Name: Easy Beginner’s Turkey with Stuffing Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 12 lbs whole turkey; 6 oz dry bread stuffing mix; 1 cup water; 1 tbsp butter; 1 cup celery; ¼ cup onion; 4 slices toasted white bread; salt and pepper; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil

easy beginners turkey with stuffing recipe

How To Make Easy Beginner’s Turkey with Stuffing

This beginner-friendly turkey with stuffing recipe serves perfectly roasted turkey that’s rubbed with vegetable oil and filled with buttery bread stuffing.

Preparation: 30 minutes

Cooking: 4 hours

Total: 4 hours 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

12lbswhole turkey
6ozdry bread stuffing mix,(1 package)
1cupwater
1tbspbutter
1cupcelery,chopped
¼cuponion,chopped
4slices toasted white bread,torn into small pieces
salt and pepper,to taste
2tbspvegetable oil

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Rinse turkey, remove giblets, and place in a shallow roasting pan.
Prepare stuffing according to package directions. Mix in water.
Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat, and slowly cook and stir the celery and onion until tender.
Mix celery, onion, and toasted bread pieces into the stuffing, and season with salt and pepper.
Loosely scoop stuffing into the turkey body cavity and neck cavity. Rub the exterior of the turkey with vegetable oil.
Loosely cover turkey with aluminum foil, and roast 3½ to 4 hours in the preheated oven, until the thickest part of the thigh reaches 180 degrees F and the interior of the stuffing reaches 165 degrees F.
Remove foil during the last ½ hour of cooking to brown the bird.
Serve and enjoy.