Printable Recipe: Super Simple Roasted Wild Turkey Recipe

Super-Simple Roasted Wild Turkey Recipe

Ingredients:
1 wild turkey (approx. 15 lbs)
Bacon fat
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 C. onion, chopped
2 C. celery, chopped
1 1/2 C white wine
1 muslin cloth (about 16 inches square) or cheesecloth

Instructions: Rinse turkey inside and out with cold water. Pat dry. Rub inside and outside of turkey with bacon fat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

In bowl, mix onion, celery, and one cup white wine. Pour mixture into turkey cavity and place the turkey in a roasting pan. Dip muslin cloth in bacon fat (easier if fat is warm) and lay over turkey, tucking in around tops of drumsticks.

Roast in 325 degree oven 3-4 hours, til internal temperate reaches at least 165. Baste turkey often with pan drippings and the remaining 1/2 cup wine. Before carving, discard onion and celery.

Smoked Wild Turkey Recipe

Ingredients:
Smoked Wild Turkey with Crisp Skin

1 wild turkey (approximately 10-12 lbs)
4 garlic cloves, finely minced or crushed
2 tbsp seasoned salt
1/2 C. butter
2 (12 oz) cans cola (Coke works well)
1 apple
1 onion
1 tbsp garlic powder
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp black pepper

Instructions: Using hickory wood (or your favorite), preheat smoker to 225 to 250 degrees F according to manufacturer's directions.

Remove neck and giblets from turkey. Rinse turkey inside and out with cold water, pat dry with paper towels. Rub the crushed garlic into the skin of the turkey. Sprinkle with seasoned salt. Place turkey in an aluminum roasting pan (the disposable kind).

Cut onion and apple into quarters. Fill cavity of turkey with butter, Coke, garlic powder, apple, onion, salt, and pepper. Don't worry if some of the mixture leaks out when turkey is set back down. Cover roasting pan loosely with foil.

Smoke turkey for approximately ten hours, basting every hour or two with juices from the bottom of the roasting pan. Wild turkey is ready to eat when internal temperature reaches 180 degrees F in the thickest part of the thigh.