Orangey Turkey Legs

Name: Orangey Turkey Legs
Prep time: 2 h 45 min
Cook time: 2 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp brown sugar; 312 grams mandarin oranges, drained with liquid reserved; 4 servings salt to taste; 2 turkey drumsticks; 59 milliliters vegetable oil; 2 Tbsps distilled white vinegar

Orangey Turkey Legs requires approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes from start to finish. One serving contains 659 calories, 67g of protein, and 37g of fat. This recipe covers 30% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly diet. Head to the store and pick up brown sugar, mandarin oranges, vegetable oil, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the brown sugar you could follow this main course with the Brown-sugar Pound Cupcakes With Brown-butter Glaze as a dessert. It works well as a reasonably priced main course.

Instructions

In a blender or food processor, mix the orange segments, vinegar, and brown sugar.

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Orange Slices

Brown Sugar

Vinegar

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Food Processor

Blender

Transfer to a large resealable plastic bag, and mix in the reserved mandarin orange liquid and oil.

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Mandarin Oranges

Cooking Oil

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Ziploc Bags

Place the turkey drumsticks in the bag, seal, and marinate in the refrigerator 1 hour.

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Turkey Drumsticks

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.

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Aluminum Foil

Baking Sheet

Oven

Place the marinated turkey drumsticks on the baking sheet, and season with salt.

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Turkey Drumsticks

Salt

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Baking Sheet

Cover, and bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven.

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Oven

Remove cover, and continue baking 1 hour, basting often with the remaining orange mixture, to an internal temperature of 180 degrees F (80 degrees C).

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Orange