Turkey Leg Temp!!

Christina_D__269776

Can turkey legs be cooked at 131F for 12 hrs? I'm currently making chefsteps' turkey recipe. I finished up cooking the legs at 150F for 12 hrs and dropped down the temp to 131F to put in the breasts when I realized I mixed up my turkey parts and actually put one breast and one leg in during the 151F cooking temp so now I'm stuck with cooking the remainder leg and breast at 131F.

Is it safe to cook the leg at 131F for 12 hours so I can finish up cooking the breast at the correct temp? Should I then bump up the temp to 167F and cook the leg by itself for around 3 hours to ensure it's cooked?

Any suggestions? Thanks!

dancurren

It will be safe to eat as in it will kill all the pathogens but it will not have the desired texture - as the leg and thigh are naturslly much tougher they require higher temps to break down over the same cook duration.

Do you need the other leg and thigh for the meal? If you can get by without, I would suggest just cooking the breast and then cooking the dark meat at the prescribed temp and having it for freshly cooked 'leftovers'.