turkey ideas?

Question

I am making thanksgiving dinner for the in laws, and i want everything to be perfect!! my turkey has always seem to turn out "okay", but i want it to be phenomenal!!! any ideas or recipes that will guarantee a perfect turkey??

Answer 1

Turkey should have lots of butter all over it and homemade stuffing!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

Mix 1 tablespoon of
dried tarragon
dried thyme

3 tbls of fresh chopped garlic

Mix the herbs with 1 stick of softened butter.

Rub the butter all over the turkey. Place a quartered onion, two celery stalk and 4 whole garlic cloves in the cavity with a quartered lemon (you can even put some fresh tarragon and thyme in there too) Season all over with salt and pepper and roast 325 degrees. An unstuffed turkey (17-20 lbs) should cook 3 1/2 to 4 hours or until golden brown and the juices run clear at the thigh.

Answer 3

Put butter pats under the skin, and stuff the turkey with whole onions and garlic - with the 'stuffing' on the side.
An alternative to stuffing the bird: Coat 12-cup muffin pan with melted butter. Using ice cream scoop, fill and mound stuffing mixture into muffin cups. Bake at 375* for 20-30 minutes, or until set and top is crisp. Cool 15 minutes; transfer to serving platter.

Answer 4

This one lady that I work with was telling me that her father (a chef) uses peanut oil on the turkey, inside the turkey and on the inside of the brown paper bag. Once you've done this, you're gonna slide him in and roll up the opening of the brown paper bag and staple it shut. Never open the bag until the turkey is cooked. Her dad says that less is more and that it comes out golden brown and moist and that you really don't have to season it but if you want to you can. Hope this helps.

Answer 5

One year at Thanksgiving, my mom went to my sister's
house for the traditional feast. Knowing how gullible
my sister is, my mom decided to play a trick.
She told my sister that she needed something from
the store.

When my sister left, my mom took the turkey out of the
oven, removed the stuffing, stuffed a Cornish hen,and
inserted it into the turkey, and re-stuffed the turkey.
She then placed the bird(s) back in the oven.

When it was time for dinner, my sister pulled the
turkey out of the oven and proceeded to remove the
stuffing. When her serving spoon hit something, she
reached in and pulled out the little bird.

With a look of total shock on her face, my mother
exclaimed, "Patricia, you've cooked a pregnant bird!"

At the reality of this horrifying news, my sister started
to cry. It took the family two hours to convince her
that turkeys lay eggs!

Answer 6

This cowboy says...BBQ that yard bird!!! on a Weber grill, start out with 21 bricketts(mesquite works well) on each side and add 9 bricketts every hour on the hour until done. Start out with about a 18 to 20 lb Butter ball, oil it real good, use some garlic and black pepper on it, a pinch of curry powder and set er down on the turkey rack. have a drip pan under the bird in the middle and use those drippins for the gravy...don't forget he giblets and mushrooms in the stuffin and "grab leather boys.....she's starttin ta buck!!" enjoy :) OH!! 15 min. per pound or 20lb bird...3 to 31/2 hours.

Answer 7

I'll tell you that deep frying turkeys is the best way to have them. I have baked and grilled them and they were very good, but deep frying tops them all. the white meat comes out moist as ever.
Plus it take less time. For a 15 pound turkey it only takes about 15 to 20 minutes.

All of God's Blessings and happy cooking.

Answer 8

One of the kitchen queen's friends is a certified chef, and she recommends brushing the outside of the turkey with a mix of melted butter and light brown sugar to make the skin brown and crispy.
Another friend who is the kitchen empress, says that stuffing the turkey half-way through baking helps.

Answer 9

Chow mein. Turkey is a nutural meat so it relatively is going to pass nicely. in case you dont comprehend the thank you to make sauce then attempt to by utilising some. If no longer then combine soy sauce, rice wine, rice vinegar, chopped garlic and ginger. Chop peppers, carrot, broccoli and mushroom and stir fry. upload the sauce, and then upload some waiting noodles at cutting-edge in. Then upload the turkey, and stir fry each and every thing till warm. Yum, i had that immediately :)

Answer 10

Fry it in peanut oil. The hot oil sears the turkey skin creating a barrier that locks in all the flavor. I did it last year and it was awesome!! Also -- lots of wine for the in-laws -- the more they drink, the more "phenomenal" it'll be!! Good Luck and watch that hot oil!!!

Answer 11

Buy a kosher turkey. For some reason, the meat always tastes fresher and better. I am not even Jewish but have found this to be true. BASTE BASTE BASTE and cover with foil for the last half of cook time.