Oven-baked turkey is the main dish on the festive table during Christmas. The tradition of roasting a turkey in the oven for Christmas dates back many centuries. Some families prepare chicken, pheasant or partridge for this holiday, but these birds are the most popular and appetizing.
The oven-baked turkey, the recipes of which are the most popular among housewives, will appeal to your whole family during the holiday. Crispy crust and amazing aroma of the finished dish, well, who can resist it. Therefore, many housewives are interested in how to cook a turkey in the oven.
A juicy baked turkey in the oven can be obtained if it is pre-stuffed with small pieces of bacon, in addition, it will be more juicy and tasty if the bird is poured with leaking fat during baking in the oven. There is another secret to cooking a juicy turkey, marinate the turkey carcass in the prepared marinade for several hours. It is very common to bake a turkey in foil so that it can cook evenly in the oven.
Christmas turkey in the oven - a delicious recipe
- 1 large turkey carcass,
- 2 apples
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 orange
- Chicken fat to taste
- rosemary leaves,
- 30 grams of butter,
- sage leaves,
- ground paprika,
- Sunflower oil,
- Mustard for lubrication,
Cooking:
A fresh or pre-thawed turkey carcass must be cut, removing all the insides from it. Rinse the carcass several times under running water and dry with paper towels or napkins.
Season the inside and outside of the turkey with salt, ground paprika, and pepper. Make small cuts on the carcass and stick garlic cloves into them. And to make the bird fatter, you can stick chicken fat into the incisions made.
For a delicious baked turkey in the oven, it is important to grease the carcass with sunflower oil mixed with mustard. This will make it juicy and flavorful! Inside the turkey, place rosemary and sage leaves, as well as pre-washed and cut into slices of fruit.
Carefully wrap the stuffed turkey in foil, which must first be greased with butter. Place the bird on an ovenproof dish or baking sheet. The turkey should be laid out breast-side down as it is the driest, and in this position it will be saturated with the flowing juice and will be more juicy.
Roast the turkey in the oven for forty-five minutes, after which it must be carefully removed. After that, the temperature must be lowered and baked for another four hours. Remove the turkey from the oven, carefully unfold it in foil and pour all the accumulated juices onto it. You can discard the foil, and place the turkey in the oven for another 30 minutes. The turkey is completely ready, it should be served in a deep and beautiful dish, as a side dish for the bird, you can serve potatoes baked in the oven.
Video recipe for cooking turkey in the oven
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Whole marinated turkey: recipe
Roasted turkey in the oven is a traditional American dish that probably everyone likes. There are many ways to cook a turkey, but we offer you the most popular and delicious option - the whole turkey recipe.
- Ingredients of the dish:
- 1 turkey (6 kilograms),
- 5 liters of distilled water,
- 200 grams of butter,
- 1 glass of salt
- dried rosemary,
- 1/2 cup brown or regular sugar
- peppercorns,
- ground thyme,
- 1 tablespoon ground paprika
- ground sage,
- 2 bay leaves,
Cooking the turkey:
Clean the turkey carcass from hairs and small feathers, then thoroughly rinse the turkey under running water from the outside and from the inside. Dry the bird carcass with paper towels or napkins and transfer it to a deep bowl.
The turkey brine can be prepared in advance by filling a deep saucepan with clean water and bringing it to a boil over high heat, bringing the liquid to a boil. When the liquid boils completely, add salt to the water, then add sugar, the amount of which is indicated in the recipe. And also do not forget about the bay leaf and all the spices indicated in the recipe.
Bring all the contents in the pan back to a boil so that the spices can give off their flavor, boil the brine for ten minutes until the salt and sugar are completely dissolved. Remove the saucepan from the heat and let the brine cool down to room temperature.
Transfer the turkey carcass to a large bag and fill it with prepared brine. Slightly press the bag down so that all the air can escape from it, tie the bag or zip it up, place it in a deep saucepan and refrigerate.
Salt the bird in brine for twelve hours. Once the time has elapsed, preheat the oven thoroughly. Remove the bird from the refrigerator and drain all the brine from the bag. Rinse the bird in running water, then dry it with paper towels or towels, it is very important that there is no excess liquid on the turkey.
On the dorsal part of the carcass, you need to lift the skin and make a small longitudinal incision. Pass the strips of cut skin between the legs of the bird, and carefully put it on the shins.
Place a metal rack in a baking dish and carefully place the turkey on it with the brisket up. Cover the form with the bird with a layer of foil and connect its edges so that there are no gaps. Put the form with the Indian in a carefully heated oven and bake for about two and a half hours. And after this time, the turkey must be pulled out of the oven, remove the foil and carefully grease it with softened butter with a brush. Put the bird mold back in the oven and continue to bake it for another hour.
Using spatulas, carefully transfer the cooked turkey to a large platter, cover with foil and let sit for fifteen minutes to make the meat more juicy. Roasted turkey should only be served hot.
Delicious oven baked turkey with prunes and apples
- Required Ingredients:
- 5 pieces of apples
- 1 turkey (4 kilograms),
- 220 grams of pitted prunes,
- 1.5 tablespoons meat seasoning
- 2.3 tablespoons of salt
- 3 spoons of sunflower oil,
Turkey Recipe:
Rub the washed and cleaned turkey the night before with a special marinade. To prepare it, you need to mix seasoning, salt and sunflower oil in one container. It is better to use seasoning without adding salt. mix all the contents thoroughly, then rub the bird's carcass with all the contents inside and out.
The bird must be wrapped in clean special baking paper and placed in the refrigerator for the whole night. The next day, you need to prepare the stuffing for the bird. To do this, sweet and sour apples must be washed and cut into quarters, seeds and core removed.
Mix apples with washed prunes, after which you need to stuff the bird. Chop the carcass with toothpicks or carefully sew with thread. Brush the whole turkey on all sides with melted butter to create protection from the high temperatures in the oven.
Carefully put on the prepared sleeve on the turkey, after which the sleeve must be tied and fixed with wire. Place the bird in the preheated oven for two and a half hours. And in order for the carcass of the bird to be well browned, you need to open the sleeve from above and bake in the oven for another twenty-five minutes.
Appetizing roasted turkey in the oven with prunes and apples is completely ready, it can be cut into individual pieces or served as a whole bird. Bon appetit!
