our simple recipeyou will learn how to bake turkey drumsticks so that the meat is juicy, tender, and tasty and well baked, easily separated from the bones. The finished dish will take pride of place not only on family dinner, but will also be a decoration festive table. So, let's start cooking.
We will need
For about 6 servings:
- Turkey drumstick - 2 pieces (I got 2.5 kg),
- sour cream - approximately 100 ml,
- garlic or garlic powder,
- spices, salt to taste,
- baking foil.
For spices, I took hops-suneli; I have loved this seasoning since Soviet times. homemade Also indispensable for any game dish. You can add black pepper, rosemary, chicken mixture. Do not overuse seasonings, as turkey has its own very pleasant taste, and you don’t want to bury it under a layer of spices.
Preparation
Rinse the shins, pat dry with a paper towel. First brush with garlic powder and other spices, then with sour cream.
If you don't have powder, but fresh garlic, then chop it, mix with seasonings and sour cream. Rub the turkey drumsticks thoroughly on all sides with this marinade and leave to marinate for at least 30 minutes.
You can put it in a sealed container and leave it in the refrigerator for a day, this way the meat will marinate better, and if you are preparing the dish for a holiday, you will save time. You can use sour cream instead.
Place the drumsticks in the mold. Wrap in foil so that there are no gaps. This is imperative as the turkey can burn on top even if you baste it every 15-20 minutes. Thanks to the foil, the bird will remain juicy, bake well, and this will greatly simplify the cooking process.
Place in an oven preheated to 200 C for an hour and a half first. Set an alarm clock and you can go about your business - the turkey will cook without your help. After 1 hour 30 minutes, remove the foil, brush with more sour cream and bake uncovered for another 30 minutes. It is advisable to pour one more time with the fat that has been rendered from the bird.
A delicious dish - baked turkey legs - completely ready! The crust is delicious, the aroma is irresistible, the inside is juicy and soft.
We offer several interesting recipes. The peculiarity of their preparation allows you to preserve everything beneficial features product. The meat will remain juicy, flavorful and tender.
Turkey drumstick in the oven in foil
Ingredients:
- drumstick ㄧ1 pcs.;
- pepper, coriander, dry herbs (can be in a set) - to taste;
- vegetable oil - 50 ml;
- butter - 20 g;
- garlic ー 2 cloves;
- salt - to taste.
Step-by-step preparation:
- Wash the turkey drumstick, remove feathers and rough skin.
- Mix butter with spices and salt.
- Slide this mixture under the skin.
- Rub the drumstick with salt, spices and chopped garlic.
- Grease food foil vegetable oil, place the drumstick on it, wrap it very carefully so as not to tear the paper.
- Place the bundle on a baking sheet.
- Bake in the oven at 180-200 degrees for about 1.5 hours.
Try to pinch the edges of the foil tightly, leaving no gaps to prevent steam from escaping. Then the meat will be juicier.
As a side dish, you can serve any baked vegetables, decorate the dish with herbs and fruits. Turkey drumstick, if cooked in the oven in foil, does not require the constant presence of the hostess at the stove. During this time, you can do something else, such as making soup or dessert.
Oven-baked turkey drumstick in a sleeve with potatoes
Ingredients:
- drumsticks - 2 pcs.;
- potatoes ㅡ 4 pcs.;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- salt - to taste;
- pepper and spices - to taste;
- olive oil (any other can be used) - 2 tbsp. l.
Step-by-step preparation:
- Wash and dry turkey legs with paper towel. After such a simple procedure, the crust will be fried and crispy.
- Rub them with salt, pepper, spices and set aside
- Wash the potatoes, peel and cut into small slices, add salt to taste.
- Put the garlic under a press (you can grate it) and mix with vegetable oil.
- Pour the aromatic oil mixture over the prepared meat.
- Open the sleeve, tie it on one side and carefully place the prepared drumstick. Send the potatoes there and place the clamp on the other side.
- Bake in the oven for 1.5-2 hours.
See how the process goes. If the meat is not too tough, it may take much less time. In this case, it is recommended to pre-boil the potatoes until half cooked.
If you want the turkey drumstick baked in the oven in the sleeve to brown, do the following: before removing the dish, cut the sleeve at the top, open it slightly and place it in the oven for 10-15 minutes. Before this, the skin can be greased with sour cream and sprinkled with any spices.
Turkey recipe with honey and fruit
Ingredients
- Turkey drumstick meat, boneless (fillet) - 1.5 kg;
- honey - 100 g;
- soy sauce - 150 g;
- apples - 1 pc.;
- oranges - 1 pc.;
- garlic - 1 pc.;
- black pepper - to taste.
Step-by-step preparation:
- Sprinkle the fillet ground pepper, chopped garlic, soy sauce and leave to marinate for 1 hour.
- Cut the apple and orange into slices.
- Combine the marinated meat with fruit in the form. It is better to take glass, it does not oxidize, thereby increasing the safety of vitamins. Arrange it randomly as you like.
- Carefully add honey (if it is thick, you can dilute it with water) so that it is evenly distributed throughout the products.
- Now put it in an oven preheated to 180°C for 60 minutes. Periodically pour the marinade over the drumsticks so that the meat does not dry out, but turns out juicy.
The prepared dish goes very well with a side dish of boiled fluffy rice. Don't forget to decorate with greenery.
Turkey drumstick stuffed with vegetables
Ingredients:
- drumstick - 1 pc.;
- tomato - 1 pc.;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- bell pepper - 1 pc.;
- garlic - 1 clove;
- tomato paste - 1 tsp;
- mayonnaise or sour cream - 1 tbsp.
Step-by-step preparation:
- Wash the drumstick, dry it, remove the skin, try to keep it intact, we will need it later for stuffing minced meat.
- Carefully remove the bone, trimming the meat. We get the fillet. You need to cut it into small pieces and put it in a bowl.
- Add chopped onion there. Finely chop the tomato and pepper. Mix all. Salt, pepper, add tomato paste, garlic and mayonnaise.
- Leave to marinate for 1 hour.
- Stuff the skin with the finished filling. Secure the edges with toothpicks. Grease the surface of the finished leg with mayonnaise.
- Place in a baking bag or wrap in foil. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees, bake for 1 hour.
On a note
The readiness of the dish is determined by puncturing the knife. If the juice is clear, then it’s time to remove it. Mayonnaise can be replaced with sour cream.
Properties and qualities of turkey meat
From the point of view of nutritionists, this product is very easily digestible and does not cause allergies. Turkey meat contains very little fat, so it can be eaten by people suffering from atherosclerosis and obesity. It does not cause allergies and is recommended for baby food.
One serving contains the daily value of Omega-3 unsaturated fatty acids, which stimulate the functioning of the brain, heart and blood vessels. Doctors often advise their patients to eat turkey meat. Due to its high sodium content, turkey meat will be tasty without salt. So you shouldn't add a lot of it.
It contains a large amount of vitamins: A, B, K and minerals: potassium, calcium, magnesium and iron. Its meat is rich in phosphorus, as is fish.
On a note
The calorie content of turkey is only 101 kcal per 100 g of product. When adding other ingredients, it may increase, this must be taken into account if you are watching your weight.
If possible, always give preference to this product. Bake drumsticks dietary turkey Our recipes in the oven are very simple, tasty and healthy. The photo shows that the dishes look very appetizing. If you follow all the steps exactly, cooking will not be difficult.
