Frogged Turkey

[Seahag]

This Thanksgiving we did our typical three birds, one traditional stuffed oven roasted, one fried (because it's the right thing to do) and one smoked but with a twist, instead of spatchcock we "Frogged" it......it scared a few people thinking it was an alien but it sliced up nicely and tasted fine. I've seen this done with chicken before and done it, but this year I stumbled across this on the ol' internet and had to try it. Much easier than cutting the back out of the turkey and zero waste.

[DaveD]

I have never heard of "frogging" before... I think I'm afraid to google it for what I might stumble across! How does it work?

(And your third post in six years, wow!)

[Seahag]

I know, I'm not much of a blogger, I'm more of a reader. How does it work? Cut the wing tips off (this is for looks), lay the bird back down chest up and cut thru the leg/thigh skin so they flop, cut all the small rib bones both sides (kitchen shears work great) until you reach the thighs. Cut thru the flesh by/around the thigh at the back joints, pull up on the breast and hold the back down, once it starts cracking at the thighs flip it over and press down flat. Don't be afraid to google it.

[Jerod Broussard]

I've seen people frog chickens during processing whereby they remove the front-half (breasts/wings) and leave the saddle.

I would much prefer that over the "spatch."

[smokenoob]

Did it taste like chicken? (ref to frogs….😁)

[Troutman]

It looks like alligator

[N227GB]

And that looks about the size of the gator I saw by the lake in my community a couple of years ago.

[Jerod Broussard]

They both have a cloaca.