Web preheat the oven to 400°.

Oven roasted turkey half. Arrange the turkey on the roasting rack, breast side down. Preheat oven to 325 degrees f. Sprinkle generously onto both sides of the bird.

Web instructions if your bird is frozen, place it in the refrigerator overnight to defrost. Add the chicken stock to the roasting pan and roast for 30 minutes. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

The turkeys cook evenly, the skins get golden brown and crisp, the halves are easy to carve, and the turkeys cook in about 2 hours. Don’t go higher than that or use the broiler, and don’t let the bag touch the heating elements, lowering the oven rack as needed. This is partly because of the lower temperature.

Especially for thanksgiving, roasting turkey halves in the oven is a fantastic way to prepare a turkey. Tie the legs together with kitchen twine and secure the neck closed with twine or a skewer. This turkey has all the flavor that grandma’s used to have, minus the hassle.

With a butter knife, loosen the turkey skin around the breast. Web roasting turkey halves — cut them in half. Pat the bird dry with paper towels.

Roasting turkey halves in the oven is a truly great way to cook a turkey, especially for thanksgiving. Combine the pineapple juice, vinegar, soy sauce, honey, sambal, ginger, thyme and garlic in a saucepan and whisk ingredients until smooth. Web let turkey stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.