Does anyone have any good tips on cooking the turkey? i want to baste it but i am not sure of what i should use. and my mom always cooked it in the bags, but i dont think you can baste it if it is in the bag. any ideas? im a very chefy person i just need some personal opinions! Thanks!
2006-11-16 15:15:22 · 7 answers · asked by annom2 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
I don't know about the kind of range/oven you have, but I have a GE profile convection oven that perfectly rotisseries anything in it. I hate them plastic bagsthat you talk about because it tends to stick to the bird and becomes a pain in the butt to remove and discard, causing oil to drip all over the place....yuck!. The convection feature ensure that the turkey is roasted evenly on all sided by circulating the air inside the oven, effectively turning it into a reverse rotisserie. Also, my oven comes with an electronic temperature probe that shuts off the oven when the internal temperature of the turket reaches a preset temperature, usually about 180F for chicken and turkey. Regarding basting, my dear ole mom taught me a nice recipe for a finger lickin' good turkey. Buy some pineapple flavored teriyaki sauce and brush it on the turkey. No other seasoning is needed because the sauce already has the majority of spices in it. Also, buy some canned pineapple slices and the red cocktail cherries in syrup and place the pineapple slice all over the breast of the turkey, securing it with a wooden toothpick through the cherry in the middle of the pineapple slices. As this is cooking, the pineapple slices will release their juices and help to tenderize and add flavor to the dry turkey meat. As the turkey is cooking, I usually like to brush it with leftover pineapple teriyaki sauce, which will end up giving it a nice golden brown glaze when it's ready. The taste will be nothing like you have ever tasted before. I'm getting hungry already just talking about it :-).
2006-11-16 15:44:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-10 10:37:04 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually basting can make a dry turkey. if you want a moist and suculent turkey you should use a brine for it. soak it in the brine for at least 8 hours prior to cooking.....go to foodnetwork.com and look up good eats show on turkey and it will give you a good idea of how to proceed. i did it last year and i was stunned at how awsome the turkey turned out. go alton brown!!!
2006-11-16 16:44:44 · answer #3 · answered by beckdawgydawg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I watched Wolfgang Pucks cooking 101 class earlier this week and he was showing how to cook a turkey. He didnt base it but what hte did do was make a brine and he let the turkey sit in the brine for a while. When he cut the turkey it looked so tender and juicy! Here goes a recipe for brine and make sure you include honey in the brine because it gives turkey a beatiful brown color.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_25005,00.html?rsrc=search
2006-11-17 01:01:39 · answer #4 · answered by . 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to www.butterball.com for the best advice. I rub the turkey with butter and there's no need to baste it.
2006-11-16 15:22:55 · answer #5 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just use butter and baste every 30-60 min
2006-11-16 15:36:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At my house we usually use butter and cheescloths. Soak the cheese cloth in some melted butter and then lay them on top of the bird and this will make it golden brown. Make sure you check on it or else you will have a burnt bird.
2006-11-17 05:09:50 · answer #7 · answered by dragonflygurl_32 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