The Way to Make a Delicious and Tender Thanksgiving Turkey
Anika Gloshen | November 12, 2011There’s nothing more tasty or satisfying than a well-cooked turkey. And what’s the better day to make it taste its best than on Thanksgiving? There are lots of recipes for cooking Thanksgiving turkey, but the easiest recipe is still the best tasting. With a lot of excellent recipes, the turkey ends up tasting like a lot of the ingredients individuals use when cooking it. The best tasting turkey is still the one that tastes like turkey; not basil, chives, onions or some other ingredient, including dressing that has many different ingredients added for taste.
Dressing is nevertheless the best dish to have, accompanied by mashed potatoes, potato salad and stuffed egg. With all these meals you have a lot of different kinds of ingredients making for a very flavorful meal.
Many people get up early on Thanksgiving Day and put the turkey in and cook it in a couple of hours. Then they wonder why the turkey is a little tough. Cooking Thanksgiving turkey overnight is the best strategy to make it tender and tasty. You can cook the turkey in a gas oven on low heat and it will be extremely tender once you finish it on Thanksgiving Day. But cooking overnight with gas is really a little dangerous. I normally stay up all night if I cook with gas, cooking on low heat around 200 degrees, and about 7:00am turn the heat up to approximately 350 degrees to finish in about two hours.
You’ll be able to cook the turkey on Thanksgiving Day with electric cooking equipment, yet once again, you lose the taste and tenderness. Cooking turkey overnight is again the best strategy than electric. And electric is actually much safer to utilize for overnight cooking than gas. But with the cost of electric nowadays, cooking overnight with an electric cooking device range will likely be somewhat costly. And since you’ll undoubtedly be cooking all day, cooking with an electric or gas range can trigger the temperature to go up substantially.
When preparing a Thanksgiving turkey, the best method to cook is with an electric roaster. It is less costly than a range, better than gas, and creates less heat than either of the other methods. Preparing food with an electric or gas range, many people use a cooking bag to help tenderize the turkey. With an electric roaster you do not need the bag, though you can use one. I personally do not like having to open and close the bag every single time I want to taste the turkey. And it will be just as tender with the roaster because it will be in a cooking bag.
Place the turkey in the roaster about 11:00pm and smother it with margarine. Add a little salt and just a bit pepper. Set the temperature at 200 degrees and go to bed without having to be concerned. If you happen to get up throughout the night, taste the turkey just before going back to sleep. About 7:00am turn the heat up to 350 degrees and baste 2-3 times before the turkey is done. The Thanksgiving turkey will probably be done in approximately 3 hours and it will be so tender it’ll be falling off the bone. Cooking Thanksgiving turkey in a roaster lets you use the range and save you a lot of time.
Learn some basic cooking techniques on how to roast a turkey and enjoy making a delicious meal at home.






