I slap a probe thermometer in the brine with an alarm set to go off if the temperature of the solution rises above 40. Its the dry cure spatchcock bird from the good eats finale. Though the presentation isnt traditional, there are a few reasons we prefer to spatchcock turkey. Have you tried everything you can think of to make your roasted turkey tender and juicy, only to get dry breast meat yet again. Nov 01, 2019 thermoworks chef martin earl walks you this amazing thanksgiving turkey recipe. Spatchcock turkey is a quick and easy way to make a thanksgiving turkey. With up to 25 interactive live classes every week and over 80,000 recipes from your. Because its resting on top of a roasting pan or baking sheet, one side of that sphere will always cook more than the other. I dont have one large enough to fit a turkey so i havent given it a. This versions got all of the same crisp skin and juicy meat as the original recipe, but with a flavorpacked herb butter to coat it. Onions, carrots and celery cut into 3 to 4inch pieces. How to cook a spatchcock turkey the fastest, easiest, best way to cook a thanksgiving bird the food labs definitive guide to buying, prepping, cooking, and carving your holiday turkey the serious eats guide to carving turkey.
Butterflied, dry brined roasted turkey with roasted root vegetable. How to spatchcock and carve a turkey video guarantees a. Check out our how to spatchcock a turkey video to see the stepbystep technique in action. Butterflied, dry brined roasted turkey with roasted root. It only takes a few short minutes to prepare, but your guests will be impressed because it looks like you spent hours preparing the bird. Now that youve learned the technique, grab our recipe for roasted spatchcocked turkey with lemonherb butter, our juiciest turkey recipe ever. This step by step video will help you cook your thanksgiving turkey on the grill or in the oven and show you how to carve the bird. The story of spatchcocking and how mark bittman changed. Spatchcock turkey is arguably the juiciest, most flavorful thanksgiving turkey recipe. How to spatchcock a turkey to roast turkey faster savoring. Good eats thanksgiving special follow alton brown on his mission to throw off the dry turkey curse thats haunted. Just as alton brown described, we removed the backbone, butterflied. Good eats roast turkey recipe alton brown food network. To spatchcock is to remove a birds spine and lay the body flat.
How to prep a perfect turkey with alton brown food network. In a little more than an hour, you can have a perfectly roasted 12pound turkey. Nov 21, 2014 to carve a turkey, youll need to start with a turkey. To spatchcock, you remove the backbone of a whole bird and lay it flat to cook. Jan 4, 2020 how to spatchcock and carve a turkey video guarantees a beautifully moist and tender roasted turkey in half the cooking time. Before you begin preparing your thanksgiving bird i want you to read up on how to thaw a frozen turkey. For juicy, evenlycooked turkey with a crisp, golden brown skin, spatchcocking is the answer. Have you downloaded the new food network kitchen app yet. Nov 08, 2018 the trick to making the turkey work on a sheet pan is to spatchcock it to use heavyduty kitchen shears to remove its backbone.
Last year, i spent thanksgiving with my friend mary from barefeet in the kitchen and she makes the absolute best roast turkey with wine and herbs. Get butterflied, dry brined roasted turkey with roasted root vegetable panzanella recipe from food network. I first tried this dry brine method after reading a butterflied turkey recipe from alton brown. Chop them into rough chunks with a cleaver, brown in oil in a medium. Oct 15, 2008 alton brown shares his tips for preparing a fantastic turkey this thanksgiving. Kenji lopezalt spatchcocking is a method of removing the turkey s backbone to flatten its body prior to putting in the oven. Spatchcock turkey is a delicious, moist, beautifully browned bird and one of the easiest methods ever. Nov 09, 2012 its the dry cure spatchcock bird from the good eats finale. Crispy spatchcock chicken recipe video the mediterranean dish. Here is a video i filmed of my wife butterflying the turkey.
Nov 23, 2015 the solution see what i did there is to thaw the bird by unwrapping it and submerging in a brine contained in a large bucket or cooler or other food safe vessel, covered and tucked away in a closet or garage or wherever. How to spatchcock a turkey for thanksgiving cooking turkey. A miracle method for roasting your thanksgiving, friendsgiving, or holiday dinner turkey. Alton introduces butterflying, a technique for cooking a turkey faster. To prepare a juicy, flavorful turkey with a pleasantly crisp, brown skin that tastes terrific even without the assistance of stuffing or gravy. A spatchcocked turkey, on the other hand, resembles a cuboid, in which the top surface is skin and the volume is meat.
Try to distribute the dry brine as evenly as you can get it, on both sides. Nov 06, 2012 a regular turkey can be approximated as a sphere with meat inside and skin on the outside. Alton browns butterflied dry brined turkey a bloggers. Nov 23, 2016 heres a video on alton browns butterflied turkey howto that shows the whole spatchcocking process.
