Turkey cooking techinques
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Cooking a *Little* Turkey Breast on Top of Stuffing?
Comments (4)Okay. My sealer behaved. The bag was generously wide, though a little tight around the waist. I was working on my poultry board but only had my two hands, not wanting to wait, and cross contaminated everything, so the turkey breast is vacuum sealed in cooking grade, in a carry out bag, in a handle tie tall kitchen bag, in the fridge. :) Since it's skin and bones on, I didn't bother with oil or anything. I had to make "poultry seasoning" for the stuffing, so made the whole recipe and rubbed most of it on the turkey, and put in twigs of purple sage which had dried on the counter when I didn't make what I cut it for. 151 degrees F. for 2 hr. + and I don't have to worry about the danged stuffing! Though I do need to go make the stuffing casserole and chicken stock gravy. And clean the potatoes. It's only 6:00!...See MoreFood Safety re: transporting a Thanksgiving partly cooked turkey
Comments (16)A basic cooler will keep something cold or hot for hours. Safely. We do it all the time for BBQs(hot) and frozen foods. Think your basic travel mugs. Hot coffee 2 hours later, iced tea in the summer...ice still solid cubes. If you are not sure about your coolers insulation, test it. (there is foam in the layers usually.) The manufacturers know what they are doing. No need to build your own. Put a towel in the bottom, then some newspaper, or cardboard...then a pot of hot water or tea kettle. Test the temp, then again in an hour, then two hours. Or four... Hot food will be safely hot for a long time. Depending on your cooler. I've never needed longer than 2-3 hours so not tested more than that...but I have traveled with a solid block of bagged cod frozen for four days and it was still solid. (dropped the block on a rock when home and put the frozen bagged portions into the freezer). Hot food above 140. Magic numbers are 40-140. Cold food under 40, hot food above 140. Cook your turkey to almost done 160. Covered, not crispy roasted yet. Cheese cloth butter soaked on the breast maybe. (foil over). Find a pan that fits your cooler over a towel and newspaper. Breast side down, (all the juices Weill keep the breast moist) cover with parchment/foil, then newspaper, another towel ...temp may drop to 155-160 in two hours. Safe temp. Oven roast half hour 375 ish when you arrive. Breast side up uncovered to brown. You can pre-heat your cooler with a pan of hot water or kettle if nervous. But you have an instant read so you can check it. Seems a bit of a pain-in-the-but though rather simple thought through the process and having it all ready to go....See MoreI did NOT cook the turkey at 560° F! Name one thing you'd change...
Comments (20)I was a guest as well but everyone who was invited brought sides or desserts or something to share so can safely evaluate the end result :-) My sister hosted and did the turkey....a 21 pounder that was cooked to perfection with in-bird gluten-free cornbread sausage dressing. Due to some dietary restrictions (no gluten, dairy free, vegetarian) we had more sides than were really necessary including a panoply of roasted root vegetables that hardly got touched at all. Just wanted to make sure everyone could eat their fill :-) One of the sides brought were Costco mashed potatoes, which we were assured by the bringee were delicious. And they were, which I find remarkable for a preprepared mashed potato!!...See MoreCooking turkey.....
Comments (24)"Elmer...what's your point? The Post is about "cooking" turkey." My comment was about cooking turkey. For someone inquiring about cooking turkey, if before responding to such a question you first asked if they wanted to roast it or to steam it, I think we both know that the predominant answer would be the asker wanted to know how to roast it. Did you know there's a difference and that putting it in a bag is not a roasting method? You can cook a turkey by steaming it, as you can with anything else. I suspect you can also boil a turkey, microwave a turkey, just as you can deep fry a turkey, rotisserie a turkey or do anything else that raises the temperature enough to cook it. Not all produce the same result. Most people roast turkey....See Morelindac92
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