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Anybody ground turkey thighs?

Started by WNCTracker, January 29, 2016, 03:01:56 PM

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WNCTracker

8 thighs in freezer still to eat. Was thinking about making wild turkey sausage but have never done it.

chcltlabz

I tried it a couple years ago with the thighs and leftover breast pieces after breasting a bird out.  It was so good I don't leave a single scrap of meat on a turkey anymore.  Thighs come out, leg meat, and especially the back meat.  I get 1.5 to 3 pounds of ground meat off a single turkey.

Not sure I'd try the sausage though.  You'd have to add so much fat to it, you might as well eat pork sausage.  I use it just like ground venison.  Works great for everything except burgers.  With burgers, you need to add something to bind it like an egg and breadcrumbs.
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A quarter pound of ground bacon for every pound of ground turkey and spice it up as you like makes great burgers

WNCTracker

Anything other than pork for fat?

Rapscallion Vermilion

All our turkey thighs end up ground and used one way or another.  I posted on Turkey Bacon Burgers in the Recipes section a while back.

Quote from: johnplesh on January 29, 2016, 04:51:09 PM
Anything other than pork for fat?
As an alternative to pork, I would try some lamb fat, which is used traditionally in the middle east and north Africa for sausage making.  Here is an example of a Greek sausage from Hank Shaw's site.
http://honest-food.net/wild-game/venison-recipes/burger-meatball-recipes/thessaly-greek-lamb-sausage/

Greg Massey

Guys if you have never made Turkey Jerky then all i can say is your missing out...i put some of the turkey up for frying meat and the rest i make jerky with it...

WNCTracker

Quote from: Greg Massey on January 29, 2016, 05:34:17 PM
Guys if you have never made Turkey Jerky then all i can say is your missing out...i put some of the turkey up for frying meat and the rest i make jerky with it...
well I do have a jerky gun and an empty dehydrator.....

2eagles

Put them in a slow cooker / crock pot and let them cook all day. Shred the meat for soup, sandwiches or casserole.

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Quote from: 2eagles on January 29, 2016, 06:00:57 PM
Put them in a slow cooker / crock pot and let them cook all day. Shred the meat for soup, sandwiches or casserole.

I do this. Makes some great turkey salad and BBQ.
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MK M GOBL

When I grind I use a strip of bacon to every pound of meat, and will add a pound for pound of venison when cooking.

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fallhnt

Pressure cook em and then pick the meat off. I've also made soup after pressure cooking em.
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I inject the wholeaves bird with a mixture of water, butter,and creole. Cold smoke it for a couple hours and then debone and cut into strips. I take everything, wings thighs and legs. Then I fry it in butter and creol. The egs are a pain but if I am going to kill it then I am not going to let it go to waste.

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OldSchool

Quote from: 2eagles on January 29, 2016, 06:00:57 PM
Put them in a slow cooker / crock pot and let them cook all day. Shred the meat for soup, sandwiches or casserole.

It's hard to beat any of the above, in my opinion. If I'm making soup, I cut up the cleaned carcass and throw that in too. And don't forget the Giblets, though I usually eat the heart and liver as soon as I get home. I don't like to waste any part of the bird.

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I always save the legs and thighs for turkey salad
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