Hi guys, i am going to do my first spatchcock butterflied turkey for thanksgiving and was curious about recommended timing. Spatchcocking delivers breast meat juicier than a standard roast turkey, leg meat more tender than a standard roast turkey, and skin thats so crisp it literally shatters when you poke it, all in about half the time it takes to roast a conventional turkey. Internal temperature at the the thigh should be 165. Alton brown and spatchcocking audie cornish and melissa block read emails from listeners about celebrity chef alton browns tips on cooking the perfect thanksgiving turkey. The rest of the turkey had temperatures from 123 198. F and roast for an additional 15 minutes to further crisp up the skin. Whatever you do, dont let the term spatchcocking intimidate you. Then wet brine, drybrine, or season the spatchcocked turkey. Mark bittman demonstrates how to spatchcock a turkey. Rotate the pan every 30 minutes to ensure even roasting. Because its resting on top of a roasting pan or baking sheet, one side of that sphere will always cook more than the other.
That means you remove its backbone and lay it flat, so the meat cooks more evenly. Every year we get a flood of questions regarding pellet grill capacities, methods, pellets, proper thaw times, cook times, and overall how to prepare the best smokey turkey. Spatchcocked herbroasted turkey recipe taste of home. The turkey is spatchcocked and drybrined with kosher salt, and then left to sit looselycovered in the refrigerator for 24 to 48 hours. Let your turkey come to room temperature while the oven gets toasty.
Send the bird into the oven and roast for about 114 to 112 hours. One napkin, 12 ways martha how to spatchcock and roast your thanksgiving turkey. Eventkeeper at moon township public library plymouth how to spatchcock and roast your thanksgiving turkey. For those of you in search of a juicy, evenly cooked turkey with a crisp, golden brown skin this year, spatchcocking is the answer. Spatchcock turkey is a delicious, moist, beautifully browned bird and one of the easiest methods ever. Cut thigh meat off bone angle your knife as you go. Using the spatchcock method to cook your turkey is the failproof way to get all that and more. The chicken, turkey, or other fowl needs a bit of preparation before beginning the spatchcocking process. One 12 to 14pound turkey neck and giblets removed two 1ounce packets ranch seasoning 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened 3 carrots, cut into thirds. The spatchcock technique will yield enough crispy skin for everyone to share and the moistest, flavorful meat before you begin preparing your thanksgiving bird i want you to read up on how to thaw a frozen turkey. Take your turkey to the next level, check out my thanksgiving.
Spatchcock the bird by removing the backbone and splitting the breastbone. Clip the ends off the wings, as they normally burn no matter the cooking method. Tylers spatchcocking method is as easy as flipping, clipping and snipping. As a general rule of thumb, id suggest you start roasting a bird of any size at 450 for 20 to 25 minutes, until nicely browned, then lower the temperature to 400 degrees and continue to roast.
For a little background, i think of myself as a bit of a deep fried turkey pro and connoisseur. Depending on the size of your bird you may need several days. Remove the neck, gizzards, heart, and other bits and pieces that have been included. Spatchcock the turkey just like grilled chicken under a brick, grilling turkey under a brick requires you to spatchcock aka butterfly the bird, which allows it to lay flat against the heat source. A perfect thanksgiving bird on the table in under 90 minutes. It takes time and spatchcocking a frozen turkey will not work. Step by step instructions to spatchcock and roast a whole turkey in just 90 minutes.
To make it easier to flatten the turkey, slide the tip of a sharp knife along the keel bone, which runs downwards from the breast. How to cook a spatchcocked turkey cravings of a lunatic. But i first learned about the 45minute turkey in 2012, along withit seemsmost food enthusiasts. Around thanksgiving, some stores price turkey below their cost to get people into their stores.
The only party i hate in the turkey cooking process is the thaw out time. Youll also learn the thermal tips and tricks to getting your turkey perfect every time. The 14lb turkey roasted in this video was cooked to perfection in 70 minutes. Also, be sure to check up my follow up clip, home chef. Thermoworks chef martin earl walks you this amazing thanksgiving turkey recipe. Just two years ago when we spent thanksgiving on our own, we ordered and picked up our dinner from our local grocery store. Place the spatchcock turkey on the rack skin side up and let it smoke cook for 4 hours. Rather than roasting a whole bird this thanksgiving, take the modern route and spatchcock the turkey.
On a turkey, remove the legs from the clamp at the rear of the bird. Spatchcocked turkey roasted on bed of stuffinganyone. This method keeps the meat moist, and you can cook your whole bird in less than an hour. Ive looked at some websites and one suggests placing the turkey on a sheet of aluminum foil with holes to regulate pan drippings her stuffing was too soggy for her tastes. Place turkey in the oven on the middle rack, and cook for 80 to 90 minutes, or until internal temperature reaches of the breast is approximately 150 degrees, and the thigh reaches. Taking on a turkey can be one of the most overwhelming tasks of the holiday season. Kenji lopezalt, serious eats managing culinary director is a passionate advocate of the spatchcocking aka, butterflying a turkey.
How to smoke a turkey spatchcock style meadow creek. If wet or drybrining, you can do this up to 3 days ahead of cooking. The day before roasting, combine the sugar, 14 cup salt and 2 teaspoons pepper in a small bowl. A regular turkey can be approximated as a sphere with meat inside and skin on the outside.
