Roast Turkey with Fresh Herbs
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
10 min.
Preparation
ready in 3 h. 10 min.
Ready in
Ingredients
for
8
- Ingredients
- 127 ozs Turkey
- kosher salt
- freshly ground Black pepper
- 1 medium onion (peeled and quartered)
- 8 cloves garlic cloves (peeled)
- fresh Fresh herbs (such as; thyme; parsley; rosemary; and sage)
- 3 bay leaves
- 8 Tbsps unsalted butter (melted)
Preparation steps
1.
Adjust a rack to lowest position and remove other racks. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2.
Remove turkey parts from neck and breast cavities and reserve for other uses, if desired. Dry bird well with paper towels, inside and out. Salt and pepper inside the breast cavity and stuff the onion, garlic, herbs, and bay leaves inside. Set the bird on a roasting rack in a roasting pan; breast side up and brush generously with half the butter and season with salt and pepper. Tent the bird with foil.
3.
Roast the turkey for 2 hours. Remove the foil and baste with the remaining butter. Increase oven temperature to 425 degrees F and continue to roast until an instant read thermometer registers 165 degrees F in the thigh of the bird, about 45 minutes more.
4.
Remove turkey form the oven and set aside to rest for 15 minutes before carving. Carve and serve.
