Favorite way to cook turkey

[♥JP♥ 5]

I hate the bag method. I use a method I saw on Martha Stewart several years ago. Rub the turkey inside, outside, and under the skin with tons of butter, then put some fresh herbs under the skin and inside the cavity (I like sage). Lightly salt/pepper inside outside. I also add some aeromatics inside the bird, onion, apple, lemon, orange, whatever I have on hand.

Then preheat your oven to 500 degrees, once your oven has reached the desired temp, put the bird in. Leave in the oven for 30 mintues exactly, DON"T TOUCH. Take the bird out, the skin will be a lovely crispy brown. Congratulations you have just seared in all the juices and your bird wont be dry. Lower the temp down to 350 and put on a turkey triangle ( a large piece of foil shaped into a triangle) the point should be on the breast, covering it completely. The rest of the triangle will cover the legs so they dont burn.

I only baste the bird once or twice, it has never come out dry. Always perfect and tasty!

That's exactly how Alton Brown's recipe works. Aromatics are good!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/re...36_8389,00.html

Oh wait, now i can't remember if I got it from him or Martha either way, its great!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I hate the bag method. I use a method I saw on Martha Stewart several years ago. Rub the turkey inside, outside, and under the skin with tons of butter, then put some fresh herbs under the skin and inside the cavity (I like sage). Lightly salt/pepper inside outside. I also add some aeromatics inside the bird, onion, apple, lemon, orange, whatever I have on hand.

Then preheat your oven to 500 degrees, once your oven has reached the desired temp, put the bird in. Leave in the oven for 30 mintues exactly, DON"T TOUCH. Take the bird out, the skin will be a lovely crispy brown. Congratulations you have just seared in all the juices and your bird wont be dry. Lower the temp down to 350 and put on a turkey triangle ( a large piece of foil shaped into a triangle) the point should be on the breast, covering it completely. The rest of the triangle will cover the legs so they dont burn.

I only baste the bird once or twice, it has never come out dry. Always perfect and tasty!

That's exactly how Alton Brown's recipe works. Aromatics are good!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/re...36_8389,00.html

Oh wait, now i can't remember if I got it from him or Martha either way, its great!

That reminds me...need to get a baster.

[Nessa 23]

That's great JP. I'll try that.

[♥JP♥ 5]

That's great JP. I'll try that.

you are very welcome! make extra green beans for charles but put some beano in there so you dont have to suffer later.

[Jason-Sasha 1]

The best turkey I ever had was when my father slow smoked it with hickory wood chips. Takes more than 24 hours to do it that way, but its by far the tastiest way to enjoy turkey. So, if any of you have a large quality smoker i definitely recommend you try it next year. Hey, why wasn't that an option in this poll??!!

[Queen Jenn 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.

MMM I'm with you.

Amen to that. I LOVE smelling it all day. And the bag just doesn't produce the same golden brown, crispy, tasty skin. This is the ONLY time I EVER eat skin. The turkey has to cook all day and be basted with yummy, artery-clogging BUTTER!!!!!!!! Ohhhh, and stuffed with my great-great grandmother's stuffing made with day-old bread, ground beef, onions, celery and plenty of sage.

Geez, my mouth is watering. I think I'll go have some turkey!!!

[Nessa 23]

That's great JP. I'll try that.

you are very welcome! make extra green beans for charles but put some beano in there so you dont have to suffer later.

I did that and my turkey was delicious. Thanks for the tip