This is the 1st thanksgiving I'm hosting!!! Help!
2006-11-21 03:06:44 · 8 answers · asked by Lalee 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
The Foil Tent method works best...
2006-11-22 10:15:51 · answer #1 · answered by Chef Combo S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, I read the other answers and some were right and some were wrong. If you want to serve the best turkey that everyone will talk about all year do this. Find a fresh turkey, as they are the moistest of all. I got mine at Wall mart but it you can get them at a meat shop. Cook in a bag at 300 degrees not 325 because cooking in a bag will shorten the cooking time. Cook the turkey breast down and there will be no basting. Trust me it will not be greasy and the dry est breast meat will be down in the juices. Go ahead and stuff the turkey. I don't use the oven. I use a roaster. Better Homes and Gardens has the best sage dressing recipe but do not use very much salt..I use white wine in my dressing instead of water for moisture. I also pour a little white wine on the turkey before I put it into the bag. Let me know how it comes out. Good luck ps cooking in a bag makes the best eating turkey not the best looking turkey. If you want a carving turkey for looks then you have to bake in the oven covered with foil and then brown the top the last hour. You will have to do allot of basting
2006-11-21 11:39:52 · answer #2 · answered by goodtimesgladly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turkey in the bag is great
Leave the stuffing out and put it in a casserole dish to bake
Too much bacteria on the inside of a turkey when it is stuffed and you can give everyone food poisoning. The inside of the turkey does not heat up like the outside and then sitting around at room temp is a disaster waiting to happen
2006-11-21 11:40:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes , it's great. I just used one this weekend and it was completely painless. I assume you can put stuffing in - however, by the time the turkey was done there was a lot of liquid in the bag, which might compromise the stuffing. I think if you made a little hole in the bag near the bottom and then ladled the liquid out of the roaster several times you'd be okay.
2006-11-21 11:19:00 · answer #4 · answered by jane7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't like to put stuffing in the bird. There could be issues of getting it cooked well. But a bird in the bag works well. I actually use a paper bag, coated with shortening. Bags help keep moisture in and keeps the bird moist. But you need to put the turkey in some kind or a pan (open one) and hopefully on a rack... as bags can rupture, then there would be liquid all over.
2006-11-21 11:22:19 · answer #5 · answered by RB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Skip the bag and use aluminum foil instead. Who wants to eat a turkey that is swimming on fat? You can put the stuffing before roasting it with or without the bag.
Good luck and God bless.
2006-11-21 11:23:33 · answer #6 · answered by Billie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mom always bakes it in a bag, yes you can put the stuffing in before, but technically you risk salmonilla poisening, though i probably spelled that wrong
2006-11-21 11:09:07 · answer #7 · answered by czekoskwigel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
cooking a turkey in a bag is simplicity itself you can of course stuff the Turkey first put a few rashers of bacon over the breast of the turkey to protect it and remember to prick the bag one or two times with a fork to release the air.
2006-11-21 11:26:28 · answer #8 · answered by michael c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