Yes, you read that right and it isn’t a typo, this is a recipe from my Gammy, not Grammy. 🙂 I am not sure why, but we called my grandmother ‘Gammy’. It may have been a carryover from my older cousins, I suppose! My mother used to make these turkey legs in the crock pot, and I found out recently that the sauce was a recipe from my grandmother.
Unfortunately, my grandmother has not been around for many years, but she was a wonderful, warm, funny lady. I think I was about 12 when she died, but I have some really cool memories of her, mostly of the card games she used to play with my siblings and me! She especially loved to play Hearts with us.
My mother still has some of her recipes, and it is cool when I go back to my parents’ house for a visit and see the ones that she wrote out by hand. There is something so personal about those handwritten recipes. I guess we lose some of that now in the digital age, but the trade-off is that we can exchange recipes and share ideas so much more easily with all the technology!
In any case, these turkey legs are SOOOOOO good! I actually had a hard time getting them ready for the photo because the meat was so tender, the legs kept falling apart as I was trying to position them on the plate. I was down to my last two nice-looking legs, so I am glad I finally got a decent picture!
But the best part is that this is one of the easiest recipes ever. I L-O-V-E easy recipes. Especially when the whole family enjoys them. I will be making these crock pot turkey legs again soon, for sure!
Thing 2 rating = 
(4.5 out of 5 biscuits). He liked it, yippee!
Gammy's Crock Pot Turkey Legs
Ingredients
- 6 turkey legs
- salt and pepper
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/4 cup brown sugar (loosely packed)
- 2 tablespoons prepared mustard
- 3 tablespoons vinegar
- 2 teaspoons paprika
Instructions
- Season the turkey legs with salt and pepper and place in the slow cooker.
- Combine the ketchup, water, brown sugar, mustard, vinegar, and paprika in a medium bowl and mix well.
- Pour the sauce over the turkey legs, and cook on low for 7-9 hours.
Recipe Notes
You can try this with your own barbecue sauce, or even prepared barbecue sauce if you are in a big hurry!
Nutrition information is approximate. Your results may be different due to different brands/products and measuring differences.
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peggy shreve says
How many servings in gammy’s crock pot turkey legs?
Why is there so many calories and fat?
Kristin says
Hi Peggy, there are 6 servings (1 serving = 1 turkey leg). The nutrition information somehow got skewed, but I have corrected it. Thanks for pointing it out! 🙂
Anthony Allen says
Excellent recipe. Makes delicious dip.Thanks for your sharing!
Jann Olson says
I’ve never cooked just turkey legs, but they look delicious! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Life Diet Health says
Sounds like a tasty recipe – one question, what type of mustard? Thanks for sharing at Fiesta Friday.
Amanda Campbell says
This looks delicious (and looks so easy!). I never would have guessed that ketchup and mustard would have been an ingredient. I’m definitely going to have to give this a try (btw say this post on ourminifamily)
Helen at the Lazy Gastronome says
Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party.
Chas Greener says
Sounds delicious and I’m going to have to add this to our list of things to try! Thanks for sharing on To Grandma’s House We Go!
Barbara Scott says
I am making the turkey legs this year but wonder if you could make it with red wine?
Kristin King says
I have never tried with red wine, so I am not sure. I always like to test things before I make recommendations. 🙂 If you try it, I would be interested in hearing how it turns out. Thanks for stopping by!
Paula Smith says
I just found your recipe and it sounds great.
Emmy La Ronde says
Hi Kristin –
I got very excited when I saw your crock pot turkey leg recipe. Having celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving at a cousin’s house with a pack of very hungry teenagers, I knew my chances of getting a “turkey care package” to take home for sammiches this week was lookin’ slim, so I picked some turkey leg pieces up at the butcher on Friday to make my husband some “leftovers”. I will slave over the cold crock pot tomorrow morning for 15 minutes before I skip off to work.
Thanks for sharing!
Emmy
Kristin King says
Haha! I totally understand about the hungry teenagers! Hope you enjoyed the turkey legs! 🙂
Jessica says
I grew up calling my grandma Gammy too!! She was known by all my friends as Gammy and even though she has passed away everyone knows her as only Gammy…anyway I came across your recipe and I thought that I need to try it as a tribute to my “Gammy”. 🙂 Thank you for the rememberance and the recipe!
Kristin King says
You are the first person I have ever met that called their grandma Gammy! It is funny because growing up I didn’t realize it was that unique. Hope you like the recipe! Thanks for coming by! 🙂
Ryan says
Wow, sounds amazing and can’t wait to try it. Just curious though, if I’m using lessless than 6 turkey legs (right now I only have two big ones), would you cut down the cooking time? Thanks !
Kristin King says
Yes, I would definitely expect the cook time to be less. You might want to plan to shave off an hour or two and just keep an eye on it while they cook!
lagatta à montréal says
I’m doing turkey legs and (large) wing parts in my old crockpot right now, in stock I made mostly from chicken bones and vegetables. I want to give the stock a better flavour and get some luscious braised poultry. Your cooking time does sound long, unless it is on low.
I like your recipe, but wouldn’t make it as is, since I find that it contains far too much sugar.
Nice to encounter your site!
Kristin King says
Yes, I have the crock pot on low the whole time. Thanks for stopping by!