perfect roast turkey

Name: Perfect Roast Turkey
Prep time: 5 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 thawed - turkey; 1 - onion; 1 stick - butter; 2 ribs - celery; To taste - salt and pepper

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Jennifer Rossi

Tupelo, MS

Updated on Nov 29, 2015

I got this recipe from an old Fannie Farmer cookbook while planning my first Thanksgiving as a wife. It's never failed me (or my sister!)

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One of dozens of perfect Thanksgiving turkeys I've made with this method. If your turkey is very large, you may have to tent the breast meat with foil so it doesn't get too brown while the dark meat finishes.

prep time 5 Min

cook time

method Roast

yield Variable depending on size of bird.

Ingredients

1 thawed - turkey
1 - onion
1 stick - butter
2 ribs - celery
To taste - salt and pepper

How To Make perfect roast turkey

Step 1

This is a super easy (but rather labor intensive) way to have a perfectly browned and moist turkey everytime! Start with a thawed and rinsed bird with neck and giblets removed. Rub inside and out with salt and pepper and place in baking pan. A pan with a raised rack is preferred but even an aluminum pan will do.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Quarter an onion and break celery ribs in half and place into cavity.
Step 3

Baste bird with melted butter and put in oven. Here's where the labor intensive part comes in: baste every 15 minutes. That's right. Sounds crazy, letting all the heat out and basting 4 times an hour, but it's worth it! Continue to roast at 15 minutes a pound until juices between the thigh and breast run clear. Let rest for 20 minutes. Carve and enjoy moist turkey!
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