Cooking A Turkey The Day Before Serving. Not only is having the turkey ready to serve hours or even a day earlier a less stressful way to prepare for the meal but having the turkey already carved and ready to be served on a platter for the table allows the oven to be used for other dishes and helps minimize the amount of cleaning required after the meal. On serving day drizzle a liberal amount of broth one two cups per 9x13 inch pan of meat over turkey cover and warm in 300 350 oven for 30 45 minutes or until meat is hot and steamy.
Although making the turkey ahead takes just as much time to prepare it requires very little time on the day of your holiday meal. There is absolutely nothing wrong with pre roasting a turkey a day or two before serving it s not leftovers. Cool slightly about 1 hour.
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Partially thaw turkey in refrigerator overnight. There should be some hot broth in the bottom of the reheating pan that can be used for this. Pour 1 1 2 cups broth over top. Refrigerate uncovered until fully cooled.
