Whole Turkey Comfort Food Recipes

"Here you will find easy step-by-step instructions that will result in the best juiciest turkey you will ever have! cooking the turkey breast-side down will create a tender juicy turkey without brining or using other methods --- if you are stuffing the turkey you will need approximately 8 cups of prepared stuffing for an 18-pound turkey --- the cooking..."

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Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, whole turkey...

"No more waiting around for hours for your turkey to cook, it will be cooked in a short time and with perfect results! this method will seal in juices to produce a juicy tender turkey, this is for unstuffed turkeys only and do not use this method for turkeys weighing over 16 pounds, cooking time is only estimated it will depend on the size of the turkey..."

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Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, margarine...

"In-laws coming over for Thanksgiving where YOU have to roast the turkey for the first time? Nervous and jittery are you? Not to worry! Just follow these detailed instructions and you'll fly by! The only thing is, your mother-in-law might get jealous because you produced a much better turkey than she ever did. *.* This is an equally good and easy recipe..."

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Ingredients: cooking spray, dark brown sugar...

"This turkey goes with recipes for Recipe #194583 and Recipe #194648. Make sure to begin early enough to allow for marinating time. All recipes originated with Cooking Light."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, dried oregano...

"This is the anti-saw-dust tasting, forget the pop-up thermometer bird cooker! Hence, we toss the thermometer altogether. Cooking the bird "upside-down" uses gravity and allows the juices to cook inside the breast meat, giving it a tender deliciousness that is hard to duplicate when cooking for a golden-brown-colored turkey breast skin. With..."

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Ingredients: cooking spray, whole turkey...

"I was cooking a whole Turkey and I didn’t know what to use for the stuffing. So my workmate suggested this recipe. She found it in a Christmas book called ‘Family Circle, The tastes of Christmas, step-by-step’"

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Ingredients: dried apricots, fresh mint...

"Here's a HIGH-heat alternative--that kills those pesky salmonella bugs--leaving behind nothing but a tasty, moist bird. Original recipe comes from *Southern-Style Christmas* by Lucinda Secrest McDowell. Cooking time includes baking one hour plus overnight resting."

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Ingredients: olive oil, whole turkey, water...

"Gilding is a 15th Century novelty - originally gold leaf was applied to decorate meat and poultry that was served at Christmas, as well as other feasts and festivals! This is a wonderful way of serving your traditional roast turkey - and with a saffron and butter basted gilded effect, NOT using gold leaf I hasten to add - but still achieving a deep..."

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Ingredients: pepper, egg yolks, string...

"This produces a very moist, flavorfull turkey."

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Ingredients: pepper, garlic salt...

"I have made this five years in a row and always get compliments about it being the most tender turkey people have ever had. Basting isn't required until the end, so it's a really low-maintenance recipe! And the gravy (my personal favorite part of Thanksgving) is to die for! I have used the same measurements for up to a 14-pound turkey. Serving..."

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Ingredients: cream of chicken soup, dried onion flakes...

"This recipe I adapted from a magazine Taste of Home's Light & Tasty. The aroma is great and the oil and juice under the skin keep it nice and moist. The chopped veggies add great flavor to the gravy."

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Ingredients: corn oil, lemon juice...