Gobble Gobble, time to cook dat turkey!
My mom being the savvy spender saw that there were turkeys on sale, and was excited to tell me how inexpensive it was.
Papa bless for the season of turkeys!
She bought 2 turkeys, one was put in the freezer and the other was taken out to defrost for a couple days in the fridge.
The turkey i used was 6.2 kg's. A decent size.
I never cooked a turkey before and we rarely eat turkey.
So the smartest thing to do was to follow a recipe
Here was the recipe i followed: https://amazingribs.com/tested-recip...-recipe-easily
Result: https://imgur.com/a/QKLR0
There were more picture and videos taken by family of course.
The Cook
I had a slight problem with green mold when i rested it on the rack to air dry over night.
The top of the turkey had no problem but a few spots were present near the meat touching the cooking rack.
I used the same cooking rack that was in the oven to air dry
Maybe i just need to really dry it?
We tried using scissors to spatchcock it, our scissors really sucked and couldn't cut through the backbone bone easy.
So we brought out the cleaver and started hacking away.
It was unsightly and we really did some damage. But what's done is done.
There's one thing i didn't understand about the recipe.
What does it mean to get the rub under the skin? I got it on top of the skin but that was about it.
When we cut into the turkey, it was super moist.
Family said they have never had turkey like this before.
As expected, from such a big turkey the insides need more salt. So maybe next time i'll think about wet brining.
Everything was really tender, except for the wings. The meat inside was more dry.
I think i need to cook the wings separately, maybe tin foil it?? Or i take the turkey out and cut off the wings before i put it back in.
What do you yall think. Any suggestions?
My mom being the savvy spender saw that there were turkeys on sale, and was excited to tell me how inexpensive it was.
Papa bless for the season of turkeys!
She bought 2 turkeys, one was put in the freezer and the other was taken out to defrost for a couple days in the fridge.
The turkey i used was 6.2 kg's. A decent size.
I never cooked a turkey before and we rarely eat turkey.
So the smartest thing to do was to follow a recipe
Here was the recipe i followed: https://amazingribs.com/tested-recip...-recipe-easily
Result: https://imgur.com/a/QKLR0
There were more picture and videos taken by family of course.
The Cook
I had a slight problem with green mold when i rested it on the rack to air dry over night.
The top of the turkey had no problem but a few spots were present near the meat touching the cooking rack.
I used the same cooking rack that was in the oven to air dry
Maybe i just need to really dry it?
We tried using scissors to spatchcock it, our scissors really sucked and couldn't cut through the backbone bone easy.
So we brought out the cleaver and started hacking away.
It was unsightly and we really did some damage. But what's done is done.
There's one thing i didn't understand about the recipe.
What does it mean to get the rub under the skin? I got it on top of the skin but that was about it.
When we cut into the turkey, it was super moist.
Family said they have never had turkey like this before.
As expected, from such a big turkey the insides need more salt. So maybe next time i'll think about wet brining.
Everything was really tender, except for the wings. The meat inside was more dry.
I think i need to cook the wings separately, maybe tin foil it?? Or i take the turkey out and cut off the wings before i put it back in.
What do you yall think. Any suggestions?
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