You know what that is? It’s deep fried deliciousness, that’s what! We deep fried one of our turkeys in July and man oh man was it good. Crispy crunchy on the outside, moist and tender on the inside. Mmmm mmmm.
Raising turkeys you would think I’d have one for Thanksgiving but honestly, we rarely do! That’s because we are typically so busy around the holidays (hubby and son travel for work around the holidays). Now that’s not to say we don’t eat turkey, it’s just that I usually just don’t get prepare one. So, we had kept one for ourselves and decided to eat it mid in July – kind of like a halfway to Thanksgiving party. After all, we should be thankful all year!
We would deep fry turkeys all the time when we lived in California. Family and friend would gather and we would have a grand day. Here in North Carolina deep frying just never seemed to happen. Families here had their way of doing things and if I wasn’t cooking, then why shouldn’t they do it their way? So I just didn’t get the chance to deep fry one of my own.
Being a pasture raised turkey, I wasn’t really sure how it would turn out. Pasture raised poultry tends to be not as fatty and I didn’t know if it would dry out or not. We did inject it with a butter sauce and I’m sure that helped. Typically when cooking pastured poultry a slow low temperature cook seems to lend itself to a more tender bird. After all, we do not inject our turkeys with a saline solution (like you can see at the grocery stores) which is a basic marinade (salt water) that helps the meat be tender.
At least now, when I’m asked, I can say, “Absolutely deep fry one of my turkeys!” I’ve done it and it was great.
If you are still looking for a pasture raised turkey that’s fed an organic soy free feed, I still have a few available. Local pickup only.