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Rouses Turkey Recipe

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Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 10-12lb Turkey from Rouses Supermarket - might want to order before you leave home to make sure it is ready for pick up the day you want it
Directions:
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

2. Remove turkey from bag and place in foil pan.

3. Cover with foil by placing the foil over the turkey and tucking the foil under the rim of your pan.

4. Place covered turkey in the center of your oven.

5. After 45 minutes, check the internal temperature of your turkey to insure a minimum temperature of 150 degrees has been reached. Take the temperature of your turkey in 2 spots; the center of the thickest part of the breast and center of the thigh near the bone. If a minimum temperature of 145 degrees has not been reached, recover your turkey with the foil and recheck your turkey every 15 minutes.

6. When your turkey reaches the minimum temperature of 145 degrees remove the foil and return the turkey to the oven for 10 minutes to brown. At 10 minutes check your turkey for desired browning. If your turkey has not browned to your desired color, recheck every 5 minutes.

7. When your turkey has reached a minimum internal temperature of 145 degrees and has browned to your liking, remove from the oven and allow it to rest for 10 minutes before carving. When you cut into a hot turkey, it might appear pinkish in color and some pink juices might appear. Several natural factors contribute to this, including the age of the bird. It does not indicate an undercooked turkey.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
A lot
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
4 hours?!?!?!?!
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Rouses is our go-to supermarket in Gulf Shores and in 2018/2019 it provided our Thanksgiving meal so we didn't have to stress about making reservations or leaving the condo.

In 2021 we did not go to Gulf Shores for multiple reasons, but I and Alex did go to New Orleans. Since Rouses is originally a Louisiana brand we were able to order a Cajun Turkey and we drove it 700+ miles home to have it for Thanksgiving (actually Sportsgiving because Chris and Amy couldn't make it to Louisville until the Saturday afterwards).

Per usual we followed the directions as written (we did not learn our lesson with the "space age" plastic debacle of 2019) and started the turkey at 4pm to eat at 6pm....at ~8pm we decided it was warm enough (155 degrees) and pulled it from the oven. Didn't even wait for it to cool before slicing it up. That is why there are 'side notes' indicated in the "official" instructions.

 

 

 

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