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Fig-Spiced Turkey

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.

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
3 hrs
Resting
20 mins
Total Time
3 hrs 40 mins
Servings: 10 to 12 servings
Calories: 63686 kcal
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 1 turkey 12 to 14 pounds
  • 1 medium onion coarsely chopped
  • 1 crisp apple chopped
  • 1 Jalapeno pepper chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 2 medium carrots coarsely chopped
  • 1 rib celery coarsely chopped
  • 0.66 ounce poultry herb blend
  • ½ cup fig preserves
  • 3 tablespoons butter softened
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 2 tablespoons smoked paprika
  • salt
  • freshly ground pepper
  • 32 ounces  chicken broth

Instructions

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  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Remove turkey from packaging.
  3. Locate and set aside neck and giblets package from inside the turkey cavity.
  4. Rinse turkey with cold water and completely pat dry with paper towels.
  5. 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.
  6. Fill turkey cavity with remaining onion, apple, jalapeño, garlic, carrots, celery, and herbs.
  7. In a bowl combine fig preserves, butter, oregano, and paprika.
  8. 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.
  9. 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).
  10. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F.
  11. 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.
  12. Cover the turkey loosely with foil if it begins to brown.
  13. 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

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 (31%) 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

% 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.