The Best Roast Turkey In The World!
From dianartimus 11 years agoIngredients
- 1 large turkey about 20-24 lbs shopping list
- 1 large Reynolds roasting bag (clear bags) for a large 20+lb turkey shopping list
- 1/4 cup of olive oil shopping list
- 1/2 stick of butter melted shopping list
- 1Tablespoon Lawrey's seasoned salt shopping list
- 1 Tablespoon crushed garlic shopping list
- 1 cup water shopping list
- 1-3 days before turkey day! Brine mix - 1 cup sugar, 1 cup salt, about 2 gallons of purified water, 1 large new food service bag or new clean indoor trash bag (not deodorized or scented) and one ice chest cooler. shopping list
- Take frozen or fresh turkey out of bag, rinse well, remove giblets, neck and/or giblet bag. Place turkey in food service bag with Brine mix (salt and sugar and purified water to cover turkey) make sure turkey is covered with the brine and water mix, squeeze out any air and seal bag tight with a twistie tie. Place in a cooler with ice for 24 hours. If turkey is frozen brine for up to 72 hours with no ice. The brine mixture removes any toxins and kills any bacteria and tenderizes the turkey. shopping list
- When turkey is done brining, remove from bag, discard bag and rinse turkey well inside and out and now go to directions to roast turkey. shopping list
How to make it
- Take Brined and rinsed turkey and place inside a new clean Reynolds roasting bag, In a small mixing bowl mix olive oil, butter, garlic and seasoned salt together and mix well. Pour the oil and butter mix over the turkey and spread all over inside and out with your hands, don't forget to do this to the inside of the turkey also. If you want to add stuffing, now is the time to add it, see my other recipes for some alternative stuffings. Add 1 Cup of purified water to bag, squeeze out air and tie closed with the closures that come with the bags. Cook about 3 hours for an unstuffed turkey or 3 1/2 to 4 hours stuffed. If you have a meat thermometer 180 degrees internal temperature for a fully cooked turkey. Usually for an unstuffed turkey the meat starts falling off the legs right about 3 hours and is very juicy and tender. No basting, no fuss, no muss (clean pan) and no worries! Let turkey sit for 20 minutes before carving and be very careful when opening the bag! Very hot and steamy!
- I feel gravy comes with the turkey so for a simple and very yummy gravy, cut a hole in the corner of the turkey bag and with a partner to help you, tilt the turkey in its pan on the cut corner into a large 4 cup glass measuring cup. It will probably fill to the top with the juices of the turkey. Put a flour sieve over a stock pot and strain the collected turkey juices over the sieve into the stock pot and bring to a boil. In a 1 cup measuring cup add 1/2 cup COLD water and 2 Tablespoons of corn starch and mix well till it looks like milk and add to the boiling liquid. Add 1/2 teaspoon of poultry seasoning and stir till thickened, add salt to taste (make sure you taste it first as it may not need salt) and serve with the turkey. Happy Thanksgiving!
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