Saturday, November 12
Simple Beginners Turkeyone 10 to 14 lb. turkey - (you may double the following ingredients if
the bird is 15 - 22 lbs)
1 large yellow onion, sliced into 6 thick slices
4 stalks of celery
1 (12 oz) can of frozen concentrated orange juice, thawed but NOT
diluted
Plain brandy (1 half full juice can = 6 oz / use the cheap stuff
- E & J / Christian Brothers, etc)
Vegetable oil (1 half full juice can
= 6 oz)
2 Tablespoons of flour
1 pop-up turkey timer or Digital Probe Themometer (I prefer the Probe)
1 Reynold's Brand (Plastic) Turkey Size Cooking bag Turkey size roasting
pan
Remove 1 of your oven racks & place the 1 rack remaining all the way to
the bottom of your oven. Preheat the oven to 350F.
Directions:
1. Dust the inside of your cooking bag with the flour & place the bag on
the roasting pan.
2. Lay the slices of onion in a single layer inside the bag, then lay
the celery stalks on top of the onion slices. (This keeps the turkey
from sticking to the bottom of the bag & adds great flavor to the
turkey)
3. Rinse your turkey well under running water & pat dry with paper
towels. (Don't forget to look in BOTH ends of your turkey & remove the
neck & the bag of giblets)
4. Poke the pop-up turkey timer into one of the turkey's breasts. (If
using the digital probe, wait to insert until you place the turkey into
the bag & insert the probe thru the bag into the breast.)
5. Place the turkey into the bag on top of the celery & onions.
6. Pour the thawed orange juice into a bowl & add the brandy & oil (use
the empty orange juice can to measure the oil by filling the can half
way up.) (Do the same with the brandy.)
7. Mix together with a whisk & pour a little of this over the top of the
turkey & the rest into the cavity of the bird.
8. Close the bag with the tie provided & poke about 6 half inch holes
into the top of the bag for ventilation.
9. Place pan into oven. (The side you put the pop-up timer in should
face the door. Or if using the Probe, set the temp-timer to 170F)
10. When pop-up timer pops up or the digital probe timer goes off remove
turkey from the oven & let it rest for 45 minutes to 1 hour in the
UNOPENED bag.
11. After 1 hour, open the bag & carve the turkey laying the slices on a
platter & drizzling them with the juice from the turkey to keep them
moist. (Keep the slices covered at all times or the slices will become
dry.)
Enjoy!!!!!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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