This tasty turkey dinner recipe produces perfectly seasoned and juicy turkey for you family to enjoy a perfect dinner meal. My friend Mark taught me to cook tasty turkey like this but he never measures anything so, use your own judgments for vegetables and oils.
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This tasty turkey dinner recipe is so delicious and everyone will love it when he or she will taste it. Perfect turkey is every cooks gold and in this recipe that uses and salt water brine, your turkey will be tender and juicy every time.
Start in a night before to cook, the overnight bringing is easy and ensures a perfect seasoned, juicy, and moist bird every time. This turkey recipe is one of my favorite recipes, serve this thanksgiving tasty turkey dinner to your family and enjoy the compliments.

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20 | 30minutes | 4hours | 17hours |
Servings | Prep Time |
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- 18 pound whole turkey neck and giblets removed
- 2 cups kosher salt
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 2 onions peeled and chopped
- 4 carrots peeled and chopped
- 4 stalks celery chopped
- 2 sprigs thyme fresh
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cup white wine dry
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Nutrition Facts
How to Make Perfect Roast Tasty Turkey Dinner Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 684 Calories from Fat 306
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 34g 52%
Saturated Fat 12g 60%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.2g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 267mg 89%
Sodium 10798mg 450%
Potassium 117mg 3%
Total Carbohydrates 4g 1%
Dietary Fiber 1g 4%
Sugars 1g
Protein 77g 154%
Vitamin A 47%
Vitamin C 8%
Calcium 10%
Iron 32%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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- Rub the turkey inside and out with the kosher salt. Place the bird in a large stock pot, and cover with cold water. Place in the refrigerator, and allow the turkey to soak in the salt and water mixture 12 hours, or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Thoroughly rinse the turkey, and discard the brine mixture.
- Brush the turkey with 1/2 the melted butter. Place breast side down on a roasting rack in a shallow roasting pan. Stuff the turkey cavity with 1 onion, 1/2 the carrots, 1/2 the celery, 1 sprig of thyme, and the bay leaf.
- Scatter the remaining vegetables and thyme around the bottom of the roasting pan, and cover with the white wine.
- Roast uncovered 3 1/2 to 4 hours in the preheated oven, until the internal temperature of the thigh reaches 180 degrees F (85 degrees C).
- Carefully turn the turkey breast side up about 2/3 through the roasting time, and brush with the remaining butter. Allow the bird to stand about 30 minutes before carving.
Serve and Enjoy with your family.