Many of you have tried the turkey recipe from last year. All the Instagram posts and feedback was wonderful, I am so happy you loved that recipe. This year I am sharing another one my favorite recipes, and at this point, I cannot figure out which one I like more. I do like the extra crispy skin on this recipe and the extremely moist meat. Well, you guys can decide and tell me.
For those of you that are afraid of baking a turkey, just keep in mind, you are dealing with a huge chicken, so the size is the only obstacle. Nothing complicated about it, the cooking time is longer and you may have to pick up more weight, that means you will build more muscle, right? If you follow this recipe, step by step, I can promise you, you can easily impress people.
Other Turkey Recipes
Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Turkey
- 1/2 bn Favorite Herbs dill, parsley, cilantro
- 1/2 Garlic Head
- 3 Sticks of Butter
- 5 medium Carrots
- 1 bn Celery
- 1 qt Bullion beef, turkey or chicken
- Salt & Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Dice herbs, I used dill, press garlic into a medium size bowl. Add pepper and any other herbs of your choice, I also used dry parsley.
- Into the herb mixture add softened butter, stir to combine everything together.
- Place 70% of the mixture into a plastic bag, try pressing all of it into the bottom of the bag, forming a log shape.
- In a large baking dish, place clean, diced into chunks carrots and celery. Pour chicken bullion on the veggies, this will add a great flavor to the turkey and will create an incredible base for gravy. If you have a wire rack that fits on the bottom of the tray, place that inside.
- Rinse turkey and pat dry it with a towel. Place turkey inside the baking dish. Using your hand, lift skin away from the meat, on breast and the leg areas, do it carefully not to rip the skin.
- Stuff the lifted skin with butter that has been cut into coin shapes. Remainder of the butter, place on the inside. Season the turkey with some addition salt at this point. Tie the turkey legs together, using a twine.
- Stuff the turkey with two onions that have been cleaned and cut in half. Apply leftover butter on top of the turkey. Bake turkey at 350F for 3-5 hours, depending on the size, see notes below. Turkey doesn't need to be covered; because off all the bullion and the butter, it will be perfectly moist. You can place a foil over the top of the turkey to prevent it form browning too much.
- Serve turkey right away, while still hot. Leftovers can easily be reheated or used in another recipe, there is a post for you with ideas on that. Keep all those juices on the bottom of the pan, to use for gravy (recipe coming up).
Hi Natasha! I'm going to be cooking a turkey for the very first time in my life this year and decided on your recipe. Thank you! If one doesn't have a wire rack to place into the roasting pan, what would be the next best thing? Placing the turkey directly into the bullion probably wouldn't be a good idea I think.
Hey!! Thanks for choosing my recipe! It would be good to lift the turkey a bit, you want the heat to travel all around. I seen people place ramekins upside down or balls of aluminum foil. If you google for "DIY Roasting Rack for turkey" you will se some neat options. 🙂 Hope this helps!
Natasha what would be a cooking time for 19lbs turkey? Can't find the notes
If you are baking it at 350f, it should be in the oven for 4-5 hours.
I can't wait to try this recipe 🙂 is there anything I can substitute the celery for?
You can skip on celery if you dont like it. Personally I dont like celery, but when it cooks it adds great flavors so I dont mind it.
I love that you put the butter in disks under the skin; it must make it a whole lot easier to get it under there without getting it all over your hands. I think I need to buy myself a roasting pan. I've been borrowing my mom's for years 🙂 Good thing she lives just 5 minutes away! What kind of pan are you using?
Yes, the little coin butter is easy to just stick under the skin. I had to apply some butter on the outside, it was a mess 😉
I am also using my moms, I hate clutter so at any cost I avoid buying kitchen tools. But I have seen some nice turkey pans at TJ Maxx and Marshalls, great price too.
Umm... once again, LOOOOVE the light colored background and large vertical picture as the preview!
and your turkey? Yum, yum, yum! Delicious!
Thank you dear! It's a great compliment to receive form a pro like you! Yeah, the turkey is pretty delicious.
Looks amazing. Thank you for the recipe.
Hi Natasha, thank you very much! It a very delicious turkey recipe. I hope it makes your Thanksgiving a bit more perfect on Thanksgiving 🙂