Turkey meat (or turkey meat) belongs to the category of dietary. It is tasty, healthy, contains very little cholesterol and is much superior in quality to chicken. A worthy alternative to turkey, perhaps, is only rabbit meat.
Cooking Tips
Turkey dishes are prepared in a variety of ways. An excellent broth is brewed from it. Fillet is excellent for cutlets or roasts. But, perhaps, it turns out to be the most delicious if, for example, baked
turkey drumstick
in the oven. Using various seasonings and spices, you can get tender, soft, juicy meat. When it is pitted, the cooking process will go faster. In cooking, often before roasting, the lower legs are fried or pickled. Get to know some recipes!
Drumsticks baked with potatoes
How exactly can you bake
turkey drumstick
in the oven? The recipe is as follows: meat - from 1 kg (for 3-4 servings; if their quantity decreases, take half the product), salt, “hop-suneli” herbs mix to taste (someone likes a richer, someone softer). Next, mustard is needed to lubricate the lower leg - a few teaspoons; ground pepper - a pinch;
spices: coriander, paprika, basil - optional. And finally, potatoes - 1 kg. Now about the process itself, namely how to bake turkey drumstick in the oven. Wash the meat, dry. Do not remove the skin - it will brown and cover with a delicious crust. Rub your lower legs with salt. Sprinkle with spices, roll in spices. Top with mustard. Peel potatoes, cut into slices. Stir with salt, seasonings, pepper. To bake
turkey drumstick in the oven you need it with potatoes: get both meat and side dish at the same time. Therefore, take a large sheet of foil. Cover them with a baking sheet. Put the pieces of meat, place the potatoes around them. Cover the baking sheet with the second half of the sheet or with a new one, fold the edges. Put the dish in the oven, which must be turned on in advance (temperature is about 200 degrees). Heat treatment lasts about 50 minutes. About 10 minutes before the deadline, the foil should be opened. Paste the meat and potatoes with a fork, checking the degree of softness. To cook turkey drumstick in the oven with a golden brown crisp, you need to slightly increase the heat, and rearrange the baking sheet on the top shelf. Sprinkle the dish with herbs before serving.
Serving Recommendations
Whatever recipe “Turkey drumstick in the oven” you use, you need to think in advance what dishes such meat will go well with. A variety of adjika, spicy vegetables are suitable. Zucchini caviar marinated in honey gogoshara goes well with poultry. You can also serve pickled or pickled cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet and sour tomato or mushroom sauce. Fresh vegetables and white cabbage salad turn out to be very helpful. And finally, turkey drumstick, baked in foil with potatoes, will be delicious with Korean carrots.
Boiled drumstick, baked
But we were distracted. We continue culinary lessons by preparing a turkey in a slightly different way. To realize this recipe “Turkey drumstick in the oven”, the meat must first be boiled. Then the baking process will be much reduced. Wash the legs, put in a pan, pour cold water, bring to a boil. Descale. Put bay leaf, allspice and peas, salt the broth and cook until tender (only so that the skin does not separate from the meat, and it does not lag behind the bone). Half an hour before turning off, put grated roots (celery, parsley), squeeze a couple of cloves of garlic. The preparation of the turkey drumstick in the oven is nearing completion. To do this, remove the meat from the broth, let drain. Sprinkle with spices or dip in soy sauce. Place on a greased baking sheet. Bake until brown. To such bird legs it would be nice to serve with garlic or mushroom gravy. Spicy horseradish and mustard will do. And do not spare the greens!
Meat with spicy sauce
For this recipe, you will need shanks that are quite fat, better than a young bird. Salt, pepper. Place them on a baking sheet, add a little water (spoon 3) and simmer until the meat is soft. The degree of readiness can be checked by the color of the allocated juice. Then put in a deep plate on lettuce leaves. Pour in a special sauce. The basis for it should serve as meat broth. Take a large handful of walnuts, a bunch of chopped green cilantro, half a head (or head) of garlic, a little salt. Grind everything well, then grind in a mortar. Pour in a little wine vinegar and 2 cups of broth. Finely chop the onion head, put in the sauce and let it boil for 10 minutes. Beat 2-3 egg yolks during this time. Remove the sauce from the heat, pour a little to cool. And dilute the yolks with this amount. Slowly (necessarily stirring) into the main sauce. Pour them a turkey and serve! Garnish the meat with sprigs of parsley and dill.
Jam legs
And finally, here are such unusual baking recipes:
- Season the drumsticks with turkey, sprinkle with ground pepper, spread with sour jam. Suitable blanks from currants, lingonberries, blackberries. Then spice with mustard for pungency, and greasy sour cream for rouge and softness. Pour some water on a baking sheet or in a mold, put the meat and bake for about an hour at a temperature of 160 degrees. Just remember to water it with juice! When it is transparent, and the legs are soft, the dish is ready. Serve mashed potatoes and fresh vegetable salad at the side dish.
- Place the boneless tibia in the marinade. Make it by mixing part of vinegar (grape or apple), adding peas, coriander, marjoram and a couple of teaspoons of honey. The liquid should cover the meat well. Leave for an hour, then remove, stuff with garlic, grease with mayonnaise. This turkey drumstick tastes better if baked in foil. Wrap the legs in a sheet, put on a baking sheet and place it in a hot oven. When the meat is almost ready, unfold the foil so that it is browned. Put on a plate, garnish with sprigs of parsley and basil.
Tasty dishes and bon appetit!