# Thanksgiving Turkey

A delicious Thanksgiving turkey recipe that is easy to make and perfect for a dinner party.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- Turkey
- Kosher salt
- Orange peel
- Fresh dill
- Fresh rosemary
- Fresh thyme
- Soy sauce
- Butter
- Garlic cloves
- Black peppercorns
- Fresh parsley
- Fresh sage
- Lemon zest
- Lemon juice
- All-purpose flour
- White wine
- Turkey drippings

## Instructions

1. Unwrap the turkey from its paper.
2. Place the turkey on a roasting rack in a roasting pan.
3. Sprinkle kosher salt all over the turkey and rub it in.
4. Peel an orange using a vegetable peeler.
5. Tie together fresh dill, rosemary, and thyme with twine.
6. Pour soy sauce into a small saucepan.
7. Add butter, the tied herbs, garlic cloves, and black peppercorns to the saucepan.
8. Heat the mixture until it comes to a boil and the butter melts.
9. Pour the melted butter mixture into a small bowl.
10. Chop fresh rosemary, sage, and parsley on a cutting board using a chef's knife and bench scraper.
11. Add butter to a mixing bowl.
12. Zest a lemon directly into the butter.
13. Add the chopped herbs, kosher salt, and black pepper to the butter.
14. Mix all ingredients together to create an herb butter.
15. Remove the turkey from the refrigerator.
16. Pat the turkey dry with paper towels.
17. Loosen the skin of the turkey.
18. Stuff the herb butter under the turkey skin, spreading it evenly.
19. Drizzle olive oil over the turkey.
20. Brush the olive oil over the turkey.
21. Place the turkey in the oven to roast.
22. Remove the turkey from the oven and baste it with the melted butter mixture.
23. Return the turkey to the oven to continue roasting.
24. Remove the fully roasted turkey from the oven.
25. Baste the turkey with the melted butter mixture again.
26. Squeeze fresh lemon juice over the turkey.
27. Drain the juices from the turkey cavity into the roasting pan.
28. Remove the turkey from the roasting pan and set it aside to rest.
29. Scoop some of the rendered fat from the roasting pan into a small saucepan.
30. Add all-purpose flour to the saucepan with the fat and whisk to create a roux.
31. Pour white wine into the roux and whisk.
32. Add turkey stock to the mixture and whisk until smooth.
33. Pour the pan drippings from the roasting pan into the saucepan with the gravy and whisk until thickened.
34. Pour the finished gravy into a measuring cup.
35. Remove the twine from the turkey.
36. Carve the turkey.
37. Arrange the carved turkey on a serving platter with fresh herbs and orange slices.
38. Pour gravy over the carved turkey.
39. Serve the Thanksgiving turkey with a glass of white wine.

## Equipment

- Roasting pan with rack
- Cutting board
- Vegetable peeler
- Twine
- Small saucepan
- Whisk
- Small bowl
- Chef's knife
- Bench scraper
- Zester
- Mixing bowl
- Silicone brush
- Oven
- Measuring cup
- Serving platter
- Wine glass

## Tips

- Patting the turkey dry is crucial for crispy skin.
- Basting the turkey regularly helps keep it moist.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRJw1x2b/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/408a707a-9c90-485e-9af3-4e6be06c09b7
- Extracted: 2025-11-26

Extracted from the video by Clip Recipe (https://www.cliprecipe.com). Quantities and steps are as stated or shown in the video. Site guide for agents: https://www.cliprecipe.com/llms.txt