Anyone make simple country pot pies out of them?
That's heresy! ๐ก! (all in fun!)
Wild turkey tastes like....well....wild turkey! ๐! LOL!
Domestic is slaughtered after 60-110 days while eating much and working little. Very tender and fat.
Wild are 2-5 years of age and have to fight for every meal. Great tasting but a bit more tough than farm raised. Just have to cook them a bit differently... stews and soups for the leg quarters or pressure cooked and you can do anything with the white meat.
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I remove the breast whole and the legs and thighs.
My favorite way is to place the breast in one of those big "throw-away" roaster pans along with the legs and thighs.
Probably two quartered up onions, some garlic and some poultry seasoning. Add chicken stock. I add stock until I fear the pan may run over. LOL! Cover with foil and seal tightly. Cook at 350ยฐF for 1 hour, reduce to 250ยฐF and cook for 2 to 3 hours.
I usually bone out and chop up the legs and thighs and make "turkey salad"! Good stuff, Maynard! It also makes a good sandwich.
We slice the turkey and make dressing to go with it.
Cold turkey sandwiches are pretty awesome.
We also quarter slice the breast and make turkey "cutlets"! Awesome fried.
You can pretty much do the same thing with wild turkey you can do with a Pilgrim's Pride chicken, but the wild turkey will be drier. It's just the nature of the beast.