Quick Roast Turkey
  1. Break down turkey into pieces: wings, leg-thighs, neck-spine, breast halves.

  2. Remove wing tips and neck and the popes nose for the stock, chop the spine into smaller pieces.

  3. Remove wishbone.

  4. Remove breast meat from breastbone in 2 whole pieces. Trim excess fat for stock.

  5. Salt both sides of all pieces (rosemary salt).

  6. Let set in fridge for about an hour.

  7. Separate onto 2 sheet pans. Legs and thighs and wings on 1, breasts on the other.

  8. Drizzle skin side with oil.

  9. Oven @ 400.

  10. Roast breasts to 145, about 35 minutes, remove to resting rack.

  11. Thighs to 185, about an hour.

  12. Take wings out when brown enough.

  13. Deglaze and scrape pans into stock.

  14. Presentation: place sliced breasts, sliced thighs, whole legs, wings, on a sheet pan covered with foil with about ⅓ C stock. Reheat before serving about 7 or 8 minutes at 400.

Course🍽️Main Course

Diets🌾Gluten-free🥩Carnivore...

Category🍽️Main Dish

Cuisine🇺🇸American

Occasions📆Everyday🎉Holiday🦃Thanksgiving

Season🍂Fall

DifficultyEasy ⏰ 2h

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