Bring the water to a boil and cook the turkey for 30 minutes.

Cooking a turkey from frozen. Tie legs together with kitchen twine. Place the turkey in the oven for two hours—and don’t peek. Then season the turkey with salt and pepper, and rub it down with unsalted butter.

Place it in the oven and bake for about an hour per pound of turkey. Line a rimmed cookie sheet (not a roasting pan) with foil and place a rack on it. If refrigerating, you need to begin the thawing process several days before cooking, estimating about one day for every five pounds.

You’ll be fine (and your gravy will be even more delicious). Stick it in the oven. Kwangmoozaa / istock via getty images.

To start, unwrap the frozen turkey and place it on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Preheat your oven to 325°f. Web cook on the middle or bottom rack of the oven at 325 degrees.

For reference, a whole 10 pound turkey would take about 50. Web steps to roast a frozen turkey. Pre heat the oven & prep the turkey step 2.

Preheat the oven to 325°f about 6 hours before you want to serve. You want a pan that has low sides so you can get good air circulation around the turkey. Web it is possible to cook a turkey from a frozen state—yes, really!