Fig-Spiced Turkey
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5
3 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
20 mins
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Cook Time
3 hrs
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Resting
20 mins
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Total Time
3 hrs 40 mins
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Servings
10 to 12 servings
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Calories
63686 kcal
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
American
Fig-Spiced Turkey
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A super simple, super easy recipe for roasting a beautiful turkey this Thanksgiving with a flavorful sweet and spicy fig preserve with bold flavors that remind me of autumn.
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Ingredients
- 1 turkey 12 to 14 pounds
- 1 onion coarsely chopped, medium
- 1 apple chopped, crisp
- 1 jalapeno pepper chopped
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 carrot coarsely chopped, medium
- 1 rib celery coarsely chopped
- 0.66 ounce poultry herb blend
- ½ cup fig preserves
- 3 tablespoons butter softened
- 1 teaspoon oregano dried
- 2 tablespoons smoked paprika
- salt
- black pepper freshly ground
- 32 ounces chicken broth
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Remove turkey from packaging.
- Locate and set aside neck and giblets package from inside the turkey cavity.
- Rinse turkey with cold water and completely pat dry with paper towels.
- Place the turkey on a rack set in a large roasting pan. Tuck the wing tips under the turkey body. Place the giblets and half of the onions in the pan.
- Fill turkey cavity with remaining onion, apple, jalapeño, garlic, carrots, celery, and herbs.
- In a bowl combine fig preserves, butter, oregano, and paprika.
- Rub half of the fig mixture all over the turkey working some of it between the breast and the skin. Season the turkey generously with salt and pepper.
- Add broth to the roasting pan and roast turkey, basting every 30 minutes with broth and drippings, for 1 hour (rotating the pan every 30 minutes).
- Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F.
- Continue roasting the turkey until a thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 165 degrees F, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours longer.
- Cover the turkey loosely with foil if it begins to brown.
- Transfer to platter and brush remaining fig mixture. Let rest for at least 20 minutes before carving.
Notes
- If I could give you one piece of advice when it comes to roasting a turkey it would be to remove the neck and the package of giblets before cooking it. Dig deep, sometimes those items might be a tad hidden.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
636.86kcal
(32%)
Carbohydrates
14.27g
(5%)
Protein
84.75g
(170%)
Fat
25.69g
(40%)
Saturated Fat
7.88g
(39%)
Cholesterol
287.28mg
(96%)
Sodium
811.95mg
(34%)
Potassium
1072.89mg
(23%)
Fiber
1.8g
(7%)
Sugar
8.9g
(18%)
Vitamin A
3190.64IU
(64%)
Vitamin C
12.11mg
(13%)
Calcium
71.79mg
(7%)
Iron
4.07mg
(23%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 10to 12 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 63686 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 636.86kcal | 32% |
| Carbohydrates | 14.27g | 5% |
| Protein | 84.75g | 170% |
| Fat | 25.69g | 40% |
| Saturated Fat | 7.88g | 39% |
| Cholesterol | 287.28mg | 96% |
| Sodium | 811.95mg | 34% |
| Potassium | 1072.89mg | 23% |
| Fiber | 1.8g | 7% |
| Sugar | 8.9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 3190.64IU | 64% |
| Vitamin C | 12.11mg | 13% |
| Calcium | 71.79mg | 7% |
| Iron | 4.07mg | 23% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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