Simple Way to Make Super Quick Homemade Thanksgiving Turkey

Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, thanksgiving turkey. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Seasoned with salt and pepper, and basted with turkey stock, the flavors of the turkey really stand out. Fill the turkey with aromatics like chopped onions, carrots, apples and herbs, then place breast-side up in a roasting pan and brush with melted butter. The turkey is the centerpiece of any Thanksgiving table — so it's no surprise that cooking the perfect bird can feel like an overwhelming task at times. Thankfully, these recipes make it easy.

Thanksgiving Turkey is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Thanksgiving Turkey is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook thanksgiving turkey using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Thanksgiving Turkey:

1. Get 1 whole thawed Turkey
2. Get 1 cup butter
3. Get Canola or vegetable oil
4. Get Trussing twine
5. Take Course salt
6. Make ready Pepper
7. Take Aromatics
8. Prepare 1 red apple, quartered
9. Make ready Red onion, halved
10. Get 1 cinnamon stick
11. Take Star anise
12. Get leaves Fresh sage
13. Make ready sprigs Fresh rosemary
14. Take 1 cup chicken stock

Whether you want to go classic roast, fried, or stuffed with something new, we've got you. Place turkey, breast side up in a large roasting pan. Melt the remaining butter in the microwave and brush an even layer over the skin of the turkey. The real KEY to baking a perfect Thanksgiving Turkey is not to overcook it-that's what dries out the meat, and you want to carve into a juicy, moist turkey on Thanksgiving!

Instructions to make Thanksgiving Turkey:

1. Preheat oven to 500°F
2. Combine aromatics and stock in a microwave safe dish and microwave on full power for 5 minutes. You can also perform this on a stovetop. Just place ingredients into a small sauce pan, with a lid, bring to a boil and remove from stove. Set aside to cool.
3. Remove items from turkey cavity (giblets, neck, etc,). Pat dry with paper towels. Gently, starting from the cavity and working toward the neck, push your hands between the skin and meat of the bird. Work slowly to not tear the skin. Melt butter in a microwave safe dish and then pour the butter in between the skin and meat.
4. Take the steeped aromatics now that they have cooled and place into the cavity.
5. Tie the legs of the bird together with cooking twine. Tie a strand of cooking twine around the breast and wings to keep snug.
6. Rub the bird in vegetable or canola oil and season with salt and pepper. Place breast side down, and put into oven on bottom rack. Set a timer for 30 minutes.
7. At 30 minutes drop the temp to 350°F. Start basting every 45 minutes, by taking out of the oven and. 45 minutes until bird is ready, flip over. Cut center truss string and remove. Check temp by inserting thermometer into side of breast. Once it's at 165, remove bird to rest for 15 minutes.

Melt the remaining butter in the microwave and brush an even layer over the skin of the turkey. The real KEY to baking a perfect Thanksgiving Turkey is not to overcook it-that's what dries out the meat, and you want to carve into a juicy, moist turkey on Thanksgiving! So, just plan ahead to get the timing right. Remove the turkey from the oven and baste. The National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation is a ceremony that takes place at the White House every year shortly before Thanksgiving.

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