Thread: post up your thanksgiving turkey recipes

having the fam over to the house this thanksgiving, and ive never cooked a full bird before. im not worried about screwing it up, but would like some ideas on how to do it. im not deep frying it.

Good Eats Roast Turkey Recipe : Alton Brown : Food Network

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wooo that sounds tasty. someone was telling me yesterday to do slices of oranges and rosemary inside the bird while cooking, but i dunno this sounds pretty good too.

Whatever you do, you want to brine it. Delicious, keeps it nice and moist. Last year I made a Turducken and it was the only bird I didn't brine...very disappointing compared to all my prior turkeys.

A quick brine, did boiled sea water one year, not worth the pain . . .

The real beauty is the bird is done in under 1 hour and the skin is cripsy . . .

I know it's a bit late, but oh well. I have never put my turkey in a brine. I usually buy a 13lb-ish bird. All I do is take all the junk out of it then put some bay leaves, rosemary and thyme in the middle. After that, I peel back the skin from the breast and a mixture of rosemary, thyme and butter between the skin and the breast meat. Then I rub the mixture on the outside of the bird. Put a few cups of water in the bottom of a roasting pan and cook @ 450 for about 25 min, then reduce the heat to 325 and cook for about 4hrs or so. Bird always comes out nice and juicy.

Hope you had a great turkey day!!