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Cranberry Orange Roasted Turkey Legs

By Elisha Baba

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Cranberry Orange Roasted Turkey Legs are a delightful twist on classic roasted turkey. This recipe perfectly blends tangy cranberries and zesty oranges for a juicy, citrusy sweet burst of flavor on your dinner table.

Roasted Turkey Legs

Notes:

  • Serves: 1 drumstick per person
  • Prep: 10 minutes
  • Cook: 1 hour 30 minutes (if frozen), 1 hour (if thawed)

cranberry orange roasted turkey legs

Ingredients:

  • 6 turkey leg drumsticks
  • 1 1/2 cup cranberries
  • 1 orange
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Instructions:

1. Start by taking out a 9×13-inch casserole dish, and add in your turkey legs. You’ll want to spread the legs evenly throughout the dish before pouring in your cranberries.

2. Add salt and pepper to season.

raw turkey legs with cranberries

3. Next cut the orange into slices and place them in the dish over the turkey legs and cranberries.

raw turkey legs with cranberries and orange slices

4. Then preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Before putting your dish in the oven, cover the casserole dish with foil.

dish covered in foil

5. Place the dish in the oven and bake for one hour if your turkey legs are thawed out already, or for one and a half hours if you are cooking your turkey legs from frozen.

6. Check that your turkey legs are fully cooked. You’ll want to test their internal temperature, which should reach 180 degrees F. Once your turkey legs have reached that temperature, you may want to remove them from the oven. Alternatively, you could cook the turkey until they’re browned or broil to a crisp by removing the foil from the dish for the last 15 minutes of cooking to brown the legs nicely.

cranberry orange roasted turkey legs

7. Your turkey legs are now ready to be served. Add potatoes and the cooked cranberries alongside the turkey legs for a complete meal.

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Roasted Turkey Legs With Cranberry Orange

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 6
Author Elisha Baba

Ingredients

  • 6 turkey leg drumsticks
  • 1/2 cup cranberries
  • 1 orange
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Instructions

  • In a 9x13 casserole dish add in turkey legs. Top with cranberries.
  • Add salt and pepper to season.
  • Slice oranges and put them over turkey legs in the dish.
  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Add foil to the top of the casserole dish.
  • Place in oven and bake for 1 hour if turkey legs are thawed or 1 hour and a half if turkey legs are frozen.
  • Internal temperature should be 180 degrees F. Once they have reached that you maybe remove and cook till browned or broil to crisp. I usually remove the foil the last 15 minutes to brown the legs.
  • Serve with potatoes and the cooked cranberries.

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