Injected Turkey
"From Joy Ochs (Mom) - memories abound of always having the most delicious turkey ever served on this earth!"
- Ready In:
- 4hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
1 turkey
- Serves:
- 15
ingredients
- 1 cup water, very warm
- 1⁄8 cup salt
- 3⁄4 cup lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon garlic juice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
directions
- Mix warm water with salt, first, whisking to make sure salt is dissolved.
- Add rest of ingredients.
- Using a turkey injector or large bore needle & syringe, inject the mixture in to the turkey, trying to make sure you have all parts covered.
- Some will leak out -- tip pan, draw up, & re-inject to the best of your ability.
- Do NOT stuff this turkey (the stuffing draws the marinade & will taste overly strong of the marinade!).
- Roast, according to your turkey's size -- about 15 minutes per lb, breast down.
- For a 15 lb turkey, roast at 400 degrees for 30 minutes, 350 degrees for 2 hrs., 225 degrees for the last hour and a half.
- 1/2 hr before the turkey should be done, start checking its temperature. Be sure the thermometer is not touching a bone - Dark meat should be 175 degrees, the white breast meat should be 160 - 165 degrees.
- Remove from oven & let rest 15 - 20 minutes.
- TIP - save out 1/4 - 1/3 C of the marinade & use it as part of the liquid when making your stuffing/dressing separately.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DH of 32 years & I are (most of the time) empty nesters, with 2 DD & 2 DS (ages 29, 27, & twins 23). Have lived in the Sioux Falls, SD area since 1984.
As the oldest daughter of a working mom, having to get supper started was the beginning of my love of cooking. Learning & experimenting with what to "throw in" is half the fun, and anyone who says they can't cook is really saying they don't have the patience or interest (IMHO)! ;-) Using fresh produce from the garden is absolutely my favorite thing to do - winter in South Dakota can get loooong with "cardboard" produce from the grocer. Having grown up in the service, we were exposed to lots of different cultural foods. With a mom who also loved to cook, variety & trying new foods was a true treat!
DD (grrrl genius) joined RecipeZaar at the same time I did, and she'd like me to get *all* my recipes uploaded and use the site, rather than my sending paper copies. We'll see how quickly I accomplish that !
