The appetite and juiciness of prepared meat dishes depends on many conditions. For example, in order to enjoy delicious turkey, you must properly prepare the marinade for turkey, which is a determining factor in the quality of future dishes.

Turkey barbecue marinade

Gathering in nature, many are faced with the choice: what meat to choose? The pork is fat, and the lamb has a specific taste ... In this case, you should try diet turkey poultry, but you should keep in mind that it will need to be properly marinated.

For 2 kg of the main product you will need:

  • ½ liter kefir;
  • ½ kg of onions;
  • 1 kg of bell pepper;
  • 100 g of tomato paste;
  • salt and spices.

Stages of preparation:

  1. Equal pieces are prepared from pre-washed and dried fillet with paper towels.
  2. The fermented milk product is kept on the table for about 1 hour, so that it becomes room temperature.
  3. In the bowl, kefir and tomato paste are mixed until homogeneous.
  4. Onion heads are cut into thick half rings.
  5. Pepper is well washed under running water, freed from the core and seeds, and then cut into pieces 4 cm thick.
  6. All the crushed ingredients are mixed and seasoned with a sauce in which the meat is marinated for 5 hours.

Before baking on charcoal, turkey should be salted to taste.

For baking in the oven

To prevent the baked turkey from coming out too dry, marinate it first. In addition, dressing will make the product especially aromatic and rich in taste.

Ingredients for one leg of turkey:

  • 60 ml of pomegranate juice, balsamic vinegar and soy sauce;
  • 15 ml of lemon juice;
  • Provencal herbs;
  • salt and ground pepper.

Oven cooking sequence for turkey marinade:

  1. The loin portion is separated from the bone and cut into cubes of 80 g.
  2. Turkey is sprinkled with salt, seasonings.
  3. All liquid products are mixed in the bowl, after which the meat is poured with the resulting mixture.
  4. Turkey meat is marinated for 3 hours, after which it is baked in the sleeve for 40 minutes at a temperature of 180 ° C.

Before baking in this way, punctures are necessarily made in the sleeve.

The most delicious recipe for frying in a pan

The recipe for this marinade takes into account the specifics of cooking in a pan, after which the meat can be hard and dry.

So that as a result it turns out to be as aromatic and juicy as possible, it is enough to prepare:

  • lemon;
  • 80 ml of sunflower oil;
  • 5 g of cumin;
  • ½ garlic head;
  • some salt.

The sequence of steps:

  1. The peel is removed from the lemon, which should be at least 10 g.
  2. Then a stack of juice is squeezed out of citrus.
  3. The resulting ingredients are mixed in a bowl and supplemented with oil and cumin.
  4. Slices of poultry are prepared from the parts of the bird, which are immediately poured with aromatic dressing.
  5. The capacity is removed in the cold for 3 hours.

Turkey meat is fried in a hot pan with vegetable oil until cooked, as evidenced by a golden crust.

Turkey Steak Marinade

First of all, you should buy 1 kg of fillet, from which the most juicy steaks come out.

When the meat is purchased, it remains to prepare the ingredients for the marinade:

  • 30 g mustard seeds;
  • 20 g peppercorns;
  • 36 g of a mixture of herbs (oregano, marjoram, basil);
  • 20 ml of olive oil;
  • some salt;
  • 50 ml of sunflower oil.

The sequence of actions:

  1. The fillet is cut into equal pieces 2 cm thick, which are then slightly beaten off by the blunt side of the malleus.
  2. The bowl mixes all of the listed ingredients except vegetable oil - it will fry.
  3. The meat steaks are rubbed with marinade and sent to the refrigerator.
  4. Turkey meat is fried for 3 minutes on each side over high heat, and then on the lower side until cooked, which will be indicated by a golden uniform color.

Begin pickling meat before cooking in a pan should be 2 to 4 hours.

How to Pickle Bird Fillet

Turkey meat is a dietary variety of white meat that is rich in nutrients and at the same time devoid of fatty layers. A great variety of healthy dishes can be prepared from it, and to make them tasty, you should use one of the marinade recipes, which makes turkey juicy and tender.

The ingredients for dressing for 1 kg of meat:

  • 340 g mayonnaise;
  • 3 onions;
  • some salt, ground pepper and nutmeg.

Step-by-step cooking instructions:

  1. Fillet is cut across the fibers to make slices 3 cm thick.
  2. Bulbs finely chopped in a convenient way.
  3. In a small container, onion slices, spices, salt and classic mayonnaise are mixed.
  4. The meat slices are well smeared with the resulting dressing.

If the meat is cooked in a pan, then it should be infused for about 1 - 2 hours, but there is no need to wait for baking in foil.

For turkey wings

A delicious marinade with soy sauce will allow you to enjoy a delicious dish, reminiscent of oriental dishes. It is characterized by the richness and brightness of both aroma and taste, which make such dishes very popular throughout the world. Want a dinner with a special, oriental flavor?

Then, if there are 600 - 700 g of wings in the refrigerator, you should additionally look for:

  • 30 ml of soy sauce;
  • 15 g of honey;
  • 1 orange;
  • ½ garlic head;
  • ½ bunch of greens;
  • salt and pepper.

The sequence of the main steps to translate the recipe into life:

  1. The garlic head is disassembled into cloves, which are crushed with a knife or passed through a press or pounded in a mortar.
  2. Honey is melted in a steam bath or in a microwave.
  3. Juice is squeezed out of an orange.
  4. Prepared honey, soy sauce, garlic gruel, salt, pepper and orange juice are mixed in a bowl.
  5. Wings are laid out in the resulting dressing, which are well smeared with it and pickled for 2 hours.
  6. For cooking, a baking dish greased with vegetable oil is used, which is sent together with the wings to the oven preheated to 180 ° C for 45 minutes.

When serving, the wings should be decorated with chopped greens, which will add aroma and freshness to the dish.

Marinating turkey drumstick

Relatively affordable are the turkey legs, which, when properly prepared, turn out to be especially delicious. According to this recipe, it is recommended to cook such parts of the carcass on the grill to surprise households and guests with juicy meat with a sweet and fruity taste.

To cook the most delicious marinade, you should take:

  • 40 ml cherry syrup;
  • 50 ml of liquid honey;
  • 1 lemon
  • 20 g of basil;
  • some salt.

The way to implement the recipe:

  1. Marinade is prepared by heating honey in a steam bath with the addition of cherries syrup and juice from ½ lemon.
  2. The legs are rubbed with salt, after which they are covered with the obtained liquid composition, in which they remain for 60 minutes.
  3. After the specified time, the meat parts are placed on the grill, where they are chopped with basil and cooked for about 30 - 40 minutes (depending on size).

In a similar sauce, you can marinate other parts of the turkey carcass according to the culinary preferences.

Every housewife should know that there is no dry meat. It all depends on the preliminary preparation. If you pick the right marinade and pickling time, then any part of the meat carcass will be very mouth-watering and tasty.

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