Description
Make Thanksgiving easier with the best and juiciest roast turkey ever! It cooks faster and requires NO brining!
Ingredients
- 1 (14 - 16 lb.) turkey
- olive oil or butter
- 1 apple, sliced
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 4 sprigs fresh rosemary and/or thyme
- 6 leaves fresh sage
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 500 F.
- Remove turkey neck and giblets and set aside for your homemade gravy (it is used for the turkey stock).
- Wash and pat dry turkey with paper towels. Place turkey on roasting tray and tuck the wings underneath the turkey.
- Coat the turkey skin both on top and underneath (if possible) generously with olive oil or butter. You can add some chopped herbs (rosemary, thyme and/or sage) on top of the bird as well (optional).
- Insert apple, cinnamon and fresh herbs into the turkey's cavity.
- Roast the turkey on lowest rack for 30 minutes.
- Lower the oven temperature to 350 F and roast until the internal temperature of turkey reaches 165 F. You can check the internal temperature by inserting the thickest part of the turkey breast with a cooking thermometer. For a 14-16 pound turkey, this should take approximately 2 to 2.5 hours.
- Remove from oven and loosely cover the turkey with aluminum foil. Let turkey rest for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, remove the turkey drippings and set aside for your gravy.
- Serve and carve!
Notes
Reserve the turkey neck and giblets to make turkey stock for your homemade gravy.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
- Category: Poultry