How to Cook a Delicious and Juicy Turkey

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Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Turkey
• Vegetable oil
• Salt
• Garlic powder
• Morton's Nature Seasoning or flavorings of your preference (herbs such as parsley and basil can be used)
• Paper bag
• Clothes pins for sealing bag
• Large Roaster or cooking sheet with vertical sides to hold turkey juices

1. Follow manufacturer's directions for thawing your turkey if frozen.

2. Remove organ packs from the cavity inside the turkey and discard.

3. Wash turkey inside and out with running water.

4. Place turkey in roasting pan.

5. Spread vegetable oil over the outside of turkey. Sprinkle the salt (be careful not to overdo it!)and seasonings over turkey. You can sprinkle some on the inside as well.

6. Place turkey and pan in paper sack and seal as best as possible with clothes pins.

7. Follow manufacturer's directions for cooking times and temperatures for your particular-sized turkey. You may want to remove turkey from paper bag during last half-hour of cooking to allow turkey to brown on top. Be careful not to get burned by turkey juices!

8. Remove from oven carefully taking precautions not to allow juices to spill if your pan is shallow thereby burning you. Remove turkey from paper bag if you didn't remove it during cooking.

9. Carve your turkey to your liking and serve. If you prefer, you can serve it whole and carve as you serve. Enjoy your succulent turkey!

Tips & Warnings

• During cooking the turkey may smell a little different than what you are used to due to the paper bag.
• Some people use aluminum foil instead of the paper bag for retaining moisture but aluminum should be used as little as possible in cooking due to its link to Alzheimer's. I don't know if it works as well or not but I do know the paper does so why risk it?

[ginafur]

on 2/15/2009 Wonderful article for having a moist turkey. I can't stand 'em dried out. Thanks for sharing. 5*

[jenkinr]

on 12/29/2008 Interesting paper bag trick. Can you stuff the Turkey and still use the paper bag trick? Great idea.

[ByDezin]

on 12/12/2008 Thanks for sharing. Great idea with the paper bag! Good tip on the aluminum foil too. I use parchment paper whenever I can, it works well for me. I cover whatever I'm making, use a cotton twine around the pan to tie down the parchment and it works great, easy removal too.