GRILLED TURKEY LEGS SIGNATURE RECIPE
Grilled turkey legs are not exactly a complicated thing to serve friends and family. Just think of them as amped up chicken legs that offer more than enough mass to benefit from the wealth of flavor bestowed by either a brine or marinade.
Provided by cavetools
Categories Main Course
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Prepare a brine by pouring the water, kosher salt and brown sugar into a vessel large enough for the number of legs you plan to cook.
- Make sure that the salt and sugar have completely dissolved before adding the legs.
- Adjust the ingredients based on how many legs you are fixing-shoot for just enough to fully cover the drumsticks.
- Feel free to use something like a bowl or a plate in order to keep the legs below the water level of the brine.
- Refrigerate the legs for anywhere between 4 and 24 hours.
- Remove them from the fridge 1 hour before you want to cook them, in order to bring them up to room temperature.
- Remove the legs from the brine and pat them dry.
- Right before you cook them, drizzle olive oil over each leg and rub in a mixture of salt and black pepper.
- Prepare your grill for indirect heating.
- Feel free to add some smoking wood for extra aroma.
- Prepare a basting mix of honey, vinegar, BBQ sauce and Worcestershire sauce and combine them all until it forms an even consistency.
- You can do this up to a day ahead of when you plan to cook the legs, storing it in the fridge until it is time to use it.
- Begin grilling the legs with the grill's lid as closed as you can have it.
- Begin basting with the mix from the previous step on a frequent, regular basis so that the legs become covered in a rich, dark glaze of caramelization.
- Turn the legs every so often, continuing to baste.
- Make sure that you keep the lid closed between basting sessions in order to keep as much heat and smoke trapped within as possible.
- While individual cooking times can vary, most legs only need 20-30 minutes of indirect heat, at a moderate temperature, to be done.
- Cooking on high temperatures may finish the legs quicker, but also increases the risk of burning the legs.
- Check for doneness by either using a meat thermometer or making a cut into one leg.
- The good news is that brining mitigates most of the risk of overcooking while also keeping the legs nice and moist.
- Once the legs are done, take them off the grill and onto a serving dish.
- Cover with foil and allow them to rest for 10-15 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 192 kcal, ServingSize 113 g
GRILLED SPICY CHIPOTLE BARBECUE TURKEY DRUMSTICKS
Apricot preserves balances the spicy taste of chipotle chile in a delicious basting sauce.
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Entree
Time 35m
Yield 2
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat gas or charcoal grill. In 1-quart saucepan, cook onion and water over medium heat 3 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender. Stir in barbecue sauce, preserves, chile and salt. Cook 1 to 2 minutes, stirring occasionally, until heated through. Reserve 3 tablespoons sauce.
- Cover and grill drumsticks over medium-low heat 25 to 30 minutes, turning frequently and brushing with sauce during last 5 minutes, until juice of turkey is clear when thickest part is cut to bone (180°F).
- Serve drumsticks with reserved 3 tablespoons sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 270, Carbohydrate 26 g, Cholesterol 120 mg, Fat 1/2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 31 g, SaturatedFat 1 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 560 mg, Sugar 18 g, TransFat 0 g
BARBECUED TURKEY LEGS
Wishing you were at the game? Raise a giant drumstick -- in spirit -- with all the other Hawkeye football fans at the University of Iowa. These massive barbecued bird legs are a tailgating tradition at the black-and-gold school. Now you can make them at home with an easy dry brine that eliminates the need for submerging them in a big pot of salted water.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories main-dish
Time 11h40m
Yield 8 turkey legs
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- The day before, make a dry brine: Put 2 wire racks on 2 rimmed baking sheets. Mix together the sugar, chili powder, mustard powder, garlic powder, cayenne and 1/2 cup salt. Pat the turkey drumsticks dry. Put 2 drumsticks in a large shallow bowl and sprinkle generously with the dry brine, rubbing it into every nook and cranny. Transfer to one of the wire racks. Working in batches, sprinkle and rub the remaining drumsticks with the dry brine and transfer to the wire racks. Sprinkle the drumsticks on the racks with any remaining dry brine. Refrigerate, uncovered, for at least 8 hours and preferably up to 24 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Bake the drumsticks, rotating the baking sheets front to back and top to bottom halfway through cooking, until golden brown and an instant-read thermometer measures at least 200 degrees F, about 2 hours. Let cool to room temperature. Transfer the drumsticks to large re-sealable plastic bags. (The turkey can be made ahead up to this point and refrigerated for up to 24 hours.)
