Thanksgiving time is here again. I love this time of year when the leaves on the trees begin turning beautiful red, yellow and orange. I also love this time because it is the beginning of the food and festivities. As we all know the most important thing about the Thanksgiving meal is the turkey of course. Whether you bake it, grill it, smoke it, or fry it, the turkey is the star attraction.
Every year around this time my husband gets all excited because he gets to cook this dinosaur of a bird. He comes home from the grocery store with a big Butterball turkey, unwraps it with ease and begins to thaw it out. His new favorite way to cook the turkey is to butterfly it. The cooking time is shortened incredibly and the meat is extremely juicy. Trust me, with two little ones around the house we need all the time we can get. Plus, I can’t have him outdoors pretending he’s a pitmaster for 8 hours behind a barbecue smoker. Even though he would probably disagree.
He cuts the backbone off the turkey then flips birdzilla over and presses down on the turkey breasts to flatten it. He will usually seasons both sides the night before he cooks it. He throws the backbone in a large pot with vegetables, herbs and spices for a delicious turkey broth. The next day he places the turkey on a large roasting pan on top of a bed of carrots, celery, onions, garlic and lemons and cooks it for around two hours at 375 degrees. This year he says he plans to cover the turkey with some applewood smoked bacon. I can’t wait to try it.
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I marinate turkey in orange juice overnight to make it moist and juicy
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I haven’t graduated to making turkey yet. My mother still does it and she wakes up really early in the morning to start cooking it. She just adds some butter and a few spices and thats about it. lol
I always add a bit of salt, pepper, Tony’s Chachere, garlic powder, and onion powder for seasoning to my turkey then add 1 cup of orange juice to tenderize the meat. The stuffing is always made separate as my kids don’t like it. The turkey comes out perfectly browned, tender, and delicious every time 🙂
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I prepare as much of the food ahead of time as I can so I can spend the time with my family! Also I have time to make food from scratch, the apple pie filling is in the freezer right now!
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I make my turkey in the oven. To get it to stay moist, I use the drippings to re-wet it while it’s cooking. I do this every 15 minutes.
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I brine the turkey, it comes out so moist and delicious!
For the past two years I have been marinating my Butterball turkey in a buttermilk brine for 48 hour prior to baking. What emerges on Thanksgiving day is a succulent, juicy, gorgeous crispy skinned turkey. I doubt I will ever venture from this method, as it always gets raves from the guests.
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My husband is in charge of the turkey and I handle the sides. He brines it in some sort of salt water/broth mixture. It tastes delicious!
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i have never made a turkey- my dad puts it in the fryer outside
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I allways bake the turkey in roaster. That way keeps oven free for everything else!!
This will be my first year making one. I hope I do it right but don’t know how to make any of it…:(
I love turkey. 🙂 We add to the Thanksgiving festivities by dressing up as pilgrims and indians. Well, the KIDS do… I just take pictures!
I have made one turkey in my life!! We stuffed butter under the skin and covered with seasonings. It was wonderful. It’s our first married Christmas AND my inlaws are coming. I’m freaking out! Ha
I put my turkey in a baking bag and it is always tender and yummy.
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I’ve always rubbed my Butterball with Emeril’s Essence spice mix and put it in a baking bag. Yummy and tender every time!
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I use oven bags…they come out so moist.
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I cook my turkey in a Reynolds bag with chicken stock, poultry seasoning, salt and pepper.
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We put herbs on the Turkey & roast it in the oven.
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