Yeah yeah, I know. It’s a little late to be doing a Thanksgiving turkey, but still! You don’t have to eat turkey only on Thanksgiving. Why, I eat turkey for lunch almost every day! Anyway, if you’ve NEVER cooked a turkey, you might want to have someone with you who knows how to. It’s simple, but the turkey is SUPER heavy!
Ingredients:
Turkey (duh!) Thawed
¼ cup butter
Salt & pepper to taste
2 bay leaves
A few slices of candied ginger
2 cups chicken broth
Onions cut into cubes (or large wedges)
Crushed garlic
Method:
Remove the turkey from its packaging. Be sure to take the giblets and the neck out of the turkeys cavity. (You can save it to prepare it later or discard it.) Rinse the turkey and pat it dry with a paper towel. Place the turkey in the turkey pan and coat it with the butter. Sprinkle the turkey with the salt and pepper. Place the bay leaves, ginger, some more salt and pepper, garlic and onions into the cavity of the turkey. Drizzle the turkey with the chicken broth and put a tin foil tent over the turkey. Pop the turkey into the oven at 325 F for about 4 hours, depending on the size of your turkey. Ours was a 14 lb turkey and we cooked it for 4 and a half hours. Remember to baste the turkey with a turkey baster every so often to keep it moist. Your turkey is done when you test it with a meat thermometer and the internal temperature is 180 F.
~Nully’s Tips~
Be sure to wash your hands thoroughly
and quickly after handling the
Turkey, and before you touch anything else!
Behold the proud, His soul is not upright with him; But the just shall live by his faith.
~Habakkuk 2:4
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