This oven roasted turkey recipe is easy to make and turns out juicy, packed with flavor, and perfectly crisp skin. If you’re looking for a Thanksgiving dinner must-have dish… this is it! Learn how to cook a turkey in the oven with this step-by-step guide for beginners… | sipbitego.com
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time3 hourshrs
Resting Time1 hourhr
Total Time4 hourshrs15 minutesmins
Course: Dinner, Main Course, Main Dish, Thanksgiving
Cuisine: American
Diet: Gluten Free
Keyword: Oven Baked Turkey Legs, Oven roasted turkey, Turkey in the oven, Whole roasted turkey
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F and remove turkey from the bag (or turkey brine if you followed the Sip Bite Go brined turkey recipe beforehand). Remove / discard the neck and giblets or anything that comes with the turkey that you don’t want.
Pat turkey dry with a paper towel.
Drizzle olive oil over turkey and rub to fully coat it.
Season inside the turkey with ½ tbsp poultry seasoning.
Stuff the onion, lemons, and garlic cloves into the cavity.
Season the outside of the turkey with the remaining poultry seasoning.
Truss the turkey if desired.
Place the turkey in a roasting pan (ours was elevated on a roasting rack that came with the pan) and roast turkey in the oven at 325 degrees F.
After 90 minutes, take the turkey out of the oven and brush with melted butter
Cover the top of the turkey loosely with tin foil.
Place the turkey back into the oven and cook until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F in the thickest part of the turkey, the thigh. (The total cooking time for this 12lb turkey in the Sip Bite Go demonstration was about 3 hours.)