Oven Cook turkey

Cooking your turkey in an oven for Christmas doesn’t have to be a stressful experience , follow these simple steps to have a succulent well cooked turkey on your table for Xmas day. Oven Cook turkey are the best tasting way of enjoying your turkey.

1. Always preheat your oven to around 300F , whilst the oven is preheating place a baking full of water and chicken stock on the bottom of the oven , this will prevent it from drying out and will also infuse abit of extra taste throughout the turkey

2. Now in a separate baking dish place the turkey breast side up , ensure that you have used some baking paper to avoid the turkey sticking , melt some butter with some garlic and baste the turkey all over , now using two layers of foil cover the entire turkey so it is fully sealed , this will let the turkey baste in the natural juices , cook for around 2 hours and remove foil for the last 20 minutes . At this point baste the entire turkey with juices from the dish.

How to cook turkey legs

Turkey legs are one of the most enjoyable parts of the turkey , these simple steps will ensure that your turkey legs are fully cooked and will taste absolutely unbelievable on Xmas day , become the envy of your family and friends

1. PreHeat oven to 300F , place a dish in the bottom of the oven filled with water and chicken stock , again this infuses the turkey with some extra flavour.

2. Now in a pan melt some butter , garlic , paprika and a slight dash of lime , heat so that butter is hot but not burning , slightly brown each turkey leg and place in a large baking dish , cover all turkey legs with some home made chutney , fully seal with foil and cook for approximately 1hour , check after this time to see if ready.

 

Cook Turkey per pound

Any successful cooking of a turkey is dependant on how long to cook turkey per pound , follow my easy to read guide that will ensure your turkey is cooked perfect everytime.

1. Very simply for every 1 pound of turkey cook for approximately 15minutes , a 4 pound turkey will need approximately 1hour in a preheated oven , this only a guide but this ensure that you dont overcook your turkey.

Cook turkey convection oven

Reduce your normal cooking time by 25% when cooking your turkey in a convection oven , many convection ovens will have presetting on them that allow you to input the weight of your turkey and then it will cook according to that weight. Continually baste the turkey to ensure that it doesnt dry out and that all the juices are put back into the meat of the turkey

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