At the end of last week Sarah and I went shopping at Grocery Outlet where we saw frozen turkeys for $5. This was too good to pass up so we bought one which I would estimate was in the 13-16 pound range. All weekend the turkey defrosted in the refrigerator until Monday when Sarah butchered it into leg/thigh pieces, breasts, wings, and carcass.
She found a recipe on Serious Eats by Kenji Lopez-Alt for red wine braised turkey legs and made it for us. It was really good! It wasn’t like Thanksgiving turkey at all. It was like a tender meat in a divine sauce. I have copied the recipe below and at one point he tells you to strain the cooking liquid and discard the vegetables and herbs. We picked out the herb stems but kept the vegetables and they were delicious too!
I ate my turkey with rice and John had his with mashed potatoes. It was pretty fabulous. Here’s a picture of what it looks like before you cut the meat off the bones followed by a link to the recipe. Many thanks to Sarah for cooking us a wonderful dinner that probably cost less than $1 a serving.
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