Game-Day Grilled Turkey Drumsticks

Name: Game-Day Grilled Turkey Drumsticks
Yield: serves 8
Ingredients: 2 cups buttermilk; 2 tablespoons hot sauce, preferably Tabasco; Juice of 1 lemon; 1 onion, sliced; 4 cloves garlic, smashed and peeled; 8 turkey drumsticks (14 to 16 ounces each; ask your butcher for them); Olive oil, for drumsticks and grill; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 recipe game-day glaze (recipe follows); 2 tablespoons butter; 1/2 small onion, minced; 1/4 cup apple-cider vinegar; 1/4 cup molasses; 2 tablespoons ketchup; 1 tablespoon yellow mustard; 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper; Dash of Worcestershire sauce; Dash of hot sauce, preferably Tabasco; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; (makes about 1/2 cup)

December 14, 2011

PAT Most people will serve chicken for tailgates, but you know we like to shake it up a bit, so we serve turkey legs—or “Fred Flintstone bones,” as I like to call them. To give ours a kick, we let them marinate overnight in buttermilk, hot sauce, lemon, onion, and garlic. Then we take them out the next day, let the excess drip off, brush on the olive oil, and throw them on the grill. Folks will be asking for these so fast, you may never get to your business with the glaze.

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