Wild Turkey Recipes....

[TriggerMike]

There's a ton of wild turkey recipes in here.

https://www.amazon.com/Wilderness-Kitchen-Guide-Turning-Everyday/dp/1723919020/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=wilderness+kitchen&qid=1551801714&s=gateway&sr=8-1

[Russ McDonald]

https://fromfieldtoplate.com/ this guy has some great recipes.  Met him in Nashville at the NWTF convention.

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[kevinlisa06]

I pretty much cook it anyway and have never had a bad taste. Last year was lazy and did Shake n Bake and was delicious.


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[avidnwoutdoorsman]

I don't want to start a new topic so adding to this one.

Two great and easy turkey recipes and I know they are great because my wife asked for seconds. She'll "try" all the wild game I make for her, but I only know its good if she gets seconds and really good if she eats leftovers and these two both succeeded to be eaten as leftovers.

Shredded turkey tacos:
Any turkey meat (best to use the quarters as I would use the breast for below recipe)
One jar salsa
1 cup chicken stock
Slow Cook or Pressure cook until able to shred
Tacos = I'll leave up to you if you want soft or crunch, beans, cheese, etc etc.
(Also work good on nachos)

Turkey Schnitzel (From the MeatEater Cookbook):
Just whipped this one up Thursday Night and it makes quite a bit of food. Wife literally asked me if I had switched for store bought turkey. Fed it to our 11mo old twins for Lunch and dinner yesterday. Finished it last night having made 6 of them total.
https://www.themeateater.com/cook/recipes/turkey-schnitzel-recipe

There are a few more in the MeatEater Cookbook I want to make... the Posole is next.

[HAGEMANIAC]

This is my go to: 

Season breast, thighs and legs with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Get a pan hot with oil and brown meat on all sides.
Throw browned meat into a slowcooker.  Mix 2 cans cream of mushroom soup and one can of milk and cover meat (mix more at a ratio of 2 to 1 if need be to cover meat)
Cook on low for 8-10 hours, remove meat and enjoy.  I usually take some of the soup/milk mix out and mix with some cornstarch to thicken up for a nice turkey mushroom gravy.
The meat will just fall right off the bone.   

[wsucoug93]

Be curious to know if anyone is frying their wild turkeys.

[MR5x5]

Turkey fried steak.
Cut the breast horizontally into 3 equally thick pieces (2 if it's a little one).
Give it a good pounding.
Flour - egg wash - Panko
Pan fried in oil with just a bit o butter.

[avidnwoutdoorsman]

Turkey fried steak.
Cut the breast horizontally into 3 equally thick pieces (2 if it's a little one).
Give it a good pounding.
Flour - egg wash - Panko
Pan fried in oil with just a bit o butter.

This is exactly the Schnitzel recipe used in the MeatEater books and it's fantastic.

[Hangfire]

My wife has cooked wild turkey several ways since I got my first one about 20 years ago. The first couple she cooked like she would a thanksgiving turkey, dry and tough. She now makes soup out of legs, wings etc. the balance goes in crock pot. My wife is a very good cook. All the older birds I get are skinned and boned out. If I am going to kill a bird we bone it all out. Boning out only the breast leaves about 35% of the meat. The boned out meat is ground and meat from all parts mixed together. Meat is froze in little packets that will make 2 nice patties. She will take a package of frozen meat and thaw in microwave, press into two nice sized  patties. These are floured and dipped in beaten egg and dipped in Panko crumbs. She adds salt and pepper and fries quick in olive oil. The best tasting chicken fried steak. Sweeter than anything else.  She also will thaw a package of frozen burger and cook in cassorole with taco season mix. Puts in taco shells with normal taco lettuce, and cheese. Eight minutes from taking out of freezer till eating, excellent taste.   
A normal 17-19 pound gobbler will make about 8 pounds of burger. You can go into Costco and buy a turkey wrapped in plastic and a hot dog and drink. Lay down the cost of a turkey tag and get change back. However if you grind the bird you will get about 8 pounds of ground turkey. Turkey burger at Costco  is 2.99 a pound. This makes your tag worth about $24. a profit. But  Costco's free ranging ground turkey sell for $4.99
 a pound. This makes you turkey tag worth at $40.

[PA BEN]

I injected this tom and cooked him on the traeger. Very juicy and was very tasty.

[Pegasus]

Anyone tried just hanging the undrawn and still feathered turkey for a week like some do with pheasants?

[Oh Mah]

i just use a tumbler with mini ice and diet coke,if friends come over i'll add a cherry.

[Hercflyer]

Soak the meat in buttermilk in the fridge overnight and then bread and fry/bake. We always pound the breasts thin while in the buttermilk and then let them sit overnight. The enzymes in buttermilk break down tissues and "tenderize" the meat a bit. Dark meat gets a carnitas seasoning and goes in the slow cooker for tacos. Super tasty!

[Pegasus]

Soak the meat in buttermilk in the fridge overnight and then bread and fry/bake. We always pound the breasts thin while in the buttermilk and then let them sit overnight. The enzymes in buttermilk break down tissues and "tenderize" the meat a bit. Dark meat gets a carnitas seasoning and goes in the slow cooker for tacos. Super tasty!

I have had pretty good luck slo-roasting the turkey in a browning bag with the cavity filled with onions, carrots and celery. I always add some broth into the bag to keep it moist.

[Hercflyer]

This post inspired me so much, that we thawed out some dark meat and slow cooked it with onion, oregano, garlic, salt and pepper. Cooked for about 6 hrs on low, got a pot of white beans going. Added chipotle, diced carrots, and chorizo to the beans and when the turkey fell off the bones, we just added the picked meat and strained liquid to the beans and had a type of white bean chili. Then had all my non hunting buddies over and there were no leftovers. Made true believers out of them that day.