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All your T-Day needs covered with Rachaels best Thanksgiving turkey recipes and answers to your burning turkey questions — like what size turkey to buy, how to make your turkey moist, the best way to cook a turkey, how long to cook your turkey,, how to carve a turkey and more.
Pre-heat oven to 400°F. Place veggies on bottom of roasting pan. Add the whole peeled garlic cloves, sprigs of thyme and bay leaf; set aside till later. Cut turkey into six pieces or have your butcher do it for you so that you have two breasts with wings attached, two drumsticks and two thighs.
Rub the turkey with softened butter and season with grill and poultry seasonings. Place the breasts and wings on top of veggies in roasting pan. Pop them into the oven and set timer for 35 minutes.
Once the timer goes off, add the thighs and drumsticks and reset timer for 60 minutes. The whole turkey should take 1 hour and 35 minutes to cook (internal temperature should reach 160°F).
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Is roast turkey carved from a whole bird?
News flash—when you’re served roast turkey in a restaurant, chances are it wasn’t carved from a whole bird. As Rachael and master butcher Ray Venezia explain, that’s because chefs typically butcher raw turkeys into pieces and roast the white and dark meat separately. (Watch Ray demo in the video above.) Why?
Should you Spatchcock a Turkey at Thanksgiving?
If you can’t bear the thought of not having a presentation-worthy bird at Thanksgiving, a compromise is spatchcocking the turkey, which Rachael details here . You get a lot of the same benefits as cooking the turkey in pieces AND a beautiful, bronzed bird to bring to the holiday table. Win-win!
How long do you cook a Turkey in the oven?
Tie the ends of the turkey legs together with trussing string. Transfer the turkeys to the oven and roast until a meat thermometer reads 160°F, about 2 1/2 hours. Remove the turkeys from the oven and let them rest, loosely covered with foil, for at least 20 minutes.
Is Rachael Ray the Queen of quick meals?
If you’re hosting Thanksgiving and actually want to spend some time with your family outside the kitchen this year (no judgements if you don’t), consider taking a few pointers from the queen of quick meals, Rachael Ray . The talk show host put together a 60-minute dinner for the holiday on Thursday’s episode of the Rachael Ray Show.