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Southern Smothered Turkey Necks

2/16/19

Southern Smothered Smoked Turkey Necks made easy in the pressure cooker. These delicious turkey necks are smothered with onions, celery, garlic, and brown gravy!

tender smothered turkey necks cooked to perfection in a pressure cooker

Well I just had to do it folks! I had to share a turkey necks recipe, because so many of my luvs have been requesting it. Ever since I posted my soul food style smothered pork neck bones, people have been asking me to do a southern smothered turkey necks recipe. I know what you’re going to ask… “so what the heck took so long Rosie?!”… Y’all, for whatever reason, my stores have been out of turkey necks! Recently, I visited a new (new to me) store, and they had some fresh turkey necks there! So now that I have explained myself, let’s get to cooking these turkey necks!

Use a Pressure Cooker or InstaPot for these Tender Smoked Turkey Necks

smothered turkey necks in a hearty gravy, cooked in a pressure cooker for extra tender and juicy meat

I made sure to make this recipe as simple as possible y’all. Every time that I make something with homemade gravy, someone always ask me if they can some store-bought gravy. USUALLY, I say NO!!! However, I can’t keep doing that to my babies, so for this recipe, I’m going to actually use some gravy packs. If you are not a fan of gravy packs, feel free to make some homemade gravy. The gravy that I made for my smothered turkey wings, will work for this recipe!

serve these tneder turkey necks over rice, smothered in the hearty gravy

So I mentioned that we will be using gravy packs, to make this recipe easier (and quicker) right? Well I also am using my pressure cooker as well, because I’ve been getting a lot of requests for more pressure cooker recipes. I guess you can say this is pretty much a 2 for one deal.

Whenever I make southern smothered turkey necks, I like to serve it with over rice or mashed potatoes. My favorite side dish would probably be collard greens, and then I like to finish off this soulful meal with a nice slice of my soul food sweet potato pie! Let me know in the comments, what you would serve with these delicious southern smothered turkey necks!

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Southern Smothered Turkey Necks

This savory and delicious recipe is for all my love bugs who gave up pork! Made in the Instant Pot for a quick dinner. Serve over rice, mashed potatoes, whatever you'd like!
Course Main
Cuisine Southern
Keyword smothered turkey necks
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Author I Heart Recipes

Ingredients

  • 4 lbs turkey necks regular, not smoked
  • 2 tsp seasoning salt
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 1/2 tsp dried thyme
  • 2 tsp coarse black pepper
  • 2 large onions chopped
  • 3 stalks celery chopped
  • 5 cloves garlic chopped
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • (3) 0.87 packages of brown gravy mix I used McCormicks
  • 3 cups chicken or turkey broth

Instructions

  • Make sure that the turkey necks are nice and clean, then place them into a large bowl.
  • Combine the seasoning salt, kosher salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and dried thyme together in a large bowl. Then sprinkle all over the turkey necks. Set the turkey necks to the side.
  • Drizzle 2 tbsp of vegetable into a large pan, then place over medium heat.
  • Once the oil is nice and hot, add in the onions and celery, and cook until they have a little color to them. Now toss in the garlic, and cook for 1 minutes. Turn the heat off.
  • Place all of the turkey necks into to the instant pot ( or whatever pressure cooker that you are using). Then add in the onions, celery, and garlic.
  • Now sprinkle in the packages of gravy mix, and pour in the broth.
  • Put the lid top on the instant pot, make sure it is sealed, and set it on high for 55 minutes.
  • Once done, carefully remove the steam ( as directed), then stir the southern smothered turkey necks.
  • Dish out the turkey necks, and serve over rice or potatoes.
  • Serve & Enjoy!

Video

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Comments

  1. Larry says

    February 16, 2019 at 6:03 pm

    Thank you so much for a delicious recipe.

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      February 16, 2019 at 6:19 pm

      Anytime Larry!

      Reply
  2. Lorraine says

    February 16, 2019 at 6:18 pm

    This is how I cook my Turkey Necks, drumsticks abd Wings. I use my Slow Cooker. Use Wild Rice or Yellow Rice. Always include a green veggie.

    Reply
  3. Rick says

    February 16, 2019 at 6:29 pm

    4 stars
    Great recipe. I love necks for as long as I can remember. my grand father would get a bag full of chicken necks and cook ’em on the rotisserie back in the ’60’s, cheap eats! I still love ’em, what I also really like and added is smoked turkey tails YUMM! Served with Black-eyed peas greens! and of corse cornbread!

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      February 16, 2019 at 7:19 pm

      Yummmm!! I love smoked turkey tails too!

      Reply
  4. Bridget Lewis says

    February 16, 2019 at 6:33 pm

    5 stars
    Hi Rosie,
    Thank you for the video. I don’t have a pressure cooker. Can this recipe be done with a crockpot or an alternative?

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      February 16, 2019 at 7:20 pm

      Yes! In the crockpot on high for 5 hours .

      Reply
  5. Byron says

    February 16, 2019 at 7:10 pm

    Thanks, Rosie! Nice idea for Sunday dinner!

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      February 16, 2019 at 7:20 pm

      Anytime Bryon!

