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Read More June 10, 2015 | Blain's Farm & FleetHow to Cook a Turkey in an Electric Roaster Oven
Discover how cook turkey in a roaster oven with this easy and delicious recipe.
One of the most famous meals prepared in a roaster oven is the traditional turkey dinner—great for the holidays!
Turkey cooks faster in a roaster oven than it does in a conventional oven. Plus, using a roaster oven helps free up space in your regular oven for all your other holiday side dishes and desserts!
For best results, use an 18-quart roaster oven. This recipe should give you a tender turkey that all your guests and family will love this holiday season.
Learn how to roast a turkey with this simple guide from Blain’s Farm & Fleet.
Roasted Turkey Ingredients
- 14 to 22 lb. turkey, fresh or frozen (thaw completely before roasting)
- Seasoning
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
Roasted Turkey Recipe
1. Preheat an 18-qt. electric turkey roaster to 400º F. If you have a 12-qt. roaster, a maximum of a 14 lb. turkey is recommended, although the cooking times (per pound) will remain the same.
2. Melt the butter and mix with the seasonings.
3. Clean and rinse turkey. Pat dry. Remove neck and giblets (prepare separately, if desired.) Place turkey on rack.
Using a pastry brush, spread butter mixture evenly over skin of turkey. Season with additional seasonings, if desired.
4. Determine length of roasting time, normally 15 to 20 minutes per pound. A stuffed turkey will add 30 to 45 minutes to the total roasting time.
First hour of roasting: Stuff cavity, if desired. Cover. Roast one hour at 400º F.
With baster, remove any liquid and fat from cavity of the bird and from cookwell. Set aside to make gravy, if you wish. For browned skin, brush bird with basting liquid or with butter mixture.
5. Reduce temperature to 350º F. Roast for the remainder of the cooking time. With baster, again remove any liquid from the cavity of bird and from cookwell, when cooking time is about halfway through.
Baste turkey with some of the basting liquids you’re removing.
6. If the turkey isn’t as brown as you’d like it, increase temperature to 400º F. Roast remaining portion of time.
Remove turkey using the lift-out handles. Be careful, as the rack will be hot. Set turkey on a platter or cutting board. Let bird rest for 20 minutes before carving.
If turkey is done early, reduce temperature to 200º F until serving time.
Note: Roast turkey until internal temperature of meat reaches 180º F on the meat thermometer in the thickest part of the thigh muscle. Save the juices to make gravy or use as a base for soup.
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