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Easiest Salt-and-Pepper Turkey
This simple turkey recipe is sure to be a crowd pleaser.
👥 1 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 3h 40m⏳ Prep: 10 min👤 Marian Cooper Cairns📖 countryliving
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●oven
- ●cutting board
- ●skillet
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Place carrots, celery, onion, and 2 cups water in a roasting pan; top with a roasting rack.
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2
Loosen skin on turkey breasts, starting at the neck, and rub butter under skin. Season turkey (including the cavity) with 2 teaspoons salt and 1 teaspoon pepper; place on the roasting rack. Tie legs together with kitchen twine and tuck wings under.
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3
Roast, basting every ⏱️ 30 minutes and tenting with foil if skin becomes too dark, until the internal temperature (in the thickest par of the thigh) reaches 165°F, 2 1/2 to ⏱️ 3 hours.
4
Gently tilt turkey to release juice from cavity into the pan. Transfer turkey to a cutting board; rest for at least ⏱️ 30 minutes before carving.
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5
Scrape up brown bits from bottom of the pan and transfer, along with vegetables and transfer, along with vegetables and pan juices, to a large, straight-sided skillet; reserve.
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