Spatchcock Turkey

Name: Spatchcock Turkey
Total time: 14400 s
Yield: 12 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 13 pound turkey, thawed; Olive oil; Sea salt; Rosemary; Smoked paprika; Garlic powder; Thyme; Pink Himalayan Salt

Taylor Topp Comacho @Tay68cancook

USA

I prefer this cooking method when cooking a larger turkey. I'm using a 13 pound turkey in this recipe. I won't add amounts of spices I used as I just sprinkle them over and under the turkey. A specific amount isn't required. Just enough to cover the underside of the flesh and enough to cover the skin. I use a light sprinkle of the spices I use. You can change them to use your favorites on your turkey.

Taylor Topp Comacho @Tay68cancook

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Ingredients

4 hours

12 people

13 poundturkey, thawed
Olive oil
Sea salt
Rosemary
Smoked paprika
Garlic powder
Thyme
Pink Himalayan Salt

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Steps

4 hours

1

I rinse my thawed turkey under cool water before starting.
2

Pat dry and let it sit to room temperature. You can spatchcock it now or after it reaches room temp
3

To spatchcock you need a good pair of kitchen shears and strong hands. Turn the turkey back side up and feel along it's backbone. That is where you will cut out the spine.
4

Cut up along one side of the spine from rear end of turkey up to the neck. Repeat on other side of the spine.
5

Remove backbone and turn turkey over. On a flat surface press on the breast and break breast bone. This will lay the breast flat.
6

Transfer turkey to your deep sided baking tray. Season the inside of turkey with the seasonings. Just sprinkle a light layer over all the meat. Flip turkey over.
7

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Pat turkey dry one more time. Rub olive oil (or you can use butter), over all the skin areas. Tuck wing tips behind the wing sections. Season the front with your spices just as you did the underside.
8

Pat the turkey surface to press in seasonings into the oil.
9

Place turkey into the oven and cook at 375 for 30 minutes. Then reduce heat to 325 degrees.
10

Cook about 10 minutes per pound. Now spatchcock turkey cooks quicker. You need to keep an eye on the turkey and remove it from the oven once a thermometer in breast meat reaches 165 degrees.
11

Remove turkey from the oven and tent with aluminum foil. Rest turkey 15 minutes before carving.