How To Make Smoked Turkey
Serve your bird differently this holiday season with this smoked turkey recipe. Flavored in a spice rub and full of fresh herbs, this dish is a sure hit.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1recipeturkey brineoptional
- 12lbwhole turkeygiblets and neck removed
- ½cupBBQ rub
- 1onionquartered
- 1lemonquartered
- 4sprigsfresh herbssuch as thyme, rosemary or parsley
- 3cupschicken broth
- fresh herbsfor garnish
- cooking spray
Instructions
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Preheat the smoker to 250 degrees F. Load the smoker with apple wood.
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Coat a large disposable aluminum pan with cooking spray. Place the turkey in the pan and tuck the wings under the body.
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Stuff the cavity of the turkey with the onion, lemon and herbs, then use kitchen twine to tie the legs together.
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Sprinkle the BBQ rub all over the surface of the turkey.
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Place the turkey in the smoker. Cook for 6 to 7 hours, basting with chicken broth every 30 to 45 minutes, until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh registers 165 degrees F. Refill the wood chips as needed.
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If the turkey starts to get too dark, cover it with foil.
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Let the turkey rest for 10 to 15 minutes then transfer to a serving plate. Garnish with herbs if desired, then serve.
Recipe Notes
1. If brining turkey, the chicken broth basting part can be skipped.
Nutrition
- Calories: 1377.30kcal
- Fat: 60.04g
- Saturated Fat: 13.58g
- Trans Fat: 0.54g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 22.68g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 15.76g
- Carbohydrates: 7.95g
- Fiber: 0.64g
- Sugar: 2.20g
- Protein: 190.36g
- Cholesterol: 628.51mg
- Sodium: 1074.27mg
- Calcium: 114.71mg
- Potassium: 2088.89mg
- Iron: 8.27mg
- Vitamin A: 189.85µg
- Vitamin C: 16.48mg
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