My family and I will be getting together with our extended family ( a total of 17 people, we eat like 30) and we will have the usual fare, turkey, potatoes, gravy and the like.
But with us 1 turkey isn't enough, so recently we have been trying to do a new method of cooking the secondary "reserve" turkey.
We have already deep fried, and grilled. I was wondering if any one had any other suggestions. They can't be too tough because the second turkey is the male project ( along with making a tower of miller cans and watching the packer game). I cook in a restaurant right now so I have some skill.
Some things I thought of were BBQ turkey, or jerk turkey (like jerk chicken.
I was hoping you all out there could give me some tried and tested turkey cooking Ideas. Thanks.
2007-11-16 04:37:22 · 5 answers · asked by Wastedmilkman61 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
No, we do 2 big turkeys, we want leftovers,
We all make turkey related breakfast the next morning and then my grandma makes turkey and wild rice soup.
2007-11-16 04:57:55 · update #1
About the shopping bag, isn't that a fire hazard? I really don't know but a greased paper bag? Am I missing something? Please I am interested, send some more details! I'm male, thusly I'm not that bright
2007-11-16 04:59:48 · update #2
Consider cooking a turkey breast on the grill to get that nice smoked flavor as well. Don't want to grill it again? Ok...Before you cook it, set it in a brine of 2 cups kosher salt and 1 cup brown sugar plus 3 gallons of water for 6 hours. Drain and rinse well. Make a mixture of 2 cubes butter with 1/2 cup fresh chopped sage and 1 T kosher salt. Spread this mixture between the skin and the meat. Drizzle turkey breast with olive oil and sprinkle generously with kosher salt and fresh ground pepper. For basting, melt 1 cube butter with 3 T lemon zest, 1/2 cup white wine, 1 clove minced garlic and fresh ground pepper. Bake in oven until cooked thru, basting every 20 minutes.
2007-11-16 05:02:59 · answer #1 · answered by JennyP 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you looked at just having a second turkey breast instead of a second whole turkey?
I'm one of the few in my family that likes dark meat, out of 10. Everyone else prefers white meat. What I do is cook a whole turkey and have another turkey breast going.
I just usually brine and bake.
However, I've thought about putting the breast in a smoker, but that requires too much attention when the other stuff is going on. However, nothing beats grilling/smoking as a guy project. I still recommend brining unless it's one of those "basted" turkeys... i.e. Butterball.
2007-11-16 12:45:24 · answer #2 · answered by Dave C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my family always takes a paper shopping bag and puts lots of shortning on the inside and then bakes the turkey that way. it comes out really juicy. It is good. and not that hard.
2007-11-16 12:46:39 · answer #3 · answered by mrsidahospud 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know you didn't ask for leftover recipes, but I discovered an awesome way to eat thanksgiving leftovers...
2 years ago I took all the leftovers and rolled them into large flour tortillas with cheese and made burritos. they were awesome!
2007-11-16 13:08:39 · answer #4 · answered by Church of the Fonz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fried
Baked
Rotisserie
BBQ
2007-11-16 12:42:07 · answer #5 · answered by Pink Princess 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