Wild Turkey Recipes??

Does anyone have a go to wild turkey recipe?
I’m counting my “chickens” before they hatch this year, I guess…

Thinking about trying Schnitzel

I’ve never been a big fan of wild turkey. Its not terrible, but its not great either. Its just blah. I’ve tried grilling, baking, crock pot, pan frying, and smoking. The year I had it smoked was probably the best, but the butcher required that I keep the skin on so I had to pluck it. Took me over 2 hours to pluck that damn thing and I’m not doing it again.

Luckily if I fill my tag this spring, I already have a home for it. One of my co-workers is going to take it.

I don’t think most people realize that a wild turkey tastes nothing like a store bought butterball or jennie-o that you have on Thanksgiving.

Cubed up, shore lunch, and deep fried. Try some with Cajun. Or smoked.

Marinate the breasts in Italian dressing and grill. They stay moist and actually pretty good.

Slice the breasts about 1/4 thick and pound with a tenderizer hammer. Or the edge of a plate works too. Dip em in an egg wash and then bread with with crushed saltines. Fry in butter. Awesome.

Legs in a crock pot until they fall apart. The pull apart, add BBQ sauce on a bun. Just like pulled pork. Add cole slaw is good too.

Deep fried whole is good but a pita. Skin on works better an even bigger pita.

Gimruis has it, good never great. Turkey jerky is cheap and taste like venison

If your careful will get over 7lbs of breast meat. Its 18$ at my butcher shop and taste oh so good. Sure I’ll be shunned on for just taking the breast, but I cut them way back getting 80% of any meat..

I guess I am a contrarian. Turkey is the most versatile game meat, and is only as good as the cook. You have to brine it. The brine will keep it moist. Grill it, smoke it slow with a butter baste in a tin pan, bake it whole. Legs are a whole different animal and need to be done slow. Good luck!

Make it into either wiener schnitzel or Jager schnitzel. I do this with every turkey it is a great way to eat then and keeps the meat moist. Plenty of recipes online.

Have a guy I know who will order everyone a shot of it and require a synchronous turkey gobble B4 shooting er down the hatch.

Cut my breasts in thin strips. Wrap it around cheese cube and a japaleno pepper. Wrap the whole thing in bacon, marinade in Caribbean jerk Lawry’s then grill. Absolutely delicious!

I like my wild turkey neat straight up, about 2 fingers.
But some days I like it on ice.

Try marinating the breast pieces in Bachan’s Japanese barbecue sauce overnight then grill over some nice smoky charcoal, delicious.

We love wild turkey at our house. We bemoan the fact that the limit is one because we run out of the meat so fast.

My kids always want the breasts made into nuggets. We usually slow cook the legs and make tacos.

crock pot with some bbq sauce. tastes very similar to pulled pork

Joe Jarl wrote:

Cubed up, shore lunch, and deep fried. Try some with Cajun. Or smoked.

X2 – This is the only way I’ve had wild turkey that I actually like it

My Favorite – Wild Turkey Leg Soup

– Simmer a turkey leg until the meat falls off. Jake 45-60 minutes. Old Tom 6-12 hours.
– Remove meat. I pour through a wire strainer to make sure all “bone bits” are out.
– Add onions/carrots/celery (bite size pieces), bay leaf and S&P.
– Simmer until veggies are done.

You can I your favorite poultry seasoning, I don’t.

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One of my favorite things – Wild Turkey Burgers. Adapted from a Larry Smith Outdoors recipe.

– 1# ground wild turkey breast.
– 1/4# ground pork. Who has or can get 1/4# of ground pork? BACON is pork, that is what I use.
– 1/4 cup finely chopped sweet onion.
– 1/4 cup finely chopped sweep pepper.
– S&P
– mix together and make patties and grill.

– You could use your favorite poultry seasoning. I did once. I put bbq sauce on once too. I just use a clamp on tabler grinder.

Original recipes call for sauteing onions/peppers first. I don’t. Also calls for mayo. No mayo on any burger for me. Use any cheese and your favorite bun.

I’m sitting here home bored with a relapse in Covid but I was searching something and you all came up. Anyhow, turkey is one of my favorite meats. Turkey Schitzel with a mushroom sauce is what my girl makes. I can’t get enough of that.
We use wild mushrooms if we’ve got em. Another way, maybe not as awesome but easy and you’ve got to be careful you don’t over cook, is cut super thin. This aids in quick cooking. Soak in red wine vinegrette or barbecue sauce and lightly grill.
With the legs my girl gets the meat off and makes pot pies, same for pheasant.

I take my Wild Turkey neat, or in an old fashioned.

101, over one big ice cube

I take my Wild Turkey neat. From a Bulleit bottle.