Turkey Preparation Guide

View our collection of free turkey recipes including roasted turkey and turkey breast recipes.

Find useful advice and tips on buying, preparing and cooking your turkey.

Ingredients included in this recipe are apple cider, packed dark brown sugar, kosher salt, black peppercorns, juniper berries, bay leaves, cinnamon sticks (3 inch), whole cloves, ...

Ingredients included in this recipe are loaves multigrain bread (1 pound loaves), margarine, carrots, minced, celery, minced (large stalks), onion, minced, chopped fresh parsley, ...

Ingredients included in this recipe are Turkey Breast (4-6 lb), garlic, onion salt, oregano, Paprika, chicken broth.

For a change of pace, use your leftover turkey to make these tasty turkey enchiladas. Everyone will enjoy the fantastic flavor of these enchiladas and appreciate the change in menu from tradtional leftover turkey recipes.

Use your leftover turkey and gravy to make this mouth-watering savory pie. The flaky crust is filled with turkey, gravy, and vegetables to create this scrumptious pot pie.

Thawing Two common methods of thawing a frozen turkey are the refrigerator method and the cold water method. To properly and safely thaw a turkey, the refrigerator method is recommended.

crock pot, slow cooking

Thawing Fish | Salmon Preparation | Tips Thawing Fish Frozen fish can be cooked without thawing but the cooking time would need to be increased to cook it thoroughly. If the fish is going to be breaded, stuffed, broiled, fried or cooked in the microwave, it should be thawed completely first.

Clarified Butter | Brown Butter | Homemade Butter Clarified Butter Melting whole butter and removing the milk solids and water, produces clarified butter. It is a rich golden fat that is also referred to as drawn butter.

Cleaning/Rinsing Grain | Soaking Grain | Toasting Grain Preparation of whole grains before cooking is fairly simple: most require only washing or soaking before they can be cooked.

A process in which a whole turkey is soaked in a salt and water solution for a period of time for the purpose of moistening the meat and enhancing the flavor.

A type of turkey that has been soaked in a solution of salt and water for a period of time for the purpose of moistening the meat and enhancing the flavor.

A solution of salt and water used as a soaking medium for whole turkeys for the purpose of moistening the meat and enhancing the flavor.

Made in several varieties that include both chicken and turkey, this soup is a savory version of the original Pot Pie.

Often placed in poultry as it is processed, this device is made to advise the consumer preparing the food when the item is finished cooking.