It's Way Better Than Thanksgiving Turkey Turkey

Name: It's Way Better Than Thanksgiving Turkey Turkey
Prep time: 4 h 15 min
Cook time: 4 h 15 min
Total time: 4 h 15 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsps brown sugar; 4 dashes browning sauce (such as Gravy Master®); 3 Tbsps butter, cut into small chunks; 355 milliliters chicken stock; 2 teaspoons dried thyme; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 6 sprigs fresh rosemary; 2 Tbsps minced garlic; 3 servings salt and ground black pepper to taste; 118 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 118 milliliters diced onion; 3 turkey legs, rinsed and patted dry; 1 Tbsps red cooking wine, or to taste

It's Way Better Than Thanksgiving Turkey Turkey might be a good recipe to expand your main course repertoire. This recipe makes 3 servings with 1487 calories, 137g of protein, and 94g of fat each. This recipe covers 49% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 4 hours and 15 minutes. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Thanksgiving. A mixture of olive oil, onion, butter, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

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Oven

Pour the olive oil into a roasting pan.

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Olive Oil

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Roasting Pan

Place the turkey legs into the oil; turn the legs over several times to coat with oil.

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Turkey Leg

Cooking Oil

Sprinkle each leg with salt, black pepper, and thyme; pull the leaves from 3 sprigs of rosemary and sprinkle onto the turkey legs.

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Black Pepper

Turkey Leg

Rosemary

Thyme

Salt

Place the remaining 3 sprigs of rosemary around the legs in the oil.

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Rosemary

Cooking Oil

Place butter pieces on the legs; sprinkle each leg with garlic and scatter the onion in the pan.

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Butter

Garlic

Onion

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Frying Pan

Roast the legs in the preheated oven until the turkey skin is browned and the juices run clear, 1 1/2 to 2 hours, basting every 20 minutes. Reduce heat to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) and turn the legs over in the pan. Roast for 1 hour, basting every 20 minutes. Reduce oven heat to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C) and roast until the skin is golden brown, about 1 more hour.

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Whole Turkey

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Oven

Frying Pan

Remove the turkey legs to a serving platter.

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Turkey Leg

To make gravy, move the roasting pan with the oil and drippings to a burner set on medium heat; whisk in the cooking wine and brown sugar, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Use the whisk to scrape up and dissolve any brown flavor bits left in the bottom of the pan.

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Brown Sugar

Gravy

Sugar

Wine

Cooking Oil

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Whisk

Whisk in the flour, a little at a time, and stir until the flour is smoothly incorporated into the mixture; pour in the chicken stock and whisk constantly until the gravy comes to a simmer and thickens, about 5 minutes. Stir in the gravy browning sauce; allow the gravy to simmer for 3 to 5 minutes and serve with the roasted turkey legs.

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Browning Sauce