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Sage Roasted Turkey Legs

Sage Roasted Turkey Legs


  • Author: Sherri
  • Yield: 2 1x

Description

*For those who follow strict AIP, you can substitute the butter with 2 tbs coconut oil (use this brand as it’s organic, made in a gluten free facility and expeller pressed so your turkey won’t taste like coconut) and 2 tbs extra virgin olive oil.


Ingredients

Scale
  • 2 turkey legs
  • 3 tbs crushed rosemary
  • ¼ cup grassfed butter or ghee
  • ½ tsp ground sage
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 2 tsp sea salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375*.
  2. Place legs into a roasting dish.
  3. Take a small pot and melt your butter on low. Baste your turkey legs with the melted butter, both under and on top of the skin.
  4. Combine your sage, garlic powder, salt & pepper in a bowl. Rub this mixture onto the turkey legs (again both under and on top of the skin).
  5. Cover your roasting dish with lid or foil & bake for 20 minutes.
  6. Open the oven & baste turkey legs with butter from the pan (you can melt more butter to add if so desired). Put the turkey legs back into the oven and bake for another 10 minutes.
  7. Remove turkey legs and sprinkle on rosemary (if you add this too soon it will burn).
  8. Put turkey legs back into the oven without the lid or foil and bake for another 15-30 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165*.

    Note: This process may take longer if your turkey legs are large. If you have to bake for a longer period of time due to the size of your turkey legs, remember to baste your legs every 15 minutes to keep them from drying out.

  9. Remove turkey legs from oven, cover roasting pan with foil (this helps keeps the meat from drying out) and let cool for 10 minutes. Serve and enjoy!