Cola Roast Turkey

Name: Cola Roast Turkey
Prep time: 4 h 25 min
Cook time: 4 h 25 min
Total time: 4 h 25 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters butter, softened; 473 milliliters cola-flavored carbonated beverage (such as Coke®); 18 servings salt and ground black pepper to taste; 7 kilograms whole turkey - thawed, neck and giblets removed

Cola Roast Turkey is a gluten free and fodmap friendly recipe with 18 servings. One portion of this dish contains about 62g of protein, 21g of fat, and a total of 459 calories. This recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a budget friendly main course. If you have butter, cola-flavored carbonated beverage, turkey, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the cola flavored carbonated beverage you could follow this main course with the Cherry Coke Float Cupcakes as a dessert. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Thanksgiving. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 4 hours and 25 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

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Wash the turkey well, and pat dry with paper towels. Use your hands to slather the whole turkey, front and back, with butter. Make sure to butter the wing tips and leg ends.

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Whole Turkey

Butter

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Paper Towels

Place the turkey into a roasting pan, and pour the cola over the turkey.

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Whole Turkey

Cola

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Roasting Pan

Sprinkle the whole turkey with salt and black pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Turkey

Roast the turkey for 4 to 5 hours, checking for doneness after 4 hours. Baste the turkey every 30 minutes with the turkey drippings. If the breast skin browns too quickly, cover it with aluminum foil. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone should read 180 degrees F (82 degrees C).

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Whole Turkey

Bone