Thankfully, Chef Alton Brown details a step-by-step guide in Bon Appétit magazine, complete with quirky advice and plenty of personality. If you have been searching for the best way to brine, brown, and keep your turkey tender and moist, you've come to the right place.
Hosting this year's feast at Chico apartments is a piece of cake with Alton Brown's Perfect Roast Turkey for Thanksgiving article! Find out why you really shouldn't stuff your turkey, or open the oven to baste!
Posted By: bon appétit Magazine
By Alton Brown
I remember my first turkey. I was 25; it was 20 pounds. I had no idea what I was doing, so I snagged a recipe from a glossy food mag that promised to produce the perfect turkey. The ingredients required for the stuffing and the glaze cost exactly two dollars more than the turkey itself, not including the gas it took to drive to three different markets in search of said ingredients.
To make a long and painful story short, I worked my butt off all day long and was rewarded with a turkey that had all the flavor and mouthfeel of pulverized Sheetrock, though I have to say, the stuffing and skin were sublime. Of course, that's the ultimate goal of most turkey recipes: to create a great skin and stuffing to hide the fact that turkey meat, in its cooked state, is dry and flavorless. Does it have to be that way? No. We just have to focus on what the turkey is and what the turkey needs. And we have to consider what it is we really want. This is how I see it...
Alton's article is your best friend this Thanksgiving, all you have to do is follow the directions! Pay extra attention to the temperatures he advises to keep your bird at (for food safety), avoid packing your turkey full of stuffing and also unnecessary basting! We hope this year's Thanksgiving at Chico apartments and your turkey turn out wonderfully!
For additional tips on hosting, check out this blog: How to Host Thanksgiving at Apartments in Northern California
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