      Reply
  6. Alice says

    February 16, 2019 at 11:32 pm

    Omg them bones were delicious. I made a second batch to use in ravioli. Thank you so much for the recipe

    Reply
  7. Nicole Ward says

    February 17, 2019 at 7:22 pm

    I just tried this today for Sunday dinner and omg I love it! I was nervous about the brown gravy packets but it was perfect! Thank you for the recipe

    Reply
  8. Yvette Harris says

    February 24, 2019 at 1:12 pm

    Love IT! Rosie Great recipe! I used my Power Pressure Cooker it came out Delish!!!!

    Thank You!

    Reply
  9. dj j says

    February 26, 2019 at 2:42 pm

    5 stars
    Okay! another recipe down and BAM!! I did it. and you handled the turnkey necks…. All my testers that’s what I call them, because I try out different recipes on family/friends/coworker.. aka TESTERS… I nailed it w/ your help of course… Yes.. PINNED..

    Reply
  10. John Atiles says

    March 5, 2019 at 7:45 am

    Hi Rosie, I made them twice, second time I added the livers, hearts n gizzards, the flavors were unbelievable, I also added a pinch of sage. Ty for the recipe, much love.

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      March 5, 2019 at 4:23 pm

      I gotta try that!

      Reply
  11. Greg says

    March 5, 2019 at 10:34 am

    5 stars
    I made this the other day and it was delicious. The meat was very tender. I couldn’t find the Thyme at the store that I went to,so I used dried basil instead. I also followed what you told someone about cooking this in the crockpot if you don’t have a pressure cooker. I had lots of gravy leftover. So I seasoned some pork steaks up like this recipe says and used the leftover gravy for that. Thanks for another great recipe.

    Reply
  12. Dominique Hubbard says

    March 24, 2019 at 11:14 am

    5 stars
    Looks so yummy..I pretty much love all the food you cook..can I cook this in my crock pot and if so, for how long??

    Reply
  13. Deandrea says

    April 4, 2019 at 2:56 pm

    Hey , rosie. dont have a pressure cooker can I put it in a regular pot ? Will it be the same as in the pressure cooker

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      April 4, 2019 at 5:44 pm

      Yes, you can cook them in a regular pot 🙂

      Reply
  14. Samantha says

    April 14, 2019 at 1:51 pm

    Hi Rosie,

    I only have smoked turkeys necks. Can I use those instead?

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      April 15, 2019 at 1:37 pm

      No, I do not recommend smoked neck bones.

      Reply
  15. Vladamir says

    May 17, 2019 at 4:35 am

    I have cooked a few renditions of Turkey necks over the years and (ox tail too $$ these days). I too was highly skeptical of the McCormick brand powdered gravy trick, but I followed the recipe. The only change was extra pepper/cayenne/salt.

    I cooked on stove top for 4 ours covered for the first 3 and it was awesome! Thick gravy, savory, fall off the bone tender. I almost would want to add potatoes the last 45 minutes very very good!!

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      May 17, 2019 at 8:59 am

      Thanks so much for trying my recipe!

      Reply
  16. Maverica Ngirutang says

    June 6, 2019 at 8:02 am

    Hi Rosie can I use chicken for this recipe?

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      June 6, 2019 at 12:51 pm

      You can, however I have a smothered chicken recipe available.

      Reply
  17. Jennifer Williamson says

    April 14, 2020 at 12:13 pm

    Hi Rosie I need a recipe for smoked turkey necks please❤️

    Reply
  18. Akande says

    April 23, 2020 at 2:58 pm

    Nice! Had some skinless turkey thighs that I needed to use. Added green peppers and smoked paprika. Not a fan of celery so I used celery seed instead and didn’t have sea salt so used smoked salt instead. Sauteed in the instapot to keep it a one pot meal.

    Reply
  19. Gregg says

    June 26, 2020 at 6:06 am

    Would it be ok to brown them up before putting in the slow cooker? Thank you!

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      June 28, 2020 at 9:47 am

      Yes indeed 🙂

      Reply
  20. Cassandra D says

    November 13, 2021 at 5:05 pm

    I absolutely loved this recipe. So simple and easy to make.

    Reply
  21. Inge says

    November 20, 2021 at 3:19 pm

    5 stars
    We were making this for our German Shepherd, Mitzi. For her to eat this, we left out the hot pepper. Wish I could have run a video: that girl would not stop eating until her bowl was empty. Thank God, this time of the year turkey necks are plenty. We are buying a ton and just put them into the freezer. Actually, the opossum would probably like a cooked turkey neck as well? And so would the feral pair of cats we are feeding? As a special treat, of course.
    But your dish is not just for critters. My husband kept returning to the kitchen to pick at the cooked turkey necks. So, I will make this dish, this time with hot pepper flakes for my husband.
    A wonderful recipe for man and man’s best friend alike!

    Reply
  22. Gary S says

    December 17, 2022 at 7:16 am

    5 stars
    I’ve been making this recipe for a couple of years now, it is excellent. Sometimes I’ll add chicken gizzards to the dish and substitute the seasonings for a Cajun mix. This is the best turkey neck recipe I’ve ever tasted.

    Reply

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