Thursday, May 19, 2011

Tender Roast Turkey Leg (Drumstick) with Hickory Barbecue Sauce

I don't really fancy turkey legs (drumsticks) because the meat is tough and it takes some time for the marinade to penetrate into it. However this time, instead of roasting it straight away, I pop it into a pressure cooker first for 30 minutes so that the meat would be tender. Then I roasted the turkey in my oven for just 20 minutes. LOL! This is a shortcut way to cook turkey leg! ha ha ha!

Ingredients
Turkey leg (drumstick), 1 pc
Thyme, 1 teaspoon (dried)
Oregano, 1 teaspoon (dried)
Lemon juice from 1 lemon
Brown sugar, 2 tablespoons
Salt to taste
Paprika, 1 teaspoon
Pepper, to taste
Hickory Barbecue sauce to glazing

Marinade the turkey leg (preferbably overnight) with thyme, oregano, lemon juice, brown sugar, salt, paprika and pepper. Put the turkey leg and marinade into a pressure cooker. Add a litter water. Close the pressure cooker lid tightly. Cook under high pressure for 30 minutes. Turn of the heat and slowly release the pressure by adjusting the pressure relief valve.
Put turkey into a baking tray and roast in preheated oven at 200 Deg C for 25 minutes. Take out the turkey and glaze it with hickory barbecue sauce. Put it back into the oven and roast for around 5 more minutes. Serve turkey with leftover sauce in the pressure cooker.

15 comments:

BigAppleNosh said...

Mmm, sounds good!

Christine said...

good idea to use the pressure cooker first.

suituapui said...

Not a fan of turkey... I want duck! LOL!!!

yvonne said...

Never tasted turkey before... But that drumstick pic is tempting. The roasted skin is .... *gosh I'm drooling*

Jeannie said...

Waa that looks good! I love taking short cuts too if possible, makes life so much easier :P

Hayley said...

Wow, the name sounds so professional! And it looks yummy too!

Somewhere in Singapore said...

Me also not a fan of turkey...

Yannie said...

This Christmas eve, your house has party or not? Please do not forget make this , and also mustn't forget to invite me. :)

yummylittlecooks said...

Now is lunch time, make me hungry le...

Small Kucing said...

when you wanna open a restaurant. I wanna makan there

Aunty Liew said...

Hey,why put the photo so big?Your turkey leg really make me salivating loh!

fufu said...

hohoho nice!!! wanna eat! btw it looked like german knuckles!!! lol :p

ryc : yeah i am doing alright! another 2mths to go and i will travel again before going back home in sept :) lol

joycezzz said...

seriously! it looks so delicious that i'm going to roast this one day!

Alice Law said...

Like your guai lou style marinate sauce! Wow, short cut for turkey, must really bookmark this for my MIL, lol... thn we will guarantee a scrumptious Christmas dinner ths year!^^

lena said...

i almost cannot remember how a turkey taste like. pressure cooker is really saves a lot of time, looks delicious!