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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
Servings: 8
Course: Main
Ingredients Method

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

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. Mix the seasonings together and set aside.
  3. Shake the flour inside the oven roasting bag, then put the bag in a roasting pan.
  4. Add the garlic, onion and carrot to the bag.
  5. Rub melted butter over the turkey and then rub in the seasoning mixture.
  6. Put the turkey on top of the vegetables in the bag.
  7. Have the roasting bag with the open part facing the side not upwards.
  8. Close the bag and seal with twine, then cut 5 slits into the part of the bag facing upwards.
  9. 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.
  10. Take it out of the oven and let it rest in the bag for 15 minutes, then carve and serve.