Melt remaining butter and pour over bird.

Cooking a large turkey in the oven. The usda recommends that you cook it at a temperature that is no lower than 325 f. Put the onion and a large sprig of bay in the cavity between the legs. Remove from oven and tent with foil and allow to rest 20 minutes.

If your turkey is larger or smaller than 18 pounds, you'll have to adjust the cooking time. Pat outside and inside of turkey dry with paper towels. You can cover the top with tinfoil.

Place onion, celery, and carrot in a large, shallow roasting pan. Turkey in a bag with lemon and herbs. Arrange the celery and onion in the bag.

Web preheat the oven to 325 degrees f. Web this obviously depends on your turkey size. Web place the turkey on top of the wing and neck pieces, then roast in the oven for 30 minutes.

Your best chef’s knife will do just fine. (do this about an hour before you are going to go to bed) turn the oven down to about 190 degrees. (unwrapped the butter of course) cover the entire thing tightly with aluminum foil.

Slice the turkey and serve hot. Arrange the turkey on the roasting rack, breast side down. (scott suchman for the washington post/food styling by lisa cherkasky for the.