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How to cook a Turkey
RULE NUMBER ONE: NEVER EVER COOK A FROZEN TURKEY
Step 1:
Make sure your Turkey is NOT FROZEN - place your frozen turkey in the fridge four days before cooking
OR
The night before you may leave out in the sink for three hours in covered in cold and then place back in the fridge for a good 15 hours.
PREHEAT YOUR OVEN TO 350 F
Step:2
Take your thawed-out Turkey from fridge and wash it with cold water - inside/out. Be sure to clean out the cavity of the turkey. You may have to remove the neck and gibbets within the cavities. There is a small cavity by the base of the neck of the Turkey. They usually hide the gibbets here.
The key here is: Make sure the cavity is free and empty and well washed with cold water.
Step: 3
You will have to have a large roaster or deep pan of some kind in order to cook your turkey.
Lightly Season your turkey with salt and pepper inside and out.
Step: 4
The older method of cooking turkey is by calculating the weight, but this step is NOT necessary.
Now-a-days we have what are called " Cooking Bags" that you can buy in any Safeway or grocery store throughout North America. Follow the instructions of placing the turkey within this bag and place the turkey in the roaster.
BUT - if you're concerned with how many minutes per pound, use 20 minutes per pound.
You don't have to cover your roaster.
Place Turkey in your preheated oven at 350 F and let cook for 2 1/2 hours or longer -
CLICK HERE FOR TEMPERATURE GAUGE UPDATES
The "cooking bag" allows quicker cooking procedures. But always check the finished cooked Turkey before you decide it is finished cooking. Always look to make sure your turkey has clear juices and absolutely no evidence of blood.
Golden rule: Clear juices. If not, cook another half hour to one hour.
Even though most homes cooks add stuffing within the Turkey it's NOT RECOMMENDED - This leaves the door open to food poisoning.
See for more detailed PROCEDURES FOR COOKING TURKEY
Check out my recipe for a safe way to cook TURKEY BANQUET STUFFING without stuffing a turkey. It is safe and very tasty.
Join me on Canadian Recipes of the Great White North on Facebook
If you love Christmas Cooking - follow me here during the Christmas Season - Christmas Cookbook
Thank you,
CHEF BARI
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PREHEAT YOUR OVEN TO 350 F
Step:2
Take your thawed-out Turkey from fridge and wash it with cold water - inside/out. Be sure to clean out the cavity of the turkey. You may have to remove the neck and gibbets within the cavities. There is a small cavity by the base of the neck of the Turkey. They usually hide the gibbets here.
The key here is: Make sure the cavity is free and empty and well washed with cold water.
Step: 3
You will have to have a large roaster or deep pan of some kind in order to cook your turkey.
Lightly Season your turkey with salt and pepper inside and out.
Step: 4
The older method of cooking turkey is by calculating the weight, but this step is NOT necessary.
Now-a-days we have what are called " Cooking Bags" that you can buy in any Safeway or grocery store throughout North America. Follow the instructions of placing the turkey within this bag and place the turkey in the roaster.
BUT - if you're concerned with how many minutes per pound, use 20 minutes per pound.
Place Turkey in your preheated oven at 350 F and let cook for 2 1/2 hours or longer -
CLICK HERE FOR TEMPERATURE GAUGE UPDATES
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The "cooking bag" allows quicker cooking procedures. But always check the finished cooked Turkey before you decide it is finished cooking. Always look to make sure your turkey has clear juices and absolutely no evidence of blood.
Golden rule: Clear juices. If not, cook another half hour to one hour.
Even though most homes cooks add stuffing within the Turkey it's NOT RECOMMENDED - This leaves the door open to food poisoning.
See for more detailed PROCEDURES FOR COOKING TURKEY
Check out my recipe for a safe way to cook TURKEY BANQUET STUFFING without stuffing a turkey. It is safe and very tasty.
Join me on Canadian Recipes of the Great White North on Facebook
If you love Christmas Cooking - follow me here during the Christmas Season - Christmas Cookbook
Thank you,
CHEF BARI
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