Herb Butter Roasted Turkey

Name: Herb Butter Roasted Turkey
Prep time: 4 h 45 min
Cook time: 4 h 45 min
Total time: 4 h 45 min
Yield: 14
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters butter, softened; 2 Tbsps flat leaf parsley; 1 Tbsp fresh chives; 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, chopped; 1 Tbsp fresh sage; 1 Tbsp fresh thyme; 0 teaspoons ground pepper; 1 teaspoons salt; 6 kilograms turkey

Herb Butter Roasted Turkey is From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 4 hours and 45 minutes. It will be a hit at your Thanksgiving event. If you have butter, flat leaf parsley, thyme, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert. It works well as a main course.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

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Oven

Remove giblets and neck from the cavity of the turkey. Rinse and dry bird. Fold wing tips behind the turkey. Season the cavity with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Turkey

Combine butter and fresh herbs.

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Fresh Herbs

Butter

Starting at the neck end of the turkey, loosen the skin by sliding your fingers underneath it, being careful not to tear it. Slide your hand as far as you can toward the other end of the turkey, separating the skin from the meat. Rub two-thirds of the herb butter over the entire breast. Tie drumsticks in front.

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Chicken Drumsticks

Butter

Whole Turkey

Meat

Dry Seasoning Rub

Place the bird on a rack in a roasting pan breast-side up; cover loosely with a foil tent.

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Roasting Pan

Aluminum Foil

Place bird in oven and decrease the temperature to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Bake 3 to 3 1/2 hours.

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Oven

Melt remaining herb butter.

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Butter

Remove foil tent from turkey during the last 45 minutes of baking and baste once with melted butter.

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Butter

Whole Turkey

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Aluminum Foil

The turkey is done when the thigh meat reaches an internal temperature of 180 degrees F and the breast meat reaches an internal temperature of 170 degrees F. When the turkey is done, remove from the oven; let stand 30 minutes before carving.

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Whole Turkey

Meat

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Oven