See more ideas about turkey, cooking recipes, holiday recipes. Season the turkey generously with salt and pepper on bottom side. It only takes a few short minutes to prepare, but your guests will be impressed because it looks like you spent hours preparing the bird. If you want to spatchcock your turkey, make 2 cuts with carbon steel shears to the left and right of the backbone. Perfect spatchcock turkey is an easy spatchcock turkey recipe, giving you the most evenly cooked turkey in about an hour and a half. Flip the turkey upside down so the breast is on your cutting board with the opening to the larger cavity facing toward you using poultry or kitchen shears, start at the larger cavity end and cut along either side of the backbone so the bone can be removed. Thanksgiving is freshly over, and i would like to talk about my experiences with both. Meanwhile, prepare turkey by removing the popup timer, plastic clamp holding legs. Cut down on your cook time with this simple, spatchcocked version of a thanksgiving classic. How to cook a spatchcock turkey the fastest, easiest, best way to cook a thanksgiving bird spatchcocking delivers breast meat juicier than a standard roast turkey, leg meat more tender than a standard roast turkey, and skin thats so crisp it literally shatters when you poke it, all in about half the time it takes to roast a. Its results on a turkey are not, however, and this thanksgiving you. This is the first turkey ive ever made, and no insults to all of the turkeys of thanksgiving past, but i also think it was one of the best. And then, this year, we found ourselves all alone again, only this time there would be no.
Tuck the wing tips under the turkey and place on the roasting rack. Roast until the turkey reaches 160 degrees, about an hour and a half. Smoke the spatchcock turkey until digital meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the breast reaches about 158160 degrees. Citrusherb spatchcocked turkey empowering nourishment. The story of spatchcocking and how mark bittman changed. Mark bittman removes his 45minute turkey from the oven in a 2008 video. I mentioned to you last week that i was doing a turkey trial run this past weekend, and you can tell by the looks of this spatchcock turkey that it was a huge. It basically means that the backbone is removed from the turkey.
Heres everything you need to know about making the ultimate turkey, smoked, grilled, or barbecued. This method revolutionized turkey preparationit cuts the cooking time in half and arguably produces a better bird. Spatchcocked grilled turkey recipe food network kitchen. Spatchcocked turkey with anise and orange bon appetit.
You can smoke an excellent turkey from butterball or honeysuckle, but theres also a lot of value in going with a heritage breed or minimallyprocessed turkey. Why you must spatchcock your turkey this thanksgiving. There was very uneven cooking throughout the turkey. Remove the turkey from the refrigerator and leave at room temperature for 1 hour. This year, because of writing thanksgivingoriented assignments for. While some might believe that the whole thanksgiving meal centers around the pictureperfect carving of a whole roasted turkey at the table, weve found that it can be tricky to cook a bird with such outofproportion dimensions and a very thick breast evenly. Follow our instructions for how to spatchcock a turkey. You can freeze these for homemade stock, soup, gravy, or other purposes, or just throw them away.
This citrusherb spatchcocked turkey is super flavorful, juicy, ready in well under two hours, and boasts incredibly crispy skin. Remove the heart and giblets from the turkey and reserve. How to spatchcock a turkey for thanksgiving martha stewart. Cook your thanksgiving turkey in 90 minutes this year with tyler florences. Four days before service, place the salt, sage, thyme, black peppercorns, and allspice into a. Note that its best to do one side all the way, then open. If youre looking for reasons to spatchcock a turkey this thanksgiving, ask yourself these simple questions. I love making this turkey when the holidays come around, because its only takes 90 minutes in the oven before it. Roasted spatchcock turkey with herbs and just the right amount of salt produces the juiciest, crispiest turkey for thanksgiving dinner.
Hold drumstick and slice meat off bone, if desired. I tried to find a good clip of a guy or gal cleanly slicing through a bird. Though the presentation isnt traditional, there are a few reasons we prefer to spatchcock turkey. Spatchcock ranch turkey recipe katie lee food network. Transfer turkey to a rack in a foillined rimmed baking pan. Kenji lopezalts butterflied roast turkey with gravy recipe. If a grand entrance with a turkey straight out of a norman rockwell painting is not part of your thanksgiving ritual, you can. Pat skin dry and rub olive oil over the entire turkey. Spatchcock turkey, and marinate 1824 hours in cajun buttermilk brine. Toast aniseed in a dry small skillet over medium heat, tossing occasionally, until fragrant, about 3 minutes.
The turkey gibletsparts are made into an awesome gravy. To spatchcock, you remove the backbone of a whole bird and lay it flat to cook. This method revolutionized turkey preparationit cuts the. A few years ago i was given a butterball turkey deep fryer by my brother in law, and i. The skin in a spatchcock turkey is crispy and the meat is moist and tender.
A spatchcocked turkey, on the other hand, resembles a cuboid, in which the top surface is skin and the volume is meat. How to spatchcock a turkey for thanksgiving kitchen. The spatchcock turkey guide do you have your turkey yet. I have a 17lb bird and i am thinking this will take a little under 2 hours to get to 150 in the breast. To spatchcock is to remove a birds spine and lay the body flat. There are three things everyone wants in a thanksgiving turkeycrispy skin, juicy meat and a fast cooking time. Spatchcock turkey will be the easiest way to get a juicy thanksgiving turkey on the table in less time. Learn how to spatchcock a turkey aired november 25, 2014 to spatchcock a turkey, you need a pair of sharp kitchen shears, big knife, possibly a small paring knife and, of course, your turkey. Underneath the crispy skin, the tender meat is flavored with an herbinfused butter or ghee, if you prefer. Spatchcock turkey is a quick and easy way to make a thanksgiving turkey.