Easy Overnight Roast Turkey
After trialling and testing many different variations, this roasted turkey recipe is officially my go-to, never-fails recipe for the Christmas dinner.
The recipe itself requires very little prep time. By spreading butter onto the skin you create a beautiful golden finish to the turkey and by setting the turkey over some hot chicken stock, the turkey slowly steams in the juices meaning no basting is required! This allows me to prepare the turkey on Christmas Eve, pop it in the oven and then on the big day itself, all that's left to do is carve!
I'd highly recommend you keeping hold of this recipe for next Christmas or Thanksgiving, but turkey is equally delicious for big roast dinners throughout the year. So why not give it a test drive first?
Beautifully golden, succulent turkey every time.
Ensure your turkey is thoroughly cleaned inside and out first.
A large orange and a bunch of rosemary fill the cavity, allowing the turkey to be infused by their flavours throughout the slow cooking process.
The flavoured butter is massaged into the meat to keep it from drying out and the turkey is mounted on top of the hot chicken stock to allow it to steam as it cooks, keeping everything moist.
Then the turkey is put into a tent of foil to keep all of the steam and juices inside while it slow roasts.
Easy Overnight Roast Turkey
Recipe details
- 12 Servings
- Prep time: 20 Minutes Cook time: 11 Hours Total time: 11 hr 20 min
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