Perfect Turkey in an Electric Roaster Oven

Thursday, December 5, 2024

- 0 Servings - 0 Calories

Ingredients

16-24 pound Turkey, defrosted completely

2 Cup Butter, melted

2 Tablespoon Garlic paste

bunches of Thyme, fresh

bunches of fresh Poultry Herbs

2-3 Onions, quartered

couple stalks of Celery, sliced into 3" stalks (can use ends)

couple whole carrots, cut into 3 inch pieces, or several baby carrots

salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Prep: if possible, dry out turkey in refrigerator uncovered night before.

Set out butter so that it softens.
Remove giblets and neck and set aside. Drain cavity and put into roaster. Dab turkey w/paper towels so that it's dry. Salt and pepper over skin then put it back in fridge and let dry another 30 mins or so.
Mix butter, garlic and thyme together.
Take the insert pan out of the roaster and pre-heat the roaster to its highest setting. On mine it's 450, but use 500 if your oven goes that high.
Rub the entire bird with butter mixture.
Stuff with fresh herbs, onions, celery, and carrots.
Place thermometers in bird.
Place turkey on roasting rack and lift rack into roaster. Do not add water or broth.
Roast at highest setting for 30 minutes
After 30 minutes, turn the oven temperature down to 325.
DO NOT LIFT LID during cooking time!
Watch for temperature at least an hour before it's done. Our 21 LB turkey took only 2.5 hours, when it should have been 3.5-4. They cook quick in the roaster!
When done, remove the turkey from the roaster, tent with foil, and let rest for at least 30 minutes. This allows the juices to really seep into the meat, so they say.

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Notes

- The skin isn't that great, despite the recipe claiming a browned crispy skin, i've never seen this. But...it's super good and not dry at all and it frees up the oven. So will do again.

2024 Notes:

- Made this year and turned out great, very easy. we had a 21 pound turkey for 14 people - but if we're making an additional smaller turkey to smoke, than we could go with a much smaller bird because we did have quite a few left overs - maybe something more like 18LB.

- Started at 12:30, put in roaster just after 1pm, took out around 4pm, let set for 30 mins and carved at 4:30. Ready by 5pm. Pretty perfect!

Source

https://www.food.com/recipe/perfect-turkey-in-an-electric-roaster-oven-339453