Wild Turkey Recipe

Turkey season is right around the corner and you might be thinking of some ways to cook up your birds. Here is a recipe that we recently tried and it turned out to be excellent. In the past, I had really only ever fried wild turkey breasts and wanted to find a good recipe for grilling them (trying to watch my figure). I came accross this recipe on Field and Stream's website. It looked simple enough for us to handle and consisted of stuff that we either had at the house or could pick up at the local grocery store. We are pretty amateur when it comes to cooking, so we needed something easy and I like stuff that doesn't take too long. We are what I like to call "spontaneous cooks", not much on planning. We usually say "hmmm, that sounds good. I think we'll try to cook that today" and then were off to the store. That's what's good about this recipe, you don't have to plan way in advance. Here are the ingredients....

• 10-12 3-ounce Turkey Breast Steaks (we used one breast and cut them into about 9-10 equal sized pieces)



• 1 tbsp. Kosher Salt



• 1/2 tsp. Pepper



• 3 cloves of Garlic, crushed and peeled (Use only 2 cloves if you don't like strong garlic)



• 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Toss the turkey in a mixture of the Salt, Pepper, Garlic and Olive Oil. Cover and Chill for 1-2 hours (we only chilled it for 45 min-1 hour).

Pre-heat grill to Medium-High. Remove turkey from fridge and let marinate at room temperature for 20 min. Remove turkey from marinade and place on grill. Grill on each side for 3-4 minutes or until cooked through.

After grilling the turkey, we rolled some asparagus in the marinade and placed it on the grill for a couple of minutes. We also served it with some dinner rolls and an iceburg wedge with blue cheese dressing. Although, I haven't tried many different ways to eat wild turkey, this is definitely one of the best. Good Luck this turkey season!