How Long To Cook Large Turkey Drumstick. Perhaps with a little dip of some tasty barbecue sauce as a flavour enhancer. After 90 minutes the turkey legs should come out looking like this.
This recipe can be made using a whole turkey leg thigh and drumstick or only the thigh. To cook turkey drumsticks in the oven butter and season them underneath and on top of the skin before cooking them for 45 minutes per side in a 350 f oven. To cook smoked turkey legs in the oven use a minimum temperature of 325 degrees f add moisture and make sure the drumsticks reach 165 f in the center.
Other times of the year you may have to ask the butcher for them.
Cook for 45 minutes and then flip the turkey legs over to cook for an additional 45 minutes. Whatever you choose to cook make sure that the piece of turkey comfortably fits into the dish you are using the underside of the meat should lie in the sauce. Add 1 3 4 to 2 quarts of broth. Add 1 2 cup of water or wine to the pan and stir to loosen the browned bits from the pan.
