How long to cook a turkey leg?

Cook the turkey shank on the stove and in a slow cooker for 40 minutes, boneless for half an hour.

In a double boiler – 50 minutes.

In a pressure cooker – 20-30 minutes.

How to cook turkey drumstick in a saucepan

1. Before boiling, rinse the drumstick thoroughly, if any, pluck out the remaining feathers, wash it off the blood.

2. For cooking on the stove, place the drumstick in a saucepan, fill it with water, bring to a boil (removing the foam in the process), add salt, pepper, bay leaf and other spices to taste and continue to cook on low heat for the allotted time.

In the multivariate

1. Place the drumstick in the multicooker bowl, pour in the required amount of water and cook in the “simmering” mode.

2. While cooking, remove the foam for the first 5 minutes, add the necessary spices and close the lid.

 

In a double boiler

1. Wash the drumstick, place in a steam tray, place over water (make sure there is enough water for 1 hour of cooking).

2. Cook the drumstick for 50 minutes.

In a pressure cooker

1. Cook the turkey drumstick in a pressure cooker for 20 minutes, and if you need a rich broth, then 30 minutes.

2. Release the pressure within 5-7 minutes.

Delicious facts

– Boil the boneless turkey drumstick for 10 minutes less.

– The turkey drumstick is large, so a large pot is needed. Or ask the market to cut the shin in half.

– The weight of the lower leg is about a pound, but half of the weight is skin, cartilage and bones.

– Cook the turkey shank for the child, drain the first broth after boiling and replace it with fresh water.

– The turkey drumstick can be cooked for dietary meals, or you can cook a completely nutritious and rich in taste broth.

– If you doubt the purity of the purchased meat, then in order to remove all the harmful substances that are released into the broth during cooking, the first boiled water can be drained, poured fresh and cooked further until tender.

– To get a tasty broth, the turkey drumstick must be poured with cold water and cooked over low heat after boiling, removing the resulting foam.

– To cook meat as a side dish, you can throw it into boiling water without removing the foam. In this case, the meat retains all its taste inside.

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