Deep Fried Turkey
Last weekend I made a deep fried turkey. All agreed it was a very easy way to make turkey. It only took an hour and there was no mess. The other good thing was that the oven was free for sides.
I bought a garden variety 15 pound turkey from Fareway. I brined it according to Easy E's instructions - 1 pound of salt, 1 pound brown sugar, 6 quarts of water, 5 pounds of ice.
You have to be extremely careful when frying a turkey. There are all kinds of youtube videos of turkey fryers catching fire and burning houses down. I heated the oil to 250 instead of 350 before dropping the turkey in.
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It is also extremely important to keep everyone who is not the turkey cook AWAY from the fryer. We occupied our little one with a new big wheel from her uncle.
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The turkey fried about 45 minutes. I let it reach an internal temperature of 151 in the breast meat.
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