Turkey
User Reviews
4.2
18 reviews
Good
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
2 hrs 20 mins
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Total Time
2 hrs 35 mins
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Servings
12 -14 servings
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
American
Turkey
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A versatile and tasty recipe that’s quick to prepare and easy to enjoy.
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Ingredients
- 1 (18-22) (18-22) pound turkey I’ve used a 14-pound turkey with great results, also
- carrot celery (cut into large chunks), onion (peeled and cut into large chunks), garlic cloves (peeled and smashed
- lemon juice of 1
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning
- butter
- Brown paper bag
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 500 degrees and let it heat for one hour. Meanwhile, remove giblets and neck and wash the turkey. Fill the cavity of the turkey with carrots, celery, garlic and onion. Combine the lemon juice, salt, pepper and poultry seasoning in a small bowl. With your hands, rub the entire turkey with the lemon juice mixture.
- Place the turkey breast down (this is opposite of how a turkey is normally cooked – so just flip the turkey upside down) in a large roasting pan. Place the roasting pan in the hot oven for as many minutes as the turkey weighs (ie. 19 lb. turkey = 19 minutes). Bake for the allotted time.
- Meanwhile, grease a large brown paper bag with butter on both sides. Remove the roasting pan from the oven and carefully (because the turkey and roasting pan are HOT) make a tent out of th paper bag and drape it over the turkey, taking care to tuck the sides of the bag into the roasting pan (otherwise, the butter will drip off the bag, leap onto the oven burner and possibly create a large fire…I may or may not know this from experience). See pictures below for a visual image. Turn the oven down to 400 degrees and cook the turkey for two hours.
- Remove the roasting pan and turkey from the oven and let turkey sit for 20 minutes. Remove turkey from the roasting pan and pour the drippings into a medium-sized saucepan. Bring to a boil. Make a slurry from flour and water (to the consistency of thick, heavy cream) and add to the drippings until desired consistency is reached.
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4.2
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