How To Make Herb Roasted Turkey with Garlic Butter
Fill the Thanksgiving dinner table with this roasted turkey stuffed with onion and lemon, then rubbed with a flavorful blend of herbs, garlic, and butter.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 15lbturkey
- 10tbspbutter,softened
- 2tspgarlic,minced
- 2tbspfresh sage leaves,finely chopped
- 1tbspfresh rosemary,finely chopped
- 2tbspfresh thyme leaves,finely chopped
- ¼cupfresh parsley leaves,finely chopped
- salt and pepper,to taste
- 1onion,peeled and quartered
- 1lemon,quartered
- 1cupassorted herbs,whole sprigs to stuff inside the turkey
- 3cupschicken broth,or turkey broth
For Optional Garnishes:
- assorted herbs
- fresh cranberries
- seckel pears
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
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Remove the turkey from the refrigerator and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Tuck the turkey wings under the body.
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Place the butter, garlic, sage, rosemary, thyme, parsley, and salt and pepper to taste in the bowl of a food processor. Blend until smooth.
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Season the cavity of the turkey with salt and pepper, then stuff with the onion, lemon, and assorted herbs. Tie the turkey legs together with kitchen twine.
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Rub the herb butter all over the outside of the turkey and under the skin of the breast. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
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Place the chicken broth in a medium saucepan on the stove and keep warm over low heat.
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Place the turkey in a roasting pan and bake for 45 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and continue roasting for 3 hours, basting the turkey every 30 minutes with the chicken broth, until the turkey is done.
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To check if the turkey, insert a meat thermometer into the thickest part of the turkey thigh. It should register 165 degrees F.
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If the turkey appears overly browned during the cooking process, cover it with foil.
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Remove the turkey from the oven and tent loosely with foil. Let the turkey rest for 25 minutes. Slice, then serve.
Nutrition
- Calories: 769.53kcal
- Fat: 34.67g
- Saturated Fat: 11.98g
- Trans Fat: 0.59g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 10.63g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 7.18g
- Carbohydrates: 10.60g
- Fiber: 4.21g
- Sugar: 1.71g
- Protein: 100.68g
- Cholesterol: 348.38mg
- Sodium: 1246.20mg
- Calcium: 239.72mg
- Potassium: 1195.11mg
- Iron: 14.73mg
- Vitamin A: 166.62µg
- Vitamin C: 9.18mg
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