Turkey recipes

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<p>Now that we’ve pretty much covered fish cooking, I need help with this one. I’ve had a turkey in the freezer for a couple of months. Too much to cook for the two of us and I’ve having a large gathering for dinner this weekend and was thinking it would be a good time to cook it. But I don’t want to roast it like at thanksgiving since it would greatly heat up the house and I don’t much feel like having all the trimmings either. Why are there so many ways to cook chicken but basically only one way to cook turkey?</p>

<p>So any suggestions. I was thinking cut it up and either bake it, barbecue it or boil it. Then what? I do want to make gravy since I’d like hot turkey sandwiches as leftovers the next day.</p>

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<p>I cut the legs and put in the crockpot and cook it. Much cheaper(energywise) than roasting in the oven. Good meal for 2 persons.</p>

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<p>Cut it up, use the legs and the various obnoxious bits to make stock for your gravy. Grill the breast by pressing it flat. Then use the grilled breast the same way you’d use grilled chicken.</p>

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<p>How about frying it? You can set up one of those turkey fryers in your driveway and cook a turkey in 30 minutes. It’s amazingly delicious and guests find it intriguing.</p>

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<p>Can I use it interchangeably in chicken recipes? Would it work in something like turkey cacciatore? Lemon turkey? Almond turkey? Turkey and dumplings? Turkey parmesan? Fried Turkey? Casseroles? </p>

<p>I hate to experiment too much and find out that turkey does not taste like chicken :)</p>

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<p>It will taste like turkey but it will work in all those recipes. Really. I use it as a substitute for veal in veal recipes all the time.</p>

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<p>Turkey these days is pretty mild. We’ve been eating turkey cutlets this week with mango salsa. I sprinkle them with a little cumin, chile powder and oregano and you would never know what meat they are!</p>

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<p>Turkey enchiladas!</p>