Cranberry-Orange Turkey

An incredibly easy to put together meal … and extremely tasty way of enjoying your turkey, too … when I served this up for dinner, hubby said “Wow! It’s Christmas allover again!” 😉

I used turkey drumsticks/legs … it’s huge so 1 drumstick per person is plenty!

You will need 14 or 16 oz can of whole berry cranberry sauce … I added a handful of dried cranberries, too since I have plenty of those 🙂

Add 1 cup store bought bottled French Dressing to the whole berry cranberry sauce

Grate the rind of one orange and then squeeze the orange and add the rind & ½ cup freshly squeezed orange juice to the cranberry sauce & French dressing

Now, add in 1 oz (half a packet) of onion soup mix

This is optional and may be omitted if you are on a low-salt diet … otherwise, add ½ tsp seasoned salt

Mix the marinade well and pour over the turkey drumsticks

Marinade the turkey drumsticks, covered in the refrigerator for at least 8 hours or overnight

Baked, uncovered for about 50 – 60 mins until turkey drumsticks are tender and serve up on it’s own with some steamed vegetables or with some steamed rice or even mashed potatoes

RECIPE

Ingredients :

4 – 6 turkey drumsticks/legs 

1  14 – 16 oz can 
whole cranberry sauce




1   cup 
bottled French salad dressing




grated orange rind of 1 orange

½ cup freshly squeezed 
orange juice




  1 oz 
onion soup mix (½ of a 2 oz pack)

½ tsp 
seasoned salt




Methods :

1. Lightly coat a 13x9x2-inch (3-quart rectangular) baking dish with nonstick cooking spray
2. Arrange turkey drumsticks in bottom of prepared baking dishh and set aside
3. In a medium bowl, combine cranberry sauce, salad dressing, orange juice, onion soup mix and seasoned salt, stir to mix well
4. Evenly pour marinade sauce over turkey legs 
5. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for at least 8 hours or overnight
6. Bake, uncovered, in a 180ºC oven for 50 – 60 minutes until turkey drumsticks are tender
7. Serve up with some steamed vegetables or if you prefer, serve up with some steamed rice or mashed potatoes to mob up the awesome, tasty gravy