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Can someone share some good turkey 🦃 recipes that doesn’t involve deep frying! I love it deep fried, but I know I need to stop eating so much fried food (including fish!) 😂. Thanks in advance, Robinhedd

I smoked a breast yesterday from a turkey I shot last week. It was my first and it turned out great.

Brine:
1 gallon of water
1 1/2 cups of brown sugar
1/2 cup of kosher salt
sliced apples and oranges peels on
tablespoon of crushed garlic
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
Put the breast in the brine overnight in the fridge

Smoker:
take breast out of brine and dry the meat
coat the meat with olive oil
coat the meat with coarse black pepper, garlic salt, bbq seasoning salt, lemon pepper
put the breast directly on the smoker grill
250deg for 1:45 (until core temp is 160deg)
pull breast and lay out aluminum foil
put breast on foil and then put a whole stick of butter directly on the breast and wrap in the foil
place back on the grill for 30 min

Slice and enjoy.

Confit the legs & thighs in a Dutch oven with duck fat and serve with rice and gravy. Amazing.

https://www.recipetineats.com/chicken-with-creamy-sun-dried-tomato-sauce/

We do this and it’s fantastic…I’ll sautee some mushrooms to throw in and put it over pasta

I like to make kabobs and grill them occasionally. Brine the turkey and then make them with onion/mushrooms/bellpepper/zucchini/etc. just don’t over cook and they are delicious

Big Game did you brine it overnight? Thanks!

I can't, those recipes just don't exist. Any way other than frying the breast is just edible.

Give it away. That’s what I always do 😂

I’ll PM you my cell number! I’ll come get every one you want to give away! Robinhedd

Other than frying, I’ll cut it up into chunks. Dust with some bad Byron’s butt rub. Wrap a piece of bacon around it, toothpick it, grill it till the bacons done. The bacon will keep the breast moist. Always been a big hit.

My frying recipe, which I credit to my son who got it somewhere. Cut into chunks. Brine in dill pickle juice. Use ranch dressing as a binder and roll in chicken fry. Deep fry until done. Absolutely delicious.

I’ve also deep fried them whole. Knock the head and wings off. Get your fryer going with water till it’s boiling. Dunk it for about 30-45 seconds to scald it. Feathers will come off in chunks. Pick it clean. Inject with some creole butter marinade. Then deep fry in oil like you would a normal turkey. I used to do one every year for Thanksgiving and no one could believe how good it was and that it was wild turkey.

Back when I was still photographing. I’d put them in my landlords fridge in the back of the studio lol

I’ve had it two ways I liked. Fried and with brown, mashed taters, field peas and cornbread

Done like big game mentioned on a pellet grill low and slow. Too hot and it’s turns dry

Yes sir. Close to 24 hours.

Pellet grill on low like 200 to 225?

Legs and thighs in a crockpot. Add in jar of peperoncini and Italian seasoning low and slow over night or 8-10 hours.

Italian roast beef style

I don't know if it will work with the stuff you are using, but I have found that adding chicken broth to the crock pot makes the dark meat a lot better. I have tried cooking them in the pressure cooker; that makes them tender but can give them a bad flavor. That doesn't happen with the broth in a slow cooker.

I have tried several ways to cook the breast, and will try BGH's recipe, but nothing I've tried is as good as frying.

I’m definitely gonna try 3Toe’s frying recipe!

I’ll also try BGH’s smoked breast recipe! Thx for the replies men!Robinhedd

Thanks Big game. It was great. The in laws loved it. The only negative is I bit down on a pellet n broke a crown! I used a traditional smoker n kept it between 225 n 275. Thanks!