A weekend with the turkeys
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I skinned them, brined them overnight and then smoked them. They came out with a real nice smoky flavor, red all the way through. But they were kinda tough.
We ate 2 legs and thighs like that, they tasted great, but like I said, tough. Not like store bought turkey legs, which are usually tender after the same treatment.
The other two smoked leg quarters, I put in the crock pot with 4 cups of chicken stock, beans, onions, mushrooms, potatoes, celery and carrots. After it simmered for 4 hours, I removed the turkey, deboned & cut it into chunks and added it back, along with some uncooked rice and cooked for another 2 hours.
Came out like a really thick camp stew and was DELICIOUS!
I'm not sure how to compare to smoking with skin. The only other birds I have smoked has been store bought, no real comparison to wild game birds.
We ate 2 legs and thighs like that, they tasted great, but like I said, tough. Not like store bought turkey legs, which are usually tender after the same treatment.
The other two smoked leg quarters, I put in the crock pot with 4 cups of chicken stock, beans, onions, mushrooms, potatoes, celery and carrots. After it simmered for 4 hours, I removed the turkey, deboned & cut it into chunks and added it back, along with some uncooked rice and cooked for another 2 hours.
Came out like a really thick camp stew and was DELICIOUS!
I'm not sure how to compare to smoking with skin. The only other birds I have smoked has been store bought, no real comparison to wild game birds.
Another trick is to take the legs, wings and thighs, brown them in bacon grease and put them in the crock pot with a couple cans of cream of mushroom soup and cook all day on low.
Throw in a pile of mushroom and chopped onions too.
Make sure to have a pile of biscuits for sopping up the gravy!
Throw in a pile of mushroom and chopped onions too.
Make sure to have a pile of biscuits for sopping up the gravy!