2006-11-23 00:30:30 · 8 answers · asked by st3ven83 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
wash it and be sure to remove bags from both ends. Yes, when I first cooked a turkey I didn't know there was a bag of stuff in the neck area. Fix a nice stuffing if you want it in the turkey. Put it in a pan, sprinkle some poultry seasoning on it and cover wtih foil. Cook at 325 for 20 minutes/pound. Uncover the turkey the last half hour so it can brown. Baste it every once in a while with the juices. To see if it's done, stick a fork in the thigh and see if the juice runs clear. When you get it out of the over, leave it sit for 5 minutes then carve it.Enjoy!!
2006-11-23 00:39:22 · answer #1 · answered by redwidow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically, get those giblets out and either cook them up and use them or discard them. Take a paper towel and rub the turkey's skin with butter or oil, reach under the skin with the butter too, if you can stand doing that. Then stuff the bird with some bread and onion at least. Add sage or poultry seasoning and some chopped celery to the stuffing if you have it. Cover the turkey with foil and cook 15 minutes a pound. During the last half hour, take the foil off so the bird will get nice and brown. Give thanks!
Turkey School! Bon Appetit has a great website called just that. Everything you ever wanted to know about cooking a turkey.
http://www.epicurious.com/bonappetit/cooking_class/turkey_school
2006-11-23 08:55:16 · answer #2 · answered by charicos 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just prepared mine and put it in over...... I have a 12lb young turkey and I will let it cook for about 3.5 hours...at 325 degrees.. Cook your turkey 20 minutes for each pound it weighs. Unwrap it and pull the neck and giblets out.. You can leave that plastic wiring in there. I suggest to run hot water over the turkey first then season it and put in the oven
2006-11-23 08:34:25 · answer #3 · answered by Lea 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you have a live turkey, the instructions should be on the package. If you have a cookbook, it will also have instructions on how to cook a turkey.
2006-11-23 08:35:10 · answer #4 · answered by T Time 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Step 1. Buy the turkey
Step 2. "Honey, here's the turkey"
Wait and enjoy the meal later on.
2006-11-23 08:33:44 · answer #5 · answered by netnazivictim 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are directions on the turkey. If you want to stuff it, there are directions on the stuffing mix to tell you how to make it too!
2006-11-23 08:33:38 · answer #6 · answered by multipure417278 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
start immediately Put it in a brown paper bag in broiling pan to hold in the juices...put meat thermometer through a cult in the bag....use drippings later to make gravey GO go go!!
2006-11-23 08:36:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good instructions and tips here:
http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/000037moms_roast_turkey.php
2006-11-23 08:38:54 · answer #8 · answered by zen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