Turkey - Overnight

By Becky Jo

We always have turkey for breakfast on Thanksgiving morning because it is fresh and ready!
Turkey biscuits are great!

Ingredients

• 1 Turkey, thawed
• 1 Tablespoon Flour
• 1 stick butter or margarine
• 1 oven bag large enough for turkey to fit in
• Roaster pan or other large pan with depth to it (so broth won’t overflow – it always seeps out of the bag anyway)

Details

Adapted from southernplate.com

Preparation

Step 1

Look in cavity of the turkey and make sure there are not giblets (bags of anything). If there are, remove those. I am a bad little Southerner, I throw my giblets away. Grandmama always saves hers for giblet gravy. You do what your heart tells ya to do (my heart says giblets are a wee bit on the gross side).

1. Put one tablespoon of flour in oven bag, shut it and shake it. Place turkey breast side down in oven bag (oven bag should be sitting in your roasting pan). Breast side down is key here for moist white meat. It may look funny but trust us!

2. Stick that margarine or butter where the sun don’t shine (up the little gobbler’s rear- sorry gobbler)

3. Seal bag and cut a few small slits in the top.

4. Turn oven on 250 and cook overnight.

I don’t put mine in until ten thirty or eleven and I get it out by six in the morning. You want to cook it about seven hours, but no more. When you wake up, your entire house will smell like turkey and the broth will be SO RICH and wonderful!!

5. Slice turkey and place on platter. Spoon a little broth over if you like. Cover with cling wrap or foil and refrigerate until time for your meal.