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How to do cook your turkey?

vaberry — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:12:07 GMT

How are you cooking your turkey this year? Do you brine it? What do you brine it in?

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RespectLife — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:15:03 GMT

Brine overnight, then smoke it.

Haven't cooked in the oven since we got a smoker. Best turkey ever!

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RedTop — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:19:23 GMT

We prefer to keep it simple, just sprayed with oil, salt and peppered and roasted in the oven.

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Snowpuppy — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:23:03 GMT

In the oven, open roaster on a rack.

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skatting44 — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:26:11 GMT

No , I don't. I rub olive oil on the bird , stuff with fresh rosemary carrots, celery, onion pieces . Then rub the bird with finely minced garlic , salt, pepper or Montreal seasoning salt mix.

can make for a juicy turkey but it changes the texture of the meat

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proudlyfromNJ — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:27:58 GMT

Just throw it in the oven.

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phoenixbrd — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:37:23 GMT

Vegan turkey roast (this year from Trader Joe's -- they just came in and I bought two) with all the fixins....place in a pan with baby dutch potatoes, onions, and carrots,...roast. Serve with stuffing, gravy, home made cranberry sauce, green beans, sweet potatoes w/roasted mini marshmallows topping, salad, ....end with home made pumpkin pies with SOS salted caramel ice cream on top. All vegan, all delicious!

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Jackyl — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:38:37 GMT

I do brine it--water, sea salt, rosemary, another spice or two I cannot think of at the moment. Then roast it in the oven. I do need to get up the nerve to smoke it, but I'm afraid I'll mess it up.

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mimomof4 — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:42:13 GMT

We cook our on the grill (even in cold Michigan weather) or the smoker.

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cookie16 — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:52:16 GMT

I put stuffing inside, lightly oil outside and lightly sprinkle pepper and paprika on the outside and into a roasting bag it goes. It stays moist and really tasty. Stuffing that doesn't fit inside goes into a baking dish and into the oven.

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deja vu — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 20:00:10 GMT

I'll rub a little butter on it, salt and pepper it, put it in a brown and serve bag, then in the oven it goes.

I've had some cooked in a deep fryer that were delish.. but not cooked here by me !!

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catter70 — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 20:31:58 GMT

I put some salt in the cavity and dressing and butter under the skin. Roast covered half the time with foil then the rest of the time uncovered so it can brown.

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On It — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 21:45:57 GMT

I rub the outer skin with butter and put the remainder of the stick in the breast cavity. We salt the outside of the bird. Then the turkey is wrapped in heavy duty foil and put into the roasting pan Breast Side Down. This makes much juicer white meat, but our turkey is baked, not roasted.

We make cornbread dressing which uses most of the juice we drain off the cooked bird. We do not stuff the raw bird. Our dressing is cooked in glass Pyrex (think lasagna size) usually 2 pans or more.

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chickenbutt — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 22:01:14 GMT

I don't know yet what I'm doing this year, but I do a wet brine and then a dry rub that goes on before it goes into the oven.

Last year I just got a fresh breast (cost a lot but it was very good!). Wondering if I might be able to find one again this year. I had also snagged a frozen one. A while afterward I cooked the frozen one and it was nowhere near as good.

I just really cannot handle a whole turkey anymore, due to hand/wrist/etc challenges.

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wagirl — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 22:19:01 GMT

there are only 2 of us now---and I cook turkey pieces not the whole bird--but going to my brothers for dinner so he will smoke the turkey---I have been putting a nice size trukey breast in my airfryer----and WOW---is it delicious!!! I put some olive oil on it and salt and pepper and that's it.

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Meowingkitty — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 22:47:47 GMT

Take off plastic wrap, take out gizzards and guts, throw them away, put in pan, cover with butter, put tin foil tent on it and cook.

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ECBG — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 00:39:40 GMT

People stand in line for my turkey.

I quizzed my beautiful stepmother for years to get her turkey recipe! Her turkey was the BEST ever tasted!

The flavor is AMAZING!!!

I get one of those big throw away aluminum turkey pans.

I use the Reynolds Turkey Bag with a little flour thrown in and shaken around.

My heat is 325!!!!!!!!! NOT 350 which dries out the turkey.

I mix up my dressing with a lot of onion and celery cooked in butter and chicken stock in the microwave, a few TBSP of poultry seasoning.

The inside of the cleaned turkey is rubbed with melted butter, poultry seasoning, celery seed, and marjoram, 3 TBSP each.

Handfuls of stuffing are added. I close everything down according to bag directions.

I cover the breast in melted butter, rubbing the thighs and legs. Then I pat on the same measurement of spices, above.

I bake according to the bag directions after I close it down and vent.

Your leftover white meat will be MOIST straight out of the fridge, guaranteed!!!

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SXMGirl — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 00:50:11 GMT

I can cook almost anything, but I am never happy with my turkey. I told DH that I am thinking just getting a rotisserie chicken at Costco for Thanksgiving this year. I might try again before the big day and I do know that even those who are not good cooks can do a delicious turkey. I just do not seem to be able to do so.

@wagirl How do you prepare a turkey in the air fryer?

@ECBG Your recipe sounds delicious.

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ECBG — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 00:53:52 GMT

@SXMGirl

I roast in a 325 degree oven. The spices should be good anywhere. Poultry seasoning is delicious!!!!

I am a former Home Economics teacher.

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Duckncover — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 01:01:13 GMT

I do a turkey breast each year, sometimes two. I put pats of butter under the skin and lightly butter the whole thing....put sage, rosemary, pepper, on it, fill cavity with whole carrots and celery stalks and yellow onion. Bake in an oven bag in a roasting pan. Best turkey ever and everyone wants the leftovers, if there are any. I never brine anything...way too much sodium remains in the meat.