What Temp To Cook Turkey Dressing. First a stuffed turkey cooks more slowly because of its greater mass compared to an unstuffed turkey. That s it no stuffing.
The general rule is 15 to 20 minutes per pound of turkey when cooking an unstuffed turkey. That s it no stuffing. Our family stuffing recipe includes cooked pork sausage celery bread minced onions and raw eggs among other items and cooks inside the turkey how do i now make that same recipe as dressing outside the turkey.
To reach this temperature roast a stuffed turkey at 325 degrees.
Preparing stuffing outside of the turkey is a good way to ensure sufficient quantities at holiday time as a double batch can be prepared half cooked inside the bird and half cooked outside. When the turkey is done remove from the oven and allow to stand for 20 30 minutes before carving. This homemade stuffing recipe never sees the inside of a turkey so it s up to you whether to call it stuffing or dressing either way baking it in its own dish is preferable because the top turns out golden brown and crispy. This is for two reasons.
