Turkey Smoked and Roasted Recipe
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Turkey prep |
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Ingredients: * 1 Turkey
* 2 sticks(about 1/2 pound) of roasted garlic butter softened..
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Directions:Rinse the turkey inside and out with cold water. Remove any large clumps of fat from the main cavity opening. Use your hand and/or a spoon to run under the skin of the bird all over including the legs. With a spoon put spoonful's of the garlic butter under the skin and with your hands on the outside of the skin rub it all over. Rub the outside of the bird with some of the garlic butter.
The butter will crisp the skin and it will turn nice and brown.
Melt any remaining garlic butter with a stick(1/4 lb.) of plain butter and use it to baste the turkey during cooking. The roasted garlic recipe is in the 'This and That" section of this cookbook. |
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Prepare the Grill |
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Ingredients: * hickory or your favorite smoking chips
* aluminum disposable pan about a 9x13
* a charcoal or gas grill big enough for the turkey
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Directions:Put the aluminum water pan under the grate and fill half full of water. Keep adding water to the pan as needed during cooking time. Pre heat the grill to 325*f to 350*f'. If you have a charcoal grill add wet wood chips to the coals periodically during the cooking time. For a gas grill make aluminum foil smoke bombs with dry chips. You would probably use 3 to 4 cups of chips for either grill type.
Note: If your grill is large and you can do indirect cooking you can omit the water pan because the danger of grease flareups is reduced. |
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Roast The Turkey |
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Ingredients: * 1 prepared turkey
* 1 prepared grill
* Basting butter sauce
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Directions:Put the water pan so the Turkey will be directly over the top of the water. This helps keep the turkey moist and also helps to prevent grease flame ups. . Set the turkey on the grill breast side up . Try to place the bird so the breast is in the cooler area of the grill because it cooks faster then the dark meat. Baste the bird with the garlic butter mixture every 30 minutes during roasting time. This will make the skin get a nice golden brown.It will take about 3 hours to cook a 15 pound turkey. A meat thermometer in the thickest part of the thigh should read 160*f. Usually the juices will be clear in the main cavity when cooked..When the turkey is cooked transfer it to a platter or cutting board. Let it rest for 15 minutes prior to carving |
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