Copycat Disney Smoked Turkey Legs
The Woks of Life
Notes
You can use a traditional charcoal or electric smoker for this recipe. Both smoking techniques will use smoking wood chips, either apple or hickory. Do not forget to soak your wood chips for at least 30 minutes before adding them to the smoker. The wet chips will create smoke and add flavor to your turkey legs.
Ingredients
- Brine:
1 gallon water
1 cup salt
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons garlic powder
3 tablespoons onion powder
3 tablespoons dried thyme
3 tablespoons dried sage
1 1/2 tablespoons black pepper
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1 tablespoon paprika
1 teaspoon liquid smoke
- Additional ingredients:
10 turkey legs
Directions
- Combine all of the brine ingredients in a large pot and bring to a boil. Once boiling, take off the heat and add in ice to cool the brine down. Once cool, transfer to a cooler or large bucket and drop in turkey legs. Let sit in a cool space overnight.
- The next morning, set up your smoker as you like with charcoal and wet wood chips, or just wet wood chips. Let the smoker heat up to at least 275 degrees.
- Before adding the turkey legs to the smoker, rinse the brine off of the skin and pat them dry. This will render a more crispy skin.
- Place the dried turkey legs into the hot smoker and let sit for at least three hours, checking on them periodically to rotate and add more wet wood chips.
- When the skin gets a nice dark mahogany color the turkey legs are done. Take off the smoker and eat while hot.
Information
- Category
- Snacks
- Yield
- 10 turkey legs
- Prep Time
- 12 hours
- Cook Time
- 4 hours
- Total Time
- 15 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds