Beginners Turkey Roasting Guide

Ingredients

• 1 whole turkey
• prepared stuffing

Directions

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   1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C).

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   2. If you wish to stuff your turkey, do so lightly and just before it goes into the oven - never stuff your turkey the day or night before. Stuffing can be prepared separately in a covered baking dish. Place in the oven during the last 1/2 hour of the roasting time.

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   3. Place clean turkey, breast up, on a rack in a shallow pan.

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   4. Insert oven-safe meat thermometer into the thickest part of the inner thigh, just above, but not touching, the thigh bone.

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   5. Roast uncovered - or loosely covered with foil. If you choose to baste your turkey, limit the number of times you open and close your oven - once an hour is sufficient. Opening the oven will alter the length of cooking time.

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   6. Roast until thermometer reads 170 degrees F (77 degrees C) for an unstuffed turkey or 180 degrees F (82 degrees C) for a stuffed turkey. (See roasting chart below for approximate roasting times.).

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   7. Remove turkey when cooking is completed and let stand 15 to 20 minutes to allow the juices to set.

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   APPROXIMATE ROASTING TIMES.

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   6 - 8 lbs (3.0 - 3.5 kg) stuffed - 3 - 3 1?2 hours.unstuffed - 2 1/2-2 3/4 hours.

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    8 - 10 lbs (3.5 - 4.5 kg).stuffed - 3 1/4 - 3 1/2 hours. unstuffed - 2 3/4 - 3 hours.

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    10 - 12 lbs (4.5 - 5.5 kg).stuffed - 3 1/2 - 3 3/4 hours.unstuffed - 3 - 3 1/4 hours.

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    12 - 16 lbs (5.5 - 7.0 kgs).stuffed - 3 3/4 - 4 hours.unstuffed - 3 1/4 - 3 1/2 hours.

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    16 - 22 lbs (7.0 - 10.0 kgs).stuffed - 4 - 4 1/2 hours.unstuffed - 3 1/2 - 4 hours.