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How To Cook A Turkey In A Roasting

Once you discover how moist and juicy your turkey comes out when you use a roasting bag, you’ll always want to prepare your turkey in this way. It’s so easy to make the perfect Thanksgiving turkey.
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Cook Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Course Main
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 14- pound turkey neck and giblets removed
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter
  • 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1 quartered onion
  • 3 peeled chopped carrots
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 5 peeled garlic cloves
  • ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 large oven roasting bag

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  • Mix the seasonings together and set aside.
  • Shake the flour inside the oven roasting bag, then put the bag in a roasting pan.
  • Add the garlic, onion and carrot to the bag.
  • Rub melted butter over the turkey and then rub in the seasoning mixture.
  • Put the turkey on top of the vegetables in the bag.
  • Have the roasting bag with the open part facing the side not upwards.
  • Close the bag and seal with twine, then cut 5 slits into the part of the bag facing upwards.
  • Put the roasting pan in the oven and cook for 2 hours or until the turkey is 180°F in the thickest part of the thigh.
  • Take it out of the oven and let it rest in the bag for 15 minutes, then carve and serve.