What do you use to baste a turkey?

Question

I know you have to baste a turkey. But what do you use to baste it with. Water??? or what??

Answer 1

A turkey baster... You use the juice that surrounds the turkey while it's cooking... don't use water that will make it taste bland. You can use turkey broth and add herbs to it. But usually you just use whatever the turkey is "sweating" out... and baste often so it doesn't get dry.

Answer 2

Butter with a few spices and just put a little water in the roasting pan for moisture. Make sure you cover it well with foil and then for the last half hour uncover it and let it bake at low temp and baste again with more butter. Yams could be put in with it on the outside of the foil for about 45 minutes to an hour before you expect the turkey to be done. Have a Happy Thanksgiving

Answer 3

You use a long syringe-type thing that has a squeeze bulb on the end. With this you would baste your turkey with chicken broth and or the juices that surround the turkey that you are cooking. You can also use this turkey baster for other things, you know...like basting roasts, or burgers or anything you want to keep moist, or infuse more flavor to. If your steak were marinating in a special liquid sauce,for example, you could baste the steaks while you were grilling or frying them with the sauce using the baster. Of course, this isn't really practical for 1 little burger, but it's another use for it. also use it to baste chicken that roasting etc.,etc., Just a thought :>)

Answer 4

I have been cooking for almost thirty years and I have never noticed a turkey being any better basted, but you can buy a baster of just spoon the drippings back onto the turkey. I cover it with foil, bake it, pull it out. I don't stuff the turkey either. THe stuffing soaks up all the fat from the turkey and can't be good for me.

Answer 5

When I was a young bride of 17 I fixed my first turkey alongside my greek father-in-law. he used bacon strips to cover the bird and wrapped it in foil. We never once basted it and it's been the most moist turkey I've ever had..and have done the same for 35 years...compliments always....just a dd a little flour to the drippings afterward and you'll have the best gravy also...make a flour paste of it first....

Answer 6

If you don't have a turkey baster you can use a laddle or a solid spoon. useing the natural juices just pour them over top the turkey.

be sure to remove the inard from the cavity of the turkey. i didn't on my first one and well they are in a bag and it ruined my turkey.

while it's cooking bast about every hour or so fo jucier results.

Answer 7

The juice from the turkey in the bottom of the pan and I put on an onion quartered some garlic and green onion cut in half for flavor but easy to take out to make gravy

Answer 8

Turkey Bast

Answer 9

I use a soup ladle or just a regular large spoon. The turkey basters are too hard to clean.

Use the natural juices from the turkey as it cooks. Or use melted butter.'

Answer 10

The turkey will create it's own juices as it cooks, but I've found that the traditional turkey baster kinda sucks. I usually will use a long handled ladle. Plus, it's easier to clean.