Turkey in a Bag

By debrcovey

Ingredients

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• 1 12-14 lb. turkey
• 1/2 cup white vinegar
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled and halved
• 2 Tbsp. softened unsalted butter
• 2 Tbsp. garlic powder
• 2 tsp. paprika
• 2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. pepper
• 1/4 tsp. dried basil
• 4 sprigs rosemary
• 4 bay leaves
• 4 Granny Smith apples, cored and roughly chopped
• 2 onions, coarsely chopped
• 1 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
• A large roasting pan, a meat thermometer, and a turkey-size oven bag (available in the paper-goods section of the supermarket).

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350. Remove neck and giblets. Rinse turkey with cold water inside and out, then rub with vinegar. Pat dry with paper towels. Rub skin with garlic clove, then butter. In a bowl, mix garlic powder, paprika, salt, pepper and basil. Rub half of spice mix under skin, on breast and back. Tuck two sprigs of rosemary and one bay leaf under breast skin and two rosemary sprigs under back. Rub outside skin with remaining spice mix. Stuff turkey with two chopped apples, one chopped onion, and three bay leaves. Rub inside of oven bag with flour to prevent bag from bursting. Add some of remaining chopped onions and apples to oven bag and leave some in the roasting pan, outside of bag, to use as garnish later. Place turkey, breast side up, on onions and apples in oven bag Cut six 1/2-inch slits into bag to allow steam to escape. Tie bag closed with provided tie or butcher's string. Place bag into roasting pan. Cook in oven for 2 1/2-3 hours. Pierce bag with meat thermometer, and poke into thickest part of inner thigh. The turkey is ready when it reaches 180 degrees. Cut open top of bag, and carefully remove turkey. Discard vegetables. Place turkey on serving dish and let rest for 20 minutes. Garnish with roasted apples and onions.