- Preheat a gas grill to medium-low or prepare a charcoal for medium-low indirect heat: bank one chimney starter-full of lit and ashed-over charcoal briquettes to one side of the grill. Set up a drip pan on the other side to avoid flare-ups. (Be sure to consult the grill manufacturer's guide for best results).
- Brush the grill grates with oil. Put the drumsticks on the grill (or indirect side if using charcoal) and cook, turning and basting with the barbecue sauce every 5 minutes, until the drumsticks are deep amber on the outside and heated through, about 15 minutes.
- Let cool for 5 minutes, then wrap the exposed bone-end of each drumstick with foil and serve while warm.
BBQ TURKEY DRUMSTICKS WITH CHIPOTLE GLAZE
Try Chuck Hughes' delicious slow roasted and basted BBQ turkey drumsticks, glazed with chipotle sauce.
Provided by Chuck Hughes
Categories main-dish
Time 8h10m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Pour 1 cup (250ml) hot water into a large, deep nonreactive pan, bucket or cooler. Add the molasses and salt and stir until the salt is fully dissolved. Add the peppercorns, lemons, onions, garlic and rosemary. Place the turkey drumsticks in the brine and cover with 8 cups cold water (2 liters). Refrigerate for at least 6 hours (or overnight).
- Remove the turkey from the brine and dry thoroughly. Season with salt and pepper.
- Prepare a charcoal or gas grill for indirect cooking. If you are using a charcoal grill, place 10 to 12 charcoal briquettes on only one side of the grill. Heat to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Place the turkey drumsticks on the grill on the opposite side of the charcoal. Brush with melted butter and close the lid. Cook, turning the drumsticks and basting with butter every 30 minutes, until a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thighs registers 160 degrees F (75 degrees C), about 2 hours.
- Before serving, brush the drumsticks with pureed chipotles.
GRILLED TURKEY LEGS
These spicy turkey legs are sweet and hot--just like the smoked turkey legs you get at the fair or theme park!
Provided by Tony B
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Turkey Legs
Time 1h15m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat, and lightly oil grate.
- In a large pot, mix the lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage, sugar, hot sauce, red pepper, pepper, and onion. Place the turkey legs in the mixture, and bring to a boil. Cook 30 to 45 minutes, until the turkey has reached an internal temperature of 180 degrees F (80 degrees C).
- Remove onion slices from the mixture, and arrange on the prepared grill. Place turkey legs over the onions. Drizzle with honey, and season with steak seasoning. Cook, tuning once, 20 minutes, or until a crisp browned crust has formed on the turkey legs.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 496.2 calories, Carbohydrate 53 g, Cholesterol 118.9 mg, Fat 9.6 g, Fiber 1.7 g, Protein 49.4 g, SaturatedFat 2.9 g, Sodium 759.2 mg, Sugar 12.4 g
GRILLED CHIPOTLE TURKEY BREAST
Feast your eyes on a moist and flavor-packed grilled turkey breast! Why not give it a try?
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Entree
Time 2h15m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat coals or gas grill for indirect heat. Tuck garlic cloves under skin of turkey.
- Place all remaining ingredients in mini food processor or blender. Cover and process until smooth.
- Place turkey on grill; brush with marinade. Cover and grill turkey over drip pan and 5 to 6 inches from medium heat 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours, turning occasionally and brushing with marinade, until meat thermometer reads 170°F and juice is no longer pink when center is cut. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Discard any remaining marinade.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 255, Carbohydrate 10 g, Cholesterol 80 mg, Fiber 0 g, Protein 29 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 230 mg
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