Southern Smothered Smoked Turkey Necks made easy in the pressure cooker. These delicious turkey necks are smothered with onions, celery, garlic, and brown gravy!
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!
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!
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 request 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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Watch me make these delicious smothered turkey necks!
Southern Smothered Turkey Necks
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
Larry says
February 16, 2019 at 6:03 pmThank you so much for a delicious recipe.
Rosie says
February 16, 2019 at 6:19 pmAnytime Larry!
Lorraine says
February 16, 2019 at 6:18 pmThis 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.
Rick says
February 16, 2019 at 6:29 pmGreat 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!
Rosie says
February 16, 2019 at 7:19 pmYummmm!! I love smoked turkey tails too!
Bridget Lewis says
February 16, 2019 at 6:33 pmHi Rosie,
Thank you for the video. I don’t have a pressure cooker. Can this recipe be done with a crockpot or an alternative?
Rosie says
February 16, 2019 at 7:20 pmYes! In the crockpot on high for 5 hours .
Byron says
February 16, 2019 at 7:10 pmThanks, Rosie! Nice idea for Sunday dinner!
Rosie says
February 16, 2019 at 7:20 pmAnytime Bryon!
Alice says
February 16, 2019 at 11:32 pmOmg them bones were delicious. I made a second batch to use in ravioli. Thank you so much for the recipe
Nicole Ward says
February 17, 2019 at 7:22 pmI 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
Yvette Harris says
February 24, 2019 at 1:12 pmLove IT! Rosie Great recipe! I used my Power Pressure Cooker it came out Delish!!!!
Thank You!
dj j says
February 26, 2019 at 2:42 pmOkay! 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..
John Atiles says
March 5, 2019 at 7:45 amHi 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.
Rosie says
March 5, 2019 at 4:23 pmI gotta try that!
Greg says
March 5, 2019 at 10:34 amI 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.
Dominique Hubbard says
March 24, 2019 at 11:14 amLooks 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??
Deandrea says
April 4, 2019 at 2:56 pmHey , rosie. dont have a pressure cooker can I put it in a regular pot ? Will it be the same as in the pressure cooker
Rosie says
April 4, 2019 at 5:44 pmYes, you can cook them in a regular pot 🙂
Samantha says
April 14, 2019 at 1:51 pmHi Rosie,
I only have smoked turkeys necks. Can I use those instead?
Rosie says
April 15, 2019 at 1:37 pmNo, I do not recommend smoked neck bones.
Vladamir says
May 17, 2019 at 4:35 amI 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!!
Rosie says
May 17, 2019 at 8:59 amThanks so much for trying my recipe!