Roast Turkey with Sausage-Cabbage Stuffing

Name: Roast Turkey with Sausage-Cabbage Stuffing
Prep time: 3 h 30 min
Cook time: 3 h 30 min
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 710 milliliters chopped cabbage; 1 large carrot, shredded; 1 rib celery rib, chopped; 158 milliliters chicken broth; 1 egg, lightly beaten; 3 Tbsps minced fresh thyme; 454 grams Johnsonville® Mild Ground Italian Sausage; 2 Tbsps half-and-half cream; 1 small onion, chopped; 0 teaspoons pepper; 1 teaspoons poultry seasoning; 0 teaspoons salt; 710 milliliters seasoned stuffing cubes; 5 kgs turkey; 79 milliliters unsalted butter, softened

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Roast Turkey with Sausage-Cabbage Stuffing a try. This recipe serves 12. One portion of this dish contains around 78g of protein, 38g of fat, and a total of 725 calories. It is perfect for Thanksgiving. Head to the store and pick up cabbage, onion, celery, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the pepper you could follow this main course with the Easy Peppermint Dessert as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 3 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

In a small bowl, mix the butter, thyme, salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Butter

Thyme

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Bowl

Place turkey on a rack in a shallow roasting pan, breast side up. With fingers, carefully loosen skin from the turkey breast; rub half of the butter mixture under the skin. Rub remaining butter mixture over turkey. Tuck wings under turkey; tie drumsticks together.

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Turkey Breast

Chicken Drumsticks

Butter

Whole Turkey

Chicken Wings

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Roasting Pan

Bake at 325° for 3 to 3-3/4 hours or until a thermometer inserted in thigh reads 180°. Baste occasionally with pan drippings.

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Oven

Frying Pan

For stuffing, in a Dutch oven, cook sausage over medium heat for 6-8 minutes or until no longer pink, breaking into crumbles.

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Stuffing

Sausage

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Dutch Oven

Remove with a slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Discard drippings, reserving 1 tablespoon.

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Slotted Spoon

Paper Towels

Add the cabbage, carrot, celery and onion to reserved drippings; cook and stir over medium heat until tender. Stir in cream, poultry seasoning, salt and pepper.

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Poultry Seasoning

Salt And Pepper

Cabbage

Carrot

Celery

Cream

Onion

Add the stuffing cubes, egg and sausage; toss to combine. Stir in enough broth to reach desired moistness; transfer to a greased 11-in. x 7-in. baking dish.

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Stuffing

Sausage

Broth