Baked Turkey Leg Recipe with Soy Sauce Marinade
This baked turkey leg recipe with a savory soy sauce marinade results in tender, flavorful meat with a deliciously rich glaze. The turkey legs are marinated in a blend of soy sauce, garlic, and seasonings, allowing the flavors to penetrate deep into the meat before being baked to golden perfection.
Servings 2 servings
Calories 139kcal
Ingredients
- 1 turkey leg (1 kg)
- 1 small bunch of fresh rosemary (20g)
- 1 tbsp. soy sauce
- 1 tbsp. honey
- 1 tbsp. Dijon mustard
- 2 cloves of garlic
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to your taste
Instructions
- Let`s prepare the marinade for turkey leg first. Combine soy sauce, Dijon mustard, and honey In a small deep bowl. Peel garlic cloves and press them into the bowl (or chop them into the smallest pieces).
- Season sour-sweet marinade with salt and freshly ground pepper, thoroughly stir the mixture until smooth.
- Take a turkey leg and clean it under cold running water. But be careful not to splash water everywhere on your kitchen counter as you can transfer germs from the fresh meat. After cleaning the leg, pat it until dry with paper towels.
- Cover the leg with marinade over the entire surface. If there is a way, try to get marinade even under turkey skin on the leg. Leave the leg to marinate for 6 to 8 hours. So, you marinate it in the morning and in the evening you have a delicious baked turkey. You even can leave it overnight.
- After marinating, take the leg and place it in the oven bag of the right size. Now goes our second ingredient. Take sprigs of fresh rosemary and lay them on top of the leg to add that peerless aroma for extra flavor. I make several punctures with a wooden skewer, so the steam can escape from the bag while the turkey is cooking. For reference, I marinated the leg in the morning and left it for 7 hours in the fridge.
- Bake turkey leg at 350ºF/180°C for an hour and a half (1h30m). It is the easiest way how to cook turkey legs in oven bag.
- If you want your baked leg to have crispy skin, then bake it for 1h15m in the oven bag, then carefully remove it or cut it in the middle to open the leg for the heat. Roast turkey leg for additional 15 minutes. You can even raise heat to 450ºF to get it extra crispy.
- You can cut meat from the bone or serve oven baked turkey leg as it was originally. Enjoy your meal!
Notes
*calories per 100g