Fried Whole Turkey Recipe - Cooking Index
Fried Whole Turkey Recipe - Cooking Index
If you want an especially attractive platter, pluck some quail, sprinkle them with salt and pepper, dust with flour, and fry them up after the turkey is done, or cook them separately. Put the turkey in the center of the platter and the fried quail all around, perhaps with a sprig or two of green stuff stuck in here and there.
Courses: Main Course| 1 | Wild turkey | |
| 4 | Peanut oil | |
| Cajun rub - (optional) | ||
| Salt - to taste | ||
| Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste | ||
| Turkey-Foot Gravy - (see recipe) | ||
| = (or your favorite giblet gravy) |
In a large, tall cooker, heat the oil to 375 degrees, preferably with the aid of a grease thermometer. Pluck and draw the turkey, then sprinkle it inside and out with salt and pepper, with Cajun rub, or with a combination.
When the oil is hot, lower the bird into it carefully. Turn the heat up until the oil comes back to 375. Then adjust the heat and fry the bird three or four minutes per pound, until is golden brown.
Carefully remove the bird, and let it drain before serving. It will continue to cook on the inside for several minutes, while the eating table is readied.
Place the bird on a large platter and set it in the middle of the table, to be carved and served along with dressing, giblet gravy, steamed vegetables, homemade biscuits, cranberry sauce, and all the trimmings.
This recipe yields ?? servings.
Source:
American Hunter, April 1999
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