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How to cook a whole turkey in the oven. Remove the neck and giblets from the turkey. Web preheat the oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c). Secure the neck skin in position with skewers and tie the turkey legs together at the top of the drumsticks to give a neat shape.

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Next, use paper towels to pat the bird dry inside and out. If you notice the breast is getting too brown and crispy. Fresh or thawed whole turkeys.

Drain juices and pat dry with clean paper towels. Put the onion and a large sprig of bay in the cavity between the legs. Add more water to the tray if needed to avoid the juices burning.

You need to start on sunday, at the absolute latest, and saturday would be better. Once the turkey is prepared and the oven is on, put the turkey in the roasting pan and cover it with the aluminum foil tent. Web tuck the wings of the turkey underneath the turkey and set the turkey on a roasting rack inside a roasting pan (or on top of a bed of chopped veggies —carrots, onion and celery work well—in a disposable roasting pan).

Brush entire back side of. The internal temperature of the turkey will continue to rise 5 to 10 degrees once it is out of the oven. Transfer the turkey to a platter, cover loosely with foil and let rest.