This particular method is for folks who want the fastest, quickest, easiest route to juicy turkey meat, and ultracrisp skin. Drybrined and spatchcocked our prethanksgiving turkey. The result is a rich, deeply flavored bird with a gorgeous rustcolored skin. Nov 20, 2016 the spatchcock turkey guide do you have your turkey yet.
How to spatchcock a turkey for thanksgiving martha stewart. In a little more than an hour, you can have a perfectly roasted 12pound turkey. If youre looking to experiment with a different method of cooking your thanksgiving turkey, weve got you covered. If not, brine your turkey for at least 8 hours, up to overnight.
Press firmly down onto both sides of turkey to flatten. With thanksgiving coming up, the phrase is making the rounds on the internet, showing off a way to cook a turkey in less time and create a more even cooking process. The classic way to cook a turkey is to thaw a frozen bird, stuff it, then roast it. Brining your turkey is the first step to juiciness. Tuck the wing tips under the turkey and place on the roasting rack. With a spatchcocked turkey and its slim profile, this is not a problem. Over the years, ive written many articles on brining or not brining turkeys.
Definitely a keeper recipe and a nice shorter cooking time alternative. The story of spatchcocking and how mark bittman changed. Heres a stepbystep guide, plus roasting tips, and advice on how to carve a spatchcocked bird. Basically, its a method for lazy folks with great taste. Spatchcocked turkey logistics thanksgiving roasting size. Basically its a method for lazy folks with great taste.
Kenji lopezalt from serious eats explains how and why youd want to spatchcock a turkey in. How to brine a turkey for thanksgiving serious eats. The only party i hate in the turkey cooking process is the thaw out time. In fact, you can probably give the grill enthusiast in your family the basting brush, a timer and meat. Spatchcocked grilled turkey recipe food network kitchen. Butterflied, dry brined roasted turkey with roasted root. Spatchcocking delivers breast meat juicier than a standard roast turkey, leg meat more tender than a standard roast turkey, and skin thats so. Nov 06, 2012 with a regular turkey, the breast is totally exposed, while the legs are relatively protected. The serious eats guide to carving turkey serious eats. Kenji lopezalt from serious eats explains how and why youd want to spatchcock a turkey in the above video, but it basically boils down. How to spatchcock a turkey bon appetit bon appetit. If your turkey is enhanced as explained in recipe notes above continue to step 2. I am using the spatchcock method of roasting a turkey breast.
Spatchcocked herbroasted turkey recipe taste of home. This method revolutionized turkey preparationit cuts the cooking time in half and arguably produces a better bird. Check out his article and video, including a tutorial on how to carve a spatchcock turkey. It can be done with a turkey, chicken or duck, so i decided to make the attempt and give it a try with a whole duck from maple leaf farms, my favorite duck producers who i am happy to be an ambassador for. I find a 1214 pound turkey is the maximum size i can fit on a bakers x 18 half sheet. For juicy, evenlycooked turkey with a crisp, golden brown skin, spatchcocking is the answer. Nov 21, 2018 serious eats and each offer mouthwateringly gorgeous ideas for how to plate the carvedup turkey to best effect. Nov 09, 2012 its the dry cure spatchcock bird from the good eats finale. I thought roasting a turkey breast was less time per pound vs.
So bottom line, what is the roasting time per pound for a spatchcock turkey breast. While a spatchcock chicken can fit on any grill, a spatchcock turkey takes up a little more real estate. Crispskinned spatchcocked butterflied roast turkey with. Reserve the backbone for making turkey stock for gravy. Taking a page out of the louisiana playbook, this turkey is rubbed all over with a fragrant, lightly spicy mix that includes paprika, cayenne pepper, coriander seed, cumin, black pepper, onion and garlic powders, and both dried oregano and dried thyme. Spatchcocking is the secret to making the best turkey youve ever hadin half the time. This moist and tender turkey cooks up with even browning and crispy skin in half the time of a whole turkey. Oct 07, 2016 check out these amazing spatchcocked turkey recipes from around the web. The spatchcock turkey guide do you have your turkey yet. All you need is a sharp chefs knife if necessary with a mallet or hammer to pound it through the bone or heavy shears. Depending on the size of your bird you may need several days to let your turkey completely thaw out in the fridge. The story of spatchcocking and how mark bittman changed thanksgiving forever. The fresh turkey package i have says to reduce salt in brine by half, but im not sure how to reconcile that with a dry brine. Ask a butcher to remove both the back and breast bones from your turkey.
