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Barbecued Wild Turkey I

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Ingredients:

Wild turkey breast
½ c. soy sauce
½ c. water
2 T. brown sugar
2 T. vegetable or olive oil
¼ tsp. black pepper
½ tsp. crushed garlic
1 T. lemon juice (fresh squeezed)
¼ tsp. Tabasco sauce (or Frank’s Red Hot sauce)

Instructions:

Cut fresh or fully-thawed meat into strips 1" long by ¼" thick. Mix other ingredients together, add meat and marinate overnight. Drain meat, keeping the marinade. Grill on low-medium heat for 10 minutes, basting with marinade.

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