Some of you may be thinking that I am out of my mind to cook turkey necks. But the neck meat is a delicious part of the turkey. As a child, the chicken neck was my favorite, although there was hardly any meat. Turkey necks have a decent amount of meat and they are similar in flavor to the chicken. Now, I prepare this dish very often for the family, everyone loves it and treats it as a delicacy.
Note: You can find turkey necks in most, large grocery stores, although not every store carries them.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 lb Turkey Necks
- 3 Carrots
- 1 Onion
- 4 Bay Leaves
- Salt to taste
- Light Olive Oil for frying
Instructions
- Optionally, cut turkey necks into smaller pieces.
- Dice onion into half rings, clean carrot and cut it into large pieces.
- On an oiled hot skillet, cook turkey necks, creating browned sides. Remove them from the skillet and set aside.
- Cook onion in the same skillet, until it's browned a little.
- Season meat and vegetables with salt, add one cup of hot water to the dish. Place it in an oven at 350F to bake for 1.5 hours or until meat begins to fall off the bone.
- Serve turkey necks with potatoes, rice or simply on their own, while they are still warm.
Nutrition Facts
Turkey Necks Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 398
Calories from Fat 162
% Daily Value*
Fat 18g28%
Saturated Fat 5g25%
Cholesterol 348mg116%
Sodium 726mg30%
Potassium 527mg15%
Carbohydrates 5g2%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 50g100%
Vitamin A 5225IU105%
Vitamin C 3.1mg4%
Calcium 87mg9%
Iron 3.2mg18%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Just amazing and so unexpected in flavor! So glad I gave this recipe a try, would of never thought to use the neck. Thanks for the recipe.
Valia, thank you for sharing your feedback. I am so happy you loved the recipe. Totally agree that you would never expect such a great flavor from turkey necks. 🙂
I never thought turkey necks could taste so yummy!!! But another surprise is the juices with onions and carrots, how good they taste. I just made it second time and added twice as much vegetables because they taste sooo good!!! I also cooked it for 2.5 hours. Thank you so much for this recipe!!!😁
I am so happy to hear that you loved it. Thank you for sharing your feedback. Yes, the veggies absorb all the flavors from turkey necks.
Like most people, I have always just thrown the necks away because I didn't know what to do with them. Also, my mother told me once that the neck is where they inject the turkey with antibiotics 7 hormones, so... yuck! That ruined necks for me. Now, I am going to think better about wasting them. Thanks for opening my eyes.
Growing up in Ukraine we literally ate everything 🙂 But I would say this is a better part of turkey. They taste incredible. 🙂 Tell me what you think after you try them.
That feel when there are still people who remove the neck and toss it out or give it to the dogs. Such plebs.
Just decided what to do with the turkey neck. I scraped off the meat, best I could, for the dogs. Now what to do with the remaining. I put in oven, roasted for 1 hour, then I crushed the bones with a ViceGrip and fed this to the dogs. UM. UM. Said the pups.
Sometimes you have to share 🙂
Man, don't waste that meat on the dogs, eat it yourself.
lol... well sometimes we have to share.
I just moved to Clearwater,FL and went to my local Meat Market and bought a Package of meats, one of the meats was Turkey necks. I had read about them before moving here, Since I never had them in Washington State. My friends thinks I am a silly old woman to try making these .. So I will try to make these in a day or so, I made Black Bean Chili today so that will be it till it is gone. Can hardly wait to try these.
I'm from Washington, used to winter in Sarasota. Growing up here. my Mom loved the neck, cooked it along with the bird. She shared it only with me. I've been buying necks since I left home 50 years ago. I usually simmer them in a big pot with onion, celery, carrot, bay leaf and sage. Tomorrow I'm trying out my first crock pot and decided to cook necks all day on low, and see how it goes. I know about eating chili (or soup or stew) until it's gone. I live alone, but can't seem to make a small batch.
Great idea. thanks for sharing 🙂
Oh my goodness, they are so good.. nothing wrong with eating turkey necks 🙂 I hope you will love this recipe.
The taste is sooo good
We ate turkey necks as child. They were a cheap way to feed a family. Then they cost 3pounds for $1.00. i cook them in a pressure cooker and make gravy and rice. I still love them. I'm making some tonight
Can I come over? I'll bring vino....
I think pressure cooker is such a great idea. I just started using mine last week and its the best thing ever. Made beef in it tonight, will make this next time 🙂
I cook mine in a crock pot with Lipton onion soup mix for about 4hours. They're delicious
OH.. I may do this also.. the onion soup mix has a lot of things in it.
Oh, that's sounds like a really good idea. Thank you for sharing!
I love duck necks, turkey necks, chicken necks you name it lol. Good thing my father in law and I are the only ones that like the necks so he usually let's me have them, so nice of his lol:)
Where do you buy duck necks? I want to buy some.
one of my husbands fav dish is chicken necks. I bake or roast them after i season them with canadian steak seasoning and mayo. (sometimes i throw in a few other fav seasonings but my main is the canadian steak.) so good! we like them crispy and broiled last few min of cooking.
You just made me even more hungry. Sadly my husband doesn't like the pper in Canadian Seasoning but I love that seasoning.
Oh that's sad 🙁 we love it. We made duck with Canadian seasoning and its so good!
I love them,,always do,but different way,,I wanna try your recipe soon as possible..thank you..
Hey Natalia, how do you make yours?
Try jerk seasoning it's so good
Never tried it, will have to buy it now.