Cooking Your Turkey The Day Before Thanksgiving. When you should start cooking. Thanksgiving i put in oven 300 degrees and heat through.
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Pour about 1 cup of chicken broth or pan drippings over the meat cover and bake at 350 f for 30 40 minutes or until the temperature of the turkey is 140 f. I placed the sliced turkey in a large roasting bag poured the juices over and sealed it tightly and put in the refrigerator on a plate with sides in case there were any leaks. While it s best to actually cook your turkey on thanksgiving day holzman recommends seasoning your turkey the night before.
Remove the bag of giblets from the inside of the turkey.
Although making the turkey ahead takes just as much time to prepare it requires very little time on the day of your holiday meal. I cut the bird into large portions and pour all the broth over it and into the fridge it goes. On thanksgiving day remove the turkey from the refrigerator and let sit to come to room temperature before reheating. No slippery greasy piping hot bird taking up the oven making my sink dirty burning my fingers taking up space.
