Best Recipe for Chipotle Barbecue Pulled Turkey Drumstick Sliders with Brussels Sprout Slaw
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 to 3 pounds turkey drumsticks
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Salt
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/3 cup cider vinegar
- 1 to 3 tablespoons finely chopped chipotle chiles in adobo, including some sauce (see Cooks' Notes)
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 1/2 cup water
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 16 slider rolls (or other small, soft buns), split
- Brussels Sprout Slaw
- Special equipment: A 3 1/2- to 5-quart wide Dutch oven or other wide heavy pot with tight-fitting lid
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Remove turkey skin.
- Cook onion in oil with 1/2 teaspoon salt in Dutch oven over medium heat, covered, stirring occasionally, until well softened, about 10 minutes.
- Add garlic and spices and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
- Stir in ketchup, vinegar, chiles, Worcestershire sauce, molasses, and 1/2 cup water and simmer mixture, stirring, 1 minute.
- Add drumsticks and cover pot, then braise in oven, turning drumsticks over once, until meat is very tender, about 2 hours.
- Transfer drumsticks to a bowl and cool. Discard bones, tendons, and any remaining skin, and pull meat with forks or fingers into coarse shreds.
- Stir meat into sauce remaining in pot. Thin, if necessary, with water to desired consistency and season with salt and pepper. Reheat over medium heat until hot.
- Spoon mixture into slider rolls and top with slaw.
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