How to reheat a turkey leg using an air fryer
- Preheat air fryer to 350F
- Cook for fifteen minutes turning two or three times
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This recipe is for leftover cooked turkey legs, presuming you have any left after roasting the bird and digging in! I love the air fryer for reheating the legs, it crisps the skin up to a cracklingly beautiful finish. It also brings that dark meat back to a juicy lusciousness.
I prefer 350F degrees here to slowly reheat, and ultimately crisp. I fear higher temperatures might overly cook the skin, leading to smoking and burning, and the dreaded dry turkey.
In the above picture the leg comes form a 12lb bird. If you’re reheating legs from a larger turkey you might want to slightly adjust the timing upward.
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I use the heck out of your site, thank you so very much for sharing your tips and tricks.
I love using my air fryer.
I also have an air fryer mode on my oven. Can I use it the same way I do my smaller air fryer? Are the temperatures the same?
It seems to me that an air fryer is not the best method to reheat a cooked turkey leg. Fifteen minutes, turning a few times? I’ll eat it cold yum or nuke it at 50% power wrapped in a paper towel.