How to Prepare a Turkey for Stuffing

Video Transcript

"Okay, now that our stuffing is resting, all the flavors are melding together, we are going to get our turkey together. I have a nice 13 pound Butterball here. First we are going to break the side of the package. When I am working with meat, I always wear gloves. It is a good thing to do, it's good practice. If you don't have gloves, just clean your hands continuously. Very important. Get rid of that. Okay, we are going to wash the turkey. We?re going to pull the giblets out. Rinse out the cavities. Turkey is still semi-frozen. That?s okay though. Cold is good. And this is really cold. Here we go. Still a little frozen dead center. Here they are. We have the neck, the liver, the heart. We are going to set that aside. Clean out the cavity real quick. Alright, done deal. Now, what we are going to do is, take the breast meat off, dark meat off, take the wings off. So first what you want to do is you want to feel where the breast bone is and you are going to."