How To Cook A Turkey

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HOW TO COOK A TURKEY

You might think that cooking a turkey is one of the easiest things to do, but really it isn’t. You need to have a lot of patients and need to know just the right way to cook it. Through this essay I will show you how to prepare, and cook a turkey.
The first thing you must do is thawing it out. This process is the most time consuming part of preparing it, this could take up to5 days or 12 hours depending on the size of it. After the turkey has been thawed out you must now prepare it for the cooking by following these steps:
Remove original plastic wrapper from thawed or fresh turkey.
Remove the neck and giblets from the body and neck cavities.
Thoroughly rinse turkey and inside cavity.
Drain juices and blot turkey dry with paper towels.
Return legs to tucked position, if untucked.
If using an oven-safe meat thermometer, insert into the deepest part of the thigh.
Brush with oil to prevent drying of the skin.
Once you have prepared it, it is now time for you to cook it. There are many types of ways to cook a turkey you can roast it, smoke it, microwave it, and also deed fry it. But the most traditional way is to roast it and that is the way that I will explain how to do. When roasting it this could take up to 5 hours unstuffed and 5 ¼ hours stuffed and it also depends on the sizes. And with the following steps you will be able to create a juicy, golden brown, and perfect turkey:
Place thawed or fresh turkey, breast up, on a flat rack in a shallow pan, 2 to 2½ inches deep.
Insert oven-safe meat thermometer into the thickest part of the thigh. Brush or rub skin with oil to prevent drying of the skin and to enhance the golden color.
Place in a preheated 325 °F oven.
When the skin is a light golden color and the turkey is about two-thirds done, shield the breast loosely with a tent of lightweight foil to prevent overcooking of the breast.
Turkey is done when the meat thermometer reaches t...