Every time I have tried to fry some Wild turkey breast, it always has a real strong gamey flavor to it. Give me some tips in your preparation from field to stove top. Thanks in advance
I always inject the entire turkey with butter and creole seasoning. Cold smoke it for about 6 hours and then debone everything. Cut into nuggets and roll in flour then fry in more butter with creole seasoning again. I have never had anyone not like it. Even the leg and thigh meat.
Rinella once said every turkey license should contain instructions on how to brine a turkey. I'd agree with him there, brine it 24 hours and prepare any way ya like. Tasty times.
I've never noticed a gamey taste. I simply wash the breasts really well, cut into nuggets, put them in a ziplock bag with House Autry seafood seasoning. Throw them in a deep fryer, pull em out, let em cool and eat.
Sometimes, I will wash them, apply some Yardbird seasoning and smoke them on a Big Green Egg until 165 degrees or so. Stays moist and is very good.
I just wash it up and soak it in water for a couple days in the fridge. Take it out of the fridge and cut it up and wash it well again and check it for any shot and then i vacuum seal it and put it in the freezer. I Had fried wild turkey for supper last night, my wife floured it with seasoning and fried it in an electric skillet. That's the way we like it along with mashed potatoes , milk gravy and biscuits... YUMMY ...
I cut it in bite size chunks, coat in yellow mustard and batter with House of Autry's Seafood breading mix.
I cut mine into nuggets, Let them soak in Buttermik for 45 minutes. Then I add 3 cups house autry chicken fryer and one table spoon sugar in a gallon freezer bag. I then add the nuggets shake them until coated then throw then in the fry daddy and cook until golden brown.
Quote from: ElkTurkMan on March 23, 2022, 10:11:33 AM
I cut mine into nuggets, Let them soak in Buttermik for 45 minutes. Then I add 3 cups house autry chicken fryer and one table spoon sugar in a gallon freezer bag. I then add the nuggets shake them until coated then throw then in the fry daddy and cook until golden brown.
As stated above, buttermilk is the key. The vinegar helps to breakdown the meat and the milk removes any sort of game flavor. Even better way to do it is 70% buttermilk and 30% hot sauce for anywhere from 6 to 24 hours.
Pound it out. It is hard to beat most schnitzel recipes...
Strong game flavor may be due to how it was cared for in the field. I rarely use more than salt pepper and olive oil.
Trim any fat, that can have a strong taste, and do not dry it out!
Schnitzel is excellent!
When I fry, I use an air fryer.
Quote from: Louisiana Longbeard on March 23, 2022, 09:32:56 AM
Every time I have tried to fry some Wild turkey breast, it always has a real strong gamey flavor to it. Give me some tips in your preparation from field to stove top. Thanks in advance
How is the bird being treated before eating? Everytime I've tasted something (Deer, Turkey, etc) that tasted "gamey", it was because it was not properly cared for. I'm not saying you did it, just something to think about. I personally take a cooler along with a few "Blue Ice Things" along when I go. There are also some great videos how how to breast and debone, which could be done in the field, and then put in the cooler for the ride home. Check your game laws 1st to make sure you are legal.
https://www.themeateater.com/cook/recipes/copycat-chik-fil-a-turkey-nuggets-recipe
Thank me later!!!
Oh and make sure to prepare the dipping sauce as well.
Quote from: Shiloh on March 23, 2022, 11:40:00 AM
https://www.themeateater.com/cook/recipes/copycat-chik-fil-a-turkey-nuggets-recipe
Thank me later!!!
Oh and make sure to prepare the dipping sauce as well.
Pickle juice is $ The only thing that that makes them better to me than House Autry breader is to crush up some Chicken in a Biskit crackers to use as the breader for frying the nuggets. Picked that one up from THP, so an old dog can learn new tricks!
Nothing special needed for this one.
Cut up breast into nugget sized pieces, thin is good. Use the flat side of a meat hammer (or regular hammer if you don't have one, clean it first tho) to flatten the pieces...thin is good. Pound them between some cellophane. Pounding them makes all the pieces tender, plus thin is good. Ya got that...thin...is...good. :icon_thumright:
Soak the meat in milk or an egg thinned a bit with water. Either one works, it just helps the bread crumbs stick to the meat.
Mix up some bread crumbs (flavored if you like) & flour, about 50/50. Add some salt and pepper to taste and mix it all together. I like a good amount of pepper but that is personal. Don't over do it. Bread the meat in the mixture.
Fry hot in some kind of vegetable oil, like 400 degrees. I use Canola oil but whatever you got will work as long as the oil flash point isn't too low. Deep fryer is best but a pan will do fine. Don't fry too much at once as it cools off the oil too much. Be sure the oil comes back up to temperature before throwing in a new batch. Frying hot is healthier as the bread crumbs don't soak up as much oil. As if frying can be healthy. :) I also put the fried nuggets in a bowl lined with a paper towel to let any excess oil drain off.
