Thanksgiving Turkey

THANKSGIVING TURKEY

How to do a thanksgiving turkey right: (16-20lb turkey) preheat oven to 325

Night before:

Make brine (1 gallon water, 1 cup salt, 1/4 cup whole peppercorns, several sprigs fresh poultry herbs, onion chopped large). Bring to boil. Let cool. Put turkey in oven bag and pour brine in. Keep in fridge over night. 

Day of:

Pull out neck/guts

Stuff fresh poultry herbs inside, butter, lemon and onion. 

Place in oven bag in roasting pan

Make butter rub with 1 pkg fresh poultry herbs finely diced, cube of melted butter and pepper. Rub all over outside of turkey. 

Seal oven bag

Cut a couple slits in top of bag. 

Place oven thermometer through bag the long way into leg. Don't touch bone. 

Cook to 170 degrees on oven thermometer. (Should take 2-1/4 to 2-1/2 hours)

Remove turkey and let sit to soak in juices 30-45 minute. 

Remove from oven bag and display. 

Save drippings for gravy. 

I use 2 pkgs poultry herbs for display, one for butter rub, one for inside turkey and one for brine. So I NEED 5 PKGS fresh poultry herbs.

2017

2020

Herb butter for turkey rub

2021–Jack hoping I splatter the platter