Cajunspiced spatchcocked turkey recipe serious eats. Plus theres the bonus of adding wood chunks for lightly smoky, more flavorful meat. So youve decided to spatchcock your turkey this year. The serious eats tutorial is using a 1214 lb turkey in what i would assume is a half sheet 18 x. Its different, yet recognizably allamerican in the best sort of.
This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our. Crispskinned spatchcocked butterflied roast turkey with gravy. Put a pan filled with water underneath where the turkey will sit, then a layer of unlit charcoal next to it. Im lucky enough that i live in temperate california with weather thats suitable for grilling pretty much all year long, save for a few rainy days here and there. So youve seen our spatchcock turkey and youre intrigued by the promise of extracrisp skin and ultramoist meat, all in about 90 minutes. It can be done with a turkey, chicken or duck, so i decided to make the attempt and give it a. When we decided to grill the turkey for our thanksgiving gathering this year, i was really excited about it its the perfect excuse to be outdoors yet still be getting the centerpiece of thanksgiving dinner cooked. Transfer turkey to a rack in a foillined rimmed baking pan. Herbrubbed crispskinned butterflied roast turkey recipe. Taking a page out of the louisiana playbook, this turkey is rubbed all over with a fragrant, lightly spicy mix that includes paprika, cayenne. Get butterflied, dry brined roasted turkey with roasted root vegetable panzanella recipe from food network.
So how do you get your turkey to cook evenly, cook faster, and taste better all in one fell swoop. Spatchcocked turkey in 80 minutes something new for dinner. Again, there are multiple articles on spatchcock turkey, but i think kenji lopez at serious eats does the best job. When you spatchcock turkey, it evens out the cooking times.
But year after year of preparing the dish in the same way can get a bit dull. Set up a charcoal grill for low and slow cooking as per the image above. Porchettaflavored spatchcocked turkey recipe serious eats. I have found cooking time per pound for a whole turkey.
Unless drastic measure are taken, you dont stand a chance of getting it all to finish cooking at the same time. Kenji lopezalt of serious eats toted the spatchcocked turkey as the quickest easiest route to juicy meat, and ultracrisp skin. November, 2017 spatchcocking your thanksgiving turkey is the fastest, quickest, easiest route to juicy meat, and ultracrisp skin. November 20, 2017 so youve decided to spatchcock your turkey this year. Last year in addition to posting my incredible bacon wrapped turkey recipe, i also posted a recipe for spatchcocked turkey in 80 minutes. After reading the serious eats article, i knew i only had one option. How to spatchcock a turkey for thanksgiving how to spatchcock a turkey for thanksgiving. It originated to cook small birds evenly, but its just as effective on your holiday turkey and will cut the cooking time at. How to cook a spatchcocked turkey cravings of a lunatic. Im thinking im just going to skip it, spatchcock and let dry in the fridge for crispy skin, and salt the skin just before roasting instead. Spatchcock is a funny word, but its a seriously smart way to cook a. Roast until a thermometer inserted in thickest part of thigh reads 170175, 114 to 112 hours. So youve seen our spatchcock turkey and youre intrigued by the.
Rather than roasting a whole bird this thanksgiving, take the modern route and spatchcock the turkey. Serious eats is the source for all things delicious. For a 22 kettle, i would use a turkey closer to 10 pounds. Butterflied big bird spatchcock turkey nom nom paleo. But spatchcocking is the secret to making the best turkey youve ever hadin half the time. The edges of the stuffing was raided as the bird was resting by the hungry horde. Situating the darker meat closer to a twozone indirect fire lets the legs and thighs cook faster. Unless you have a large oven and a very large roasting pan or baking sheet, you will want to limit the size of your spatchcocked.
