Cajun Turkey neck and dumpling

Original blog post: https://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2021/03/cajun-turkey-neck-and-dumplings.html

Ingredients

to clean turkey neck

2 lb fresh turkey leg

1 lime

1-2 cup vinegar

to season

1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning

1 tablespoon sugar

2 teaspoon lime juice

2 tablespoon oil

1 tablespoon onion powder

1 teaspoon smoked paprika.

3 teaspoon salt

to stew

4 tablespoon oil

1 cup finely chopped carrots

1 cup finely chopped celery

1 cup finely chopped onion

3 garlic cloves shredded

5 sprigs thyme

4 cups water

1 bouillon stock cube (I use 1 tablespoon better than boullion beef flavor)

2 teaspoon Cajun seasoning

½ cup sliced red bell pepper

flour dumpling

2 cup flour

¾ cup water

Instructions

To clean and season

• Cut away the silver skin-like layer on the outsides of the turkey necks. It is a membrane that is white/gray and thin. Cut away any excess fat, alto remove the esophagus in the center of the bone, it will have white fatty substance inside. a wooden skewer pushed though gets it out very well.

• Next the turkey neck has to be washed thoroughly with vinegar and lime or lemon. Tt cuts the rawness

• once washed pat dry to remove as much water as possible then season with cajun seasoning, sugar, lime juice, oil, onion powder, paprika, and salt. let it marinate overnight

To stew

• preheat the oven to 350

• heat the oil and brown the turkey necks on both sides

• add the onions, celery, garlic, thyme and carrots.

• saute until the veggies are soft

• add water and 1 bouillon stock cube

• Cover and place in the oven to cook for 1.5 hours

• once the turkey necks are tender remove from the oven and place on the stove top over medium heat.

• knead together the flour and water to form a dough and shape into small round dumplings

• put the dumplings in the pot of stew to cook

• add more cajun seasonings and red peppers and allow it to reduce and thicken.

• If the sauce is thick before the dumpligns are fully cooked add 1 cup of boiling water and allow it to cook and reduce (repeat if necessary)

• taste for seasoning if it needs more salt or spice add it here

• Serve over rice or eat as is. The dumplings in it are filling enough that you wont need any additional carbs.

Greedy Tips:

• My cajun seasoning was a low-sodium version, hardly any salt so I needed to add more salt. it also needed more pepper so feel free to make it as spicy as you like