Favorite way to cook turkey

[doodlebug 3]

It's my turn to host Thanksgiving dinner so I wondered what the best way to cook it is. I found a recipe here http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Turkey-in-a-Bag/Detail.aspx to do it in a bag but it doesn't look like a nice browned turkey, though maybe that's just not the best picture. I love watching Paula Dean every year as she deep fries hers but I think that's only in peanut oil and my youngest is allergic to peanuts.

So what's your favorite way?

[Welshcookie 17]

Since learning about the whole deep fried turkey thing from my USC hubby....I really can't wait to give that a try.

Until then...I continue to oven bake with sausage stuffing and covered with bacon

[doodlebug 3]

I like the old fashioned stuffing with day old bread and bells seasoning, egg, onions and celery!

I might try the bag way if it cuts down the cooking as much as it says it does! I just want to know if it still comes out brown though 'cause we have a lot of skin eaters in our family.

[Nagishkaw 510]

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[yassmine2878 1]

Well I cant say Ive had a whole lot of variety in cooking for Thanksgiving. Ive never actually done the bird myself, just contributed side dishes. However, wherever I end up on turkey day it always seems to be a traditionally cooked bird. I shudder to think what its going to be like when I try to make my first . But I think Ill try the bag method.

[LoriLawless 0]

I've had the deep fried turkey. Can't say I was impressed by it. I like my turkey done in the oven, smelling up the house and stuffed.

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

I've had the deep fried turkey. Can't say I was impressed by it. I like my turkey done in the oven, smelling up the house and stuffed.

MMM I'm with you.

[ninaoquinn 0]

I've been fryin' my turkeys for 13 years now...way before it was considered "popular"....It only takes me one hour and 20 minutes to cook a 20lb turkey and it frees up my oven to cook everything else. In fact, the turkey is the last thing I cook on Thanksgiving Day.

[Otto 83]

I prefer to cook it at Boston Market but there aren't any here anymore..

(Always wanted to try the deep fry method, have heard some great-tasting things about it, but don't have a deep fryer and don't think I want one of those fire-hazards.)

Edited November 4, 2007 by Karin und Otto

[Mags 112]

Deep frying a turkey just seems wrong to me. Give me a nicely roasted one, anyday.

[Jasman0717 9]

I have always done the traditional way with all the fixings

Deep frying a turkey just seems wrong to me. Give me a nicely roasted one, anyday.

And from what I have read, it can be very dangerous too. People burn themselves up all the time deep frying turkeys

[mybackpages 0]

Had my first fried turkey years ago...it wasgreat, but nothing like a roasted in the oven turkey.

I always use the bag meathod. It cuts the cooking time, it makes a nice tender turkey and the skin still comes out crispy (mmm my favorite part YUMMY)

Dressing is a side dish- never stuffed inside the turkey

[Jamie76 0]

None of the above. I like to cook it on the grill with charcoal and apple wood. Works best with a bird in the 12-15lb range.

[Mags 112]

I always use the bag meathod. It cuts the cooking time, it makes a nice tender turkey and the skin still comes out crispy (mmm my favorite part YUMMY)

Now how do people get the skin crispy when it's in a bag? Doesn't the steam make it go soft?

[rebeccajo 14]

I've done my turkeys in a bag in the oven for years. They still brown nicely.

You have to cut slits in the bag so that vents the steam, I guess.