Bake in the oven
Turkey drumsticks need to be defrosted and marinated.Marinades will add a special taste and juiciness to the dish, will allow you to diversify it every time, because there are a huge number of options. You can marinate in advance, leaving the meat in the marinade overnight in the refrigerator, then you only need to take it out half an hour before cooking. The easiest way to marinate meat is to mix salt, pepper, and other spices to taste. Add 1-2 tbsp. of vegetable oil to the dry mixture, mix everything and rub the turkey drumstick with this mass. More complicated marinade recipes (for 1 kg of drumstick):
- Incomplete teaspoon of salt, ground black pepper, honey - 3-4 tsp, mustard - 3 tsp.
- Kefir - half a glass, ketchup or tomato sauce - 2-3 tbsp, garlic - 3-4 cloves, medium onion (cut into rings), salt, pepper.
- Soy sauce - 2-3 tbsp.l, olive oil - 2 tbsp, mustard, coriander - 1 tsp each, allspice - 5-6 grains, garlic - 3 cloves. Cut the garlic lengthwise and stuff the turkey drumstick with it. Grind or crush the mustard, coriander and pepper. Mix with oil and soy sauce.
- Ginger - a piece of about 1 cm, olive oiloil - 1 tbsp, salt, pepper, garlic for stuffing - a few cloves. Stuff the drumsticks with garlic. Grate the ginger on a fine grater, mix with oil, salt, pepper.
Then it’s really easy - any marinadeRub the turkey drumsticks, leave them for half an hour or an hour. And do your urgent business. For example, slowly turn on the oven to heat up to 180 degrees. When the legs are marinated, put them in a baking dish, place them in a preheated oven and start preparing the side dish. Side dishes of rice, buckwheat or potatoes go well with turkey. The meat will bake for about 1.5-2 hours, enough time for anything. But about once every 20 minutes you will have to be distracted to pour the drumsticks with the released juice. In order to completely ignore them, let's try to cook the turkey drumstick in foil or a baking sleeve. Right along with the potatoes. You will need:
- Turkey drumstick - about 1 kg, marinated in any way;
- Potatoes - as you like, bigger or smaller;
- Carrots - 2-3 pcs.;
- The bulbs are small - 4-5 pieces;
- Garlic - a few cloves;
Changing the combination of vegetables to your taste andBy varying the marinades, you can invent other recipes for baked turkey drumsticks. Peel the potatoes, cut into quarters or into finger-thick circles. Peel the carrots and cut into circles about 1 cm thick, the onion into thick rings. Leave the garlic cloves whole. Load the vegetable mixture into a baking sleeve or place it on foil, place the turkey drumstick on top of the vegetables. Close the sleeve or foil and put everything in an oven preheated to 180-190 ° C for an hour and a half. Rest. Remove the foil or sleeve with the drumstick and vegetable filling from the oven, carefully open the top to check for readiness. To do this, pierce the meat with a knife to the bone in the thickest place, press lightly. The juice that comes out should be clear. Put the opened drumstick back in the oven to brown the crust. Rest again. Remove the finished dish, serve. Slightly tousle your hair and make your eyes look tired. Invite your family to the table.
You can stuff them
You can also come up with new recipes for stuffed turkey legs each time, based on the main types of fillings for stuffing a whole bird:
- Mushrooms, nuts and apples;
- Lemon and greens;
- Liver with nuts or mushrooms;
- Prunes or dried apricots and apples;
- Cranberry and orange.
Or maybe you have your own secret recipes for stuffing poultry - they are also suitable for preparing an unusual dish. Let's take:
- Turkey's shank;
- An Apple;
- Prunes or dried apricots, pour boiling water for a few minutes;
- 3-4 thin strips of smoked bacon.
First, let's remove the bone from the shin.Carefully cut the leg on one side and, using a knife, separate the bone. You can leave part of the bone at the thin end of the leg - so that it seems whole. Flatten the pulp and beat it lightly. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Then place the filling inside the drumstick: a slice or two of sweet and sour apple, prunes or dried apricots. Roll the leg up, give it its original appearance. Wrap it tightly with strips of bacon and place it in a baking dish. Put the dish in a preheated oven and wait, wait, wait. From time to time, pour the legs with the released juice.
Or stew in sauce
Here are some more recipes - turkey drumsticks stewed in a duck pan or cauldron. They can also be different - the secret is in the sauce in which the meat will be stewed. Let's try this sauce:
- Medium bulb;
- A pair of garlic cloves;
- A glass of cream;
- A jar of olives;
- 2 tbsp. l. mustard;
- Salt, pepper, favorite seasoning;
- Vegetable oil - for frying.
Before stewing, fry the legs in hot water.butter until golden brown on all sides. Transfer to a duck pan. Cut the onion into rings, the olives into rings or halves, crosswise. Mix the vegetables, cream, spices, garlic and mustard. Add a glass of water or broth. Pour the sauce over the drumsticks and simmer under a lid for 1.5 hours. You can do this either in the oven or on the stove burner. When the drumsticks are ready, let them stand under the lid for 15-20 minutes. If after frying you pour boiling water over the drumsticks - 1-2 cups, add 2 tbsp. tomato paste, onion, adjika and spices, you will get a sour hot sauce with a Caucasian accent. Or you can simply cut the potatoes and carrots, onion and spices into small cubes, salt and pour in a glass of white wine and simmer over low heat. Any recipe requires one essential ingredient - turkey. Cook with soul, please yourself and your loved ones.
