Very Moist and Flavorful Roast Turkey

Name: Very Moist and Flavorful Roast Turkey
Prep time: 4 h 30 min
Cook time: 4 h 30 min
Total time: 4 h 30 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters cold butter; 454 grams celery, cut into 2-inch lengths; 2 Granny Smith apples - cored, peeled, and cut into 8 wedges each; 1 large onion, cut into 8 wedges; 1 Tbsp poultry seasoning; 1 Tbsp vegetable oil; 1 heads 1/2 whole head garlic, separated into cloves and peeled; 5 kgs whole turkey, neck and giblets removed

Very Moist and Flavorful Roast Turkey might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This recipe serves 18. One portion of this dish contains about 47g of protein, 18g of fat, and a total of 373 calories. This recipe covers 23% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet. It is perfect for Thanksgiving. If you have onion, garlic, granny smith apples, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the vegetable oil you could follow this main course with the Blueberry Coffee Cake #SundaySupper as a dessert.

Instructions

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

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Oven

Cut butter into 1-tablespoon pieces, quarter the pieces, and refrigerate butter until needed.

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Butter

Use your fingers to loosen the skin over the turkey breast and thighs.

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Turkey Breast

Cut a hole in the turkey skin between tail and body (to affix legs); cut a hole on each side of the turkey beneath each wing (to affix wings). Rub the entire skin with vegetable oil.

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Vegetable Oil

Whole Turkey

Chicken Wings

Dry Seasoning Rub

Toss apple and onion wedges, garlic cloves, and celery in a large bowl until combined; sprinkle poultry seasoning over the apple mixture and toss again to coat. Stuff the body and neck cavities with the apple mixture. Insert each wing tip into the hole under the wing to secure wings; insert both legs into hole near tail to secure legs.

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Poultry Seasoning

Whole Garlic Cloves

Celery

Apple

Onion

Chicken Wings

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Bowl

Place turkey onto a rack and set in a roasting pan. Insert cold butter pieces under the loosened skin, distributing the butter as evenly as possible.

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Butter

Whole Turkey

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Roasting Pan

Roast the turkey in the preheated oven until an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a thigh, not touching bone, reads 160 degrees F (70 degrees C), about 3 1/2 hours. Check for doneness after 3 hours.

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Whole Turkey

Bone