Eat them as you desire. Plain, ketchup, horse radish sauce, or even buffalo wing sauce if you want to make "wings" out of them.
Once all done and ate up...go get another turkey. :blob10:
Cut the breast into chunks. Place in ziplock or vacuum seal bags with zesty Italian dressing and a can of cokefor at least 24 hrs. Wrap chunks in bacon and put em on the grill.
I did the pickle juice and buttermilk on the bird I killed a couple of weeks ago and it was good, in the past always just used buttermilk and it was still good.
I have wrapped some bigger nuggets in bacon and grilled them several times, drizzled them with honey and dusted them with tonys right when they were coming off the grill, liked that as much as fried.
Turkey is like pizza to me, even when its bad its still pretty good.
Quote from: Sixes on March 23, 2022, 09:42:15 AM
I've never noticed a gamey taste. I simply wash the breasts really well, cut into nuggets, put them in a ziplock bag with House Autry seafood seasoning. Throw them in a deep fryer, pull em out, let em cool and eat.
This and some hot sauce with blue cheese dressing and life is good.
Quote from: btodd00 on March 23, 2022, 01:44:02 PM
Turkey is like pizza to me, even when its bad its still pretty good.
I agree and that's a good way to put it! ha
Cut across grain into fingers, pound with mallet. Make egg wash, I like hot sauce and brown mustard in mine. Bread with 50/50 flour and season breadcrumbs, Tony's and pepper. Cook with P-nut oil.
Never had a gamey bite before of a wild turkey.
I like to cut into nugget sized pieces and soak overnight in buttermilk ranch and a jar of sliced jalapeños and the juice. Next day roll in seasoned flour, bread crumbs etc. then fry in peanut oil.
Quote from: Shiloh on March 23, 2022, 11:40:00 AM
https://www.themeateater.com/cook/recipes/copycat-chik-fil-a-turkey-nuggets-recipe
Thank me later!!!
Oh and make sure to prepare the dipping sauce as well.
Not a fan of the taste of pickles... How much of a "pickle taste" does this marinade add?
Quote from: 28roper on March 23, 2022, 10:56:21 AM
Quote from: ElkTurkMan on March 23, 2022, 10:11:33 AM
I cut mine into nuggets, Let them soak in Buttermik for 45 minutes. Then I add 3 cups house autry chicken fryer and one table spoon sugar in a gallon freezer bag. I then add the nuggets shake them until coated then throw then in the fry daddy and cook until golden brown.
As stated above, buttermilk is the key. The vinegar helps to breakdown the meat and the milk removes any sort of game flavor. Even better way to do it is 70% buttermilk and 30% hot sauce for anywhere from 6 to 24 hours.
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Not as much pickle taste as you would think. If you don't like pickle taste I would only soak it about 3-4 hours. It taste just like Chick fil a nuggets for reference.
This thread is making me hungry.
Cut into fingers across the grain, nuggets would be the same, across the grain.
Egg wash, dredge in Progesso Italian bread crumbs.
I do season the bread crumbs lightly with lemon and pepper seasoning. I use a batter pro to coat the pieces in the crumbs.
Deep frying only takes 3-4 minutes. I have never eaten a wild turkey that tasted gamey. Never. Gamey meat usually comes from over cooking, like liver tasting deer meat-overcooked.
I sometimes pound breast cutlets to 1/4" thick, then dip in seasoned flour, then into egg wash, THEN straight into hot oil, no breadcrumbs. It's the reverse of the typical breading method, Italians call it Francese style and is typically done with veal or chicken.
Once I "fry" a batch this way I get rid of the excess oil in the skillet and add white wine, lemon, parsley and butter to make a sauce and then pour it over the turkey cutlets. It's not really a fry but I promise you it's extremely well received and has absolutely no gamey flavor. It's my kids second favorite way to eat wild turkey, first being wild turkey meatballs in brown gravy.
Cut into nuggets. Zatarains Lemon pepper fish fry. Coat and deep fry. Don't get much simpler. It's worth a try.
I think it is in handling the meat. Clean and ice ASAP. I don't soak in anything. I am very careful about getting out all blood, before I store it in a ziploc. I also trim as much sinew and fat as I can. The areas with large tendons are trimmed with a filet knife to not waste meat. tendons = tough.
Cut in small thin fingers across the grain, dunk in wet Bisquik pancake batter that has a lot of salt and pepper added, then roll lightly in crushed corn flakes. Fry until golden brown. Not too hard. I have had people that do not like anything gamey (including wife and daughter) that love it. My daughter says it is her favorite thing to eat over anything. I usually take a few nuggets to work after frying and the girls fight over it.
I have never had a turkey taste gamey. It just tasted more "turkey" than a butterball.
This bird was walking two hours before he was swimming in grease. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220324/7e6139c7ab39887f50ebb0bb7f12b9cb.jpg)
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Did not have corn flakes at the local dollar general so he was just in bisquik.
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Lots of new things to try. Thank you all for the ideas. Now I will need to kill 20 turkeys to try them all, lol