Comments on: Overnight Turkey (Easy, Delicious, and Always Moist!)

By: Deborah

Deborah — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:42:09 +0000

Here is a great cornbread dressing recipe…
1 cake of cornbread
1 Pan of bisquits ( I make homemade but if not, use good refridgerator kind)
stick of melted butter
sage, salt and pepper
Broth from cooked turkey
Boil chopped onions and celery in broth ( amount depends on your liking)
Boil neck and giblets (even liver if you like – I do!) till done, then chop up all meat and giblets when done.
Use big mixing pan like a stainless steel and crumble cornbread and bisquits. Add onions and celery, the meats and the butter. Start adding broth till you get a playdough effect. I like to use a little HOT water so it won’t be too greasy. Now add your sage and salt and pepper to taste. (I like to take lots of taste tests!) You will know when it is right when it holds it’s shape and has nice flavor. Spread into pan or pans and bake for about 30 min on 350. Turns out great everytime!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:09:04 +0000

I cook turkey every Thanksgiving and Christmas! We love it! I put my thawed turkey in a large roasting pan, add 6 or 7 cups of water. Take a couple of Granny Smith apples and a couple of onions and half them. Place an apple and an onion in the cavity of the turkey. Put the rest around the turkey. Heat the oven to 500 degrees. Cover turkey with lid and place in oven. Cook 5 minutes per pound plus 5 minutes. Turn oven off and leave overnight. DO NOT OPEN OVEN DOOR til morning! Juicy and delish!!!!

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 03:11:32 +0000

Does the breast get brown cooking the turkey breast side down the entire time or do you recommend flipping the turkey to brown the breast? If so, at what point do you flip the turkey? Thanks!

By: Jackie

Jackie — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:34:24 +0000

Do you have a recipe for gravy for cornbread dressing

By: Cathy

Cathy — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:55:02 +0000

Hey Brenda, just wanted to ask if you cooked it overnight or during the day..for supper? I’ve never sliced up a turkey ‘ahead’ of time and refrigerated it until we’re ready for it….just wondering if ‘cold’ turkey is as good as hot. Anybody have comments? Thanks!

By: Brenda

Brenda — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:05:32 +0000

Hi Christy, Hi neighbor!! I live here in Madison, Al. also!!I just wanted to tell you I have never cooked a turkey before ever! This Thanksgiving will be at my home for the first time. My father past away last year and my mama is not ready for Thanksgiving at her home yet since Daddy’s passing, SO being the oldest daughter it has been passed to me!! Anyway to make the long story short I went to Publix’s Monday after finding your site.. a friend turned me on too your WONDERFUL SITE!!! Bless her Lord!!! Bought a 10 lb turkey and bags and cooked it for Supper the next day.. had my sons their wife’s and all the grandkids over for Supper. I was told DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING!!! It was PERFECT!!! Thank you soooo much!!! You have saved our upcoming Thanksgiving Dinner this year!!!I love your site and I am going to the bookstore this weekend and find your wonderful book!!!

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By: MistyDawn

MistyDawn — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:35:35 +0000

The slicing of the turkey is always a big part of thanksgiving around our family, everyone surrounds the carver waiting to get their hands on a sample while it is being carved…kinda like a pack of starving animals..hehe. So, everyone sees the product before it is sliced in our family–guess that is why it has to be “pretty”.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:52:30 +0000

Thank you!!! It was my job to make the turkey this Christmas, my first ever and it was for my in-laws. I was feeling the stress… The smallest turkey I could find was 19.5 lbs… After being in the fridge for 4 days it was not near thawed Christmas eve. Thankfully, my SIL helped thaw turkey in the bathtub.

So at 2:30am I put the turkey in, no oven bag, just the butter in the bumm, a cup of water in the pan and turkey upside down on a rack in the roasting pan and I lightly covered turkey with foil.

I started checking the temperature at 9:30am and it was not near done. I checked ever 30 minutes. I was worried it would dry out.

I cooked that sucker until 12:45 and it came out moist and delicious. I am commenting in case someone else ends up with an obscenely large bird and wonders if this method will work… it does.

Thank you soooo much for the wonderfully easy way to cook at turkey. Why doesn’t everyone cook them this way? Merry Christmas!