1 turkey (18-22 lb.) thawed
2 cubes butter or margarine melted
salt & pepper
Clean cavities of turkey and rinse. Inject melted butter into meaty parts of turkey. Make sure to get plenty into the breast meat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Set turkey breast side down into an aluminum foil roasting pan. Cover top tightly with foil as well. If your roaster doesn't have a lid, double or triple the foil on top. Cook for 2 hours at 400 degrees. Then turn temp. down to 200 degrees and continue roasting for 10-12 hours. The turkey doesn't look the prettiest when it is done but the taste is sensational! The meat literally falls off of the bones. You don't need a knife to carve it, just a fork to remove the meat.
We always start our turkey in between 8 and 10 p.m. the night before Thanksgiving. I usually try for 8:00 p.m. because if it doesn't go in until 10:00 p.m. you have to get up at midnight to turn it down:(. When you wake up on Thanksgiving morning, you can smell the turkey throughout the house! I just leave it in the oven on 200 until about an hour before dinner. I bake my stuffing separately instead of stuffing the turkey with it. Inside the turkey it gets way too soggy.
2 cubes butter or margarine melted
salt & pepper
Clean cavities of turkey and rinse. Inject melted butter into meaty parts of turkey. Make sure to get plenty into the breast meat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Set turkey breast side down into an aluminum foil roasting pan. Cover top tightly with foil as well. If your roaster doesn't have a lid, double or triple the foil on top. Cook for 2 hours at 400 degrees. Then turn temp. down to 200 degrees and continue roasting for 10-12 hours. The turkey doesn't look the prettiest when it is done but the taste is sensational! The meat literally falls off of the bones. You don't need a knife to carve it, just a fork to remove the meat.
We always start our turkey in between 8 and 10 p.m. the night before Thanksgiving. I usually try for 8:00 p.m. because if it doesn't go in until 10:00 p.m. you have to get up at midnight to turn it down:(. When you wake up on Thanksgiving morning, you can smell the turkey throughout the house! I just leave it in the oven on 200 until about an hour before dinner. I bake my stuffing separately instead of stuffing the turkey with it. Inside the turkey it gets way too soggy.
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