Save all the beautiful juices from the pan to make gravy!

Thanksgiving turkey recipe in roaster. Pat turkey dry with paper towels and season the cavity generously with salt and pepper. Rub 1/4 cup of butter under the turkey skin, directly on the turkey breast. Remove the turkey from the brine and rinse thoroughly, inside and out.

For a 12 lb turkey, that's 45 minutes uncovered followed by about 2 1/4 hours covered. 1 bunch fresh thyme or rosemary. Web jump to video.

November 13, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. In a medium sauce pan add 3 tablespoons fat and whisk in cornstarch. Web it takes the same amount of time to reheat a spatchcocked turkey as it does to roast in the first place, 45 minutes to an hour.

Let the turkey rest (30 minutes). Web a stuffed turkey will cook less evenly, will require longer in the oven than one without stuffing, and it poses a food safety risk (the danger being that the stuffing, full of raw turkey juices, will not reach a safe temperature even after the meat is cooked). Web rub 4 teaspoons salt mixture under skin of each breast half, 2 teaspoons salt under skin of each leg, and remaining salt mixture into cavity.

Use a large spoon to carefully separate the skin from the breast of the turkey, as shown. Sprinkle the outside of the bird with salt and pepper. Using paper towels, thoroughly pat the bird dry on a large rimmed baking sheet.

Place the turkey in the oven and roast. Stuff the cavity with onion. Put ¼ cup butter in the cavity of the turkey along with 1 teaspoon each of salt and pepper.