Air Fryer Turkey Thighs with Smoked Oyster Cornbread Stuffing
Turkey Thighs stuffed with smoked oyster cornbread dressing and roasted to perfection in an air fryer. Great for a small family Thanksgiving.
Calories per serving: 670kcal
Ingredients
- 2 Turkey thighs, boned
~~ -- Stuffing -- ~~
- ½ cup unsalted butter, 1 stick
- 1 Onion, chopped
- 1 Bell pepper, chopped
- 1 cup Celery, chopped
- 2 cups Water
- ½ teaspoon *Poultry Seasoning
- ⅛ teaspoon Cayenne
- 2 teaspoon *Chicken base
- 1 package Mrs. Cubbison's Cormbread Stuffing Mix
- 1 can Smoked oysters
~~ -- Injection -- ~~
- 2 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
- ½ teaspoon Herbs de Provence
- ¼ cup White wine
~~ -- Rub -- ~~
- 2 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
- ½ teaspoon Herbs de Provence
- 1 teaspoon Northwoods Seasoning
Instructions
- Mis en place
Prepare the Thighs
- Put the Turkey thighs skin-side down on a cutting board. Cover them with plastic.
- Pound the thighs with a mallet.
- Pound them until they are about an even height. Set them aside.
Prepare the dressing
- Mise en place for the stuffing
- Melt the stick of butter in a large saute pan. Add the onions, bell pepper, and celery and saute until the onion is translucent and the celery has softened.
- Put the chicken base, cayenne, and poultry seasoning in a heat-proof measuring cup. Boil the water and add it to the chicken base. Stir it completely. Set it aside.
- Put the stuffing mix into the stand mixer add the chicken base texture, the vegetables, and the smoked oysters. Mix to combine.
Make the injection
- Melt the butter. Put the butter in the measuring cup. Add the herbs de Provence and the white wine. Set it aside.
Make the rub
- Mix butter and poultry seasoning together set it aside.
Stuff the thighs
- Lay the thigh skin-side down. Put about a quarter of a cup of stuffing in each thigh. Put the rest of the stuffing in a baking dish to cook separately. Pull the sides of the thighs up to cover the filling, then turn them over, skin-side up in the glass pan.
- Fill the injection needle. Stab the thigh and inject the liquid. Do this repeatedly until you run out of injection.
- Using your hands, put the rub on the thighs and rub it in nicely.
- Sprinkle them with their Northwoods Seasoning.
- Put them in the air fryer at 380°F / 193°C for 30 minutes or until they reach 160°F / 71°C degrees. Remove them from the air fryer and let them rest for 10 minutes before carving.
- Enjoy!
Notes
You can use bone-in thighs as well. You can use a sharp boning knife to cut around the bone and lift it out. Save it to make broth!
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