Tasty wild turkey recipes
Yielding Number: 6
Cooking Time: 3-4 hours
Ingredients:
- wild turkey pieces for six people
- Flour
- Salt and pepper
- 1 pint sour cream
- 1 onion
- 1 box sliced mushrooms
- 1 chopped green or red bell pepper
Instructions:
- Clean and wash the bird and cut enough meat for six people into 1” square pieces and marinate in buttermilk with added meat tenderizer
- Wash of the buttermilk and wipe thoroughly
- Dip in flour and brown gently in butter placed in a frying pan
- Deglaze the pan with water and place it with the bird in a cooking pot and sprinkle salt & pepper
- Cover and bake for 3-4 hours at 350 degrees or until tender
- Add milk as needed to sour cream
- Sauté the chopped pepper onion in olive oil
- Add to the sour cream and cover the turkey before serving. Enjoy!
Braised Wild Turkey
Yielding Number: 6
Cooking Time: 1 ½ hours
Ingredients:
- enough wild turkey pieces for six people
- pheasant, cleaned and quartered
- 3 tbsp. bacon fat
- 1 med. onion, cut into pieces
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 6 small carrots
- 1 med onion
- 2 ounces of ham
- 1 tbsp. sugar
- 4 ounces of sherry
Instructions:
- Using the canned chicken broth onion, carrots, celery and ham, make a broth
- Brush the turkey with the bacon fat and then brown in a pot
- Add the broth and the remaining ingredients and let them cook for 1 hour or until tender
- Remove the bird pieces and blend the vegetables with liquid using a blender
- Add the broth and the contents to the pan that you used to brown the bird and let them simmer for 3 minutes or so
- Add water if there is not enough broth
- Add sherry to the sauce; place the bird on a platter and pour sauce over the meat. Enjoy!
Italian Wild Turkey
Yielding Number: 6
Cooking Time: 2-3 hours
Ingredients:
- 1 wild turkey meat for six people
- 1 medium onion
- 2 green peppers
- 1/2 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp. sesame oil
- 1 tbsp. salt
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 jar good spaghetti sauce
- One half cup parmesan cheese
- 1 tbsp. sugar
- 1 tbsp. oregano
Instructions:
- Brown the turkey pieces in a very gentle matter
- Mix the seasonings, parmesan cheese, spaghetti sauce and vegetables in a pot
- Add wild turkey with deglazed juices
- Simmer until done adding water (if necessary)
- Serve with wild rice. Enjoy!