Kenji lopezalt, serious eats managing culinary director is a passionate advocate of the spatchcocking aka, butterflying a turkey. The woodsy herb, fennel, and garlic flavors in a classic italian porchetta are an absolutely natural match for turkey, which is why we stuff them. In 2002, mark bittman published this revolutionary approach to roasting the thanksgiving turkey, which allows you to cut the cooking time of the average. Spatchcock is a funny word, but its a seriously smart way to cook a large bird. The first turkey i roasted to test this recipe was waaaaay too big. Spatchcock if you have never cut the spine out of a large turkey you are not missing anything. It sounds like youre planning to spatchcock the turkey by cutting through the rib cage, but its actually easier to halfway bone it. Place the spatchcock turkey on the rack skin side up and let it smoke cook for 4 hours.
Its the dry cure spatchcock bird from the good eats finale. Nov 25, 2014 playing cidersoaked spatchcock turkey. Watch the video above or checkout serious eats excellent tutorial. November 18, 2016 november 18, 2016 by delrayfarmersmarket, posted in recipes.
Serious eats completely demystifies spatchcocking with a terrific tutorial and the video above. Nov 05, 2017 spatchcock is a funny word, but its a seriously smart way to cook a large bird. Nov 25, 2016 the edges of the stuffing was raided as the bird was resting by the hungry horde. Spatchcocked turkey with anise and orange from bon appetit. The grill is wellsuited to roasted turkey perfection. How to cook a spatchcock turkey the fastest, easiest, best way to cook a thanksgiving bird the food labs definitive guide to buying, prepping, cooking, and carving your holiday turkey the serious eats guide to carving turkey. Weve got stepbystep photographs and videos on how to carve a roasted turkey, whether its a traditional, fully intact bird, or spatchcocked. How to spatchcock a turkey for thanksgiving cooking turkey. You can spatchcock a larger turkey, cut it in half down the middle and put each half on separate baking pans. Situating the darker meat closer to a twozone indirect fire lets the legs and thighs cook faster than the more delicate breast meat, leaving both sections of the bird to reach their respective ideal temperatures at the same time. Serious eats and each offer mouthwateringly gorgeous ideas for how to plate the carvedup turkey to best effect. What is the roasting time per pound for a spatchcock. Try and increase that heat, and you end up scorching the skin before the meat has had a chance to cook through. For whole meal timing, put the sides in the oven when the turkey is at 100 degrees instead of the usual 120.
Pat skin dry and rub olive oil over the entire turkey. Rub the turkey all over with kosher salt, figuring about one tablespoon per 5 pounds, or 12 teaspoon per pound exact amounts are not critical. What is the roasting time per pound for a spatchcock turkey. With a regular turkey, the breast is totally exposed, while the legs are relatively protected. That means you remove its backbone and lay it flat, so the meat cooks more evenly. How to cook a spatchcocked turkey from serious eats. A normal roast turkey can take several hours to cook through at an oven temperature of around 350f or so. As an individual who has never really done any butchering, it wasnt the best part of thanksgiving. Serious eats offers more tips, but one i like a lot is that the bird looks pretty cool this. Herbrubbed crispskinned butterflied roast turkey serious eats. Kenji lopezalt, managing culinary director of the food lab at serious eats, swears by spatchcockingor butterflyingas the quickest, most even method of cooking turkey.
To spatchcock is to remove a birds spine and lay the body flat. Serious eats video brining or drybrining your bird can mean the difference between dry turkey and supremely moist and plump turkey. We first spatchcock the turkey into two manageable pieces, and once the turkey is on the grill, you just have to baste it once in awhile. This article by serious eats covers everything you need to know about selecting a turkey. Check out these amazing spatchcocked turkey recipes from around the web. Read about some favorite ways to cook a turkey below. Smoke the spatchcock turkey until digital meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the breast reaches about 158160 degrees. How to make an herb butterrubbed spatchcocked roast turkey in. How to spatchcock a turkey for thanksgiving cooking. Spatchcocked turkey with anise and orange bon appetit. Butterflied, dry brined roasted turkey from food network. But spatchcocking is the secret to making the best turkey.