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How to Cook Turkey {In an Oven Bag}
Easy Thanksgiving Roasted Turkey! Here you'll learn all you need to know to cook the perfect juicy and tender turkey, the secret starts with an oven bag. It's a breeze to prepare and it turns out delicious every time following a few simple steps!
👥 12 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 3h 35m⏳ Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 3h👤 Jaclyn📖 cookingclassy
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- oven
- bowl
- mixing bowl
- wooden spoon
- pan
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Move oven rack one level below center and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2
In a small mixing bowl stir together butter, garlic, thyme and season with a little salt and pepper.
dried thyme, (or 1 Tbsp chopped fresh*)1 tsp
3
Remove neck and giblets from turkey and remove any pin feathers left behind. Tuck wings under turkey. Season cavity of turkey with salt and pepper.
4
Using the back end of a wooden spoon separate turkey breast skin from breast. Rub butter underneath skin (again I just use the back end of the spoon), smooth over skin to spread butter out. Altnerately you can just rub butter over skin but I feel it seasons better when rubbed underneath.
5
Season all over turkey with a fair amount of salt and pepper.
6
Add 1 Tbsp flour to the Reynolds Kitchens Turkey Size Oven Bag and shake. Place oven bag in a roasting pan, add celery, onion and carrots to oven bag. Place turkey over vegetable layer in oven bag.
carrots, (peeled and chopped into 2-inch pieces)2
7
Close oven bag with the oven safe tie included. Cut 6 slits across top of the oven bag to allow steam to escape then tuck ends of oven bag into the pan.
8
Cook unstuffed turkey according to size (the breast should register 165 degrees in center of thickest portion in several places and the thigh 175 degrees on an instant read thermometer): 12 - 16 lb turkey: 2 - 2 1/4 hours16 - 20 lb turkey: 2 1/4 - 2 1/2 hours20 - 24 lb turkey: 2 1/⏱️ 2 - 3 hours
9
Let turkey rest ⏱️ 20 minutes. Carefully cut top of oven bag open, transfer turkey to carving board and carve.
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