We like 'em, Smothered 'Gullah" style; recipe follows:
Baked “Gullah” Style Turkey Wings with Peppers
Saveur #138|May 2011 issue, with the article Specialty of the House. Slow-braised turkey with peppers and onions is a soul food staple. This version, from Bertha's Kitchen, is seasoned with plenty of paprika. Their menus are rooted in the Gullah tradition—Gullah being the name given to slaves from West Africa who worked in the area's rice plantations and later settled in Charleston and the surrounding Low country region. The Gullahs developed a magnificent makeshift cuisine of one-pot meals, transcendent seasonings, precision deep-frying, and countless iterations of okra soup (a relative of Creole gumbo, but with rice on the side instead of in the bowl) and perloo (sometimes called pilau or prioleau in Charleston), a slow-cooked, deeply flavored rice and meat stew. Serves 8
3-4 WHOLE TURKEY LEGS, cut in sections
KOSHER SALT, BLACK PEPPER and PAPRIKA to taste
¼ cup CANOLA OIL
4 CLOVES GARLIC, roughly chopped
2 LARGE GREEN PEPPERS, stemmed, seeded, cut in ½” thick strips
2 LG YELLOW ONIONS, halved lengthwise, cut in ½” slices
¼ cup TOMATO PASTE
1 cup CHICKEN STOCK
Heat oven to 400º F. Season turkey liberally with salt, pepper, and paprika. Heat oil in an 8-qt saucepan over medium-high heat. Working in batches, add turkey, skin side down, and cook until skin is golden brown, about 6 minutes.
Transfer turkey to a large roasting pan, skin side up, and set aside.
Return pan to heat and add garlic, peppers, and onions; cook, stirring, until vegetables begin to soften, about 8 minutes.
Stir in tomato paste, cook for 1 minute, and then add stock; scrape browned bits off bottom of pan and mix.
Pour vegetables and stock around turkey, and bake until turkey is browned and cooked through, about 1 hour.