Mark bittman demonstrates how to spatchcock a turkey. How to prep a perfect turkey with alton brown food. Heres a stepbystep guide, plus roasting tips, and advice on how to carve a spatchcocked bird. Although it wont look like a bird from a norman rockwell. My mom has been making spatchcock turkey for years in fact, i started this post for you guys 4 years ago. Alton brown shares turkey brining secrets for thanksgiving. This holiday season, serve alton brown s mostpopular recipe. Mark bittman removes his 45minute turkey from the oven in a 2008 video.
Nov 22, 2014 the story of spatchcocking and how mark bittman changed thanksgiving forever. Take your thanksgiving turkey to the next level this year with alton browns recipe for honey brined smoked turkey from food network. Thermoworks chef martin earl walks you this amazing thanksgiving turkey recipe. Major kudos to alton for not resting on his laurels and coming up with a new thanksgiving hit. Crispskinned spatchcocked butterflied roast turkey with. I also used convection oven setting set at 425 f for about 4550 minutes for a 6. By spatchcocking, brining and roasting the bird at 325. Ive done this method for many years now and still have the best turkey day ever. This video is either unavailable or not supported in this browser. Be sure to see my tutorial for how to spatchcock a chicken and watch the video below. Nov 05, 2009 alton brown shows how to make a simple brine. Alton brown shares his tips for preparing a fantastic turkey this thanksgiving. Nov, 20 spatchcocking delivers breast meat juicier than a standard roast turkey, leg meat more tender than a standard roast turkey, and skin thats so crisp it literally shatters when you poke it, all in about half the time it takes to roast a conventional turkey. Also called butterfly, spatchcocking is when you slice the bird in half along the backbone to.
I tweaked spices to my personal preference then followed recipe after that minus the lemon slices. Alton s roasted root veggie panzanella is a holiday side with a difference. Make the first incision along the outside edge of one branch of the y. With up to 25 interactive live classes every week and over 80,000 recipes from your favorite. The serious eats guide to carving turkey serious eats. Spatchcock thanksgiving turkey chef tom shows you just how simple a truly fantastic thanksgiving turkey can be. Altons butterflied turkey howto food network youtube. But spatchcocking is the secret to making the best turkey. Broiled, butterflied chicken recipe alton brown food. How to cook a spatchcock turkey the fastest, easiest. So youve seen our spatchcock turkey and youre intrigued by the promise of. Pull the legs out to the side and tuck the wings under. A few tips make all the difference in this succulant, juicy chicken with extra crispy skin. Pull back the skin flap around the neck, and youll locate the wishbonethe small, yshaped bone that runs along the top of both breast halves.
Alton browns foolproof cranberry sauce recipe for food network requires just four ingredients and ten minutes of prep time. This spatchcock chicken recipe is so good, it will change your roast chicken game. How to spatchcock a turkey it sure doesnt look like norman rockwells version. Broiled, butterflied chicken recipe alton brown food network. The chicken needs to roast long enough to make sure the dark meat is cooked through, but you dont want to dry out the rest of the bird while doing so. My personal favorite method of prepping a thanksgiving turkey is to spatchcock the bird and wet brine it. Take your thanksgiving turkey to the next level this year with alton brown s recipe for honey brined smoked turkey from food network. Alton brown s foolproof cranberry sauce recipe for food network requires just four ingredients and ten minutes of prep time.
A perfect thanksgiving bird on the table in under 90 minutes. Oct 23, 2017 butterballs chef tony seta and masterbuilt ceo john mclemore teach you the spatchcockling technique. The turkey gibletsparts are made into an awesome gravy. Alton brown and spatchcocking audie cornish and melissa block read emails from listeners about celebrity chef alton browns tips on. Alton browns perfect roast turkey for thanksgiving bon appetit. Nov 14, 2014 so youve seen our spatchcock turkey and youre intrigued by the promise of extracrisp skin and ultramoist meat, all in about 90 minutes. Place the turkey on a large baking sheet that has been coated with cooking oil. I instead used a fusion of balsamic vinegar and meyer lemon juice. Herbrubbed crispskinned butterflied roast turkey recipe. How to cook a spatchcock turkey the fastest, easiest, best way to. Alton brown published a cookbook called everyday cook. Youll also learn the thermal tips and tricks to getting your turkey perfect every time. It originated to cook small birds evenly, but its just as effective on your holiday turkey and will cut the cooking time at.
Alton brown roast turkey turkey in oven dry brine turkey cooking turkey roasted turkey spatchcock turkey alton brown dry rub for turkey dry brine chicken grilled turkey alton brown dried brine butterflied turkey the best tasting turkey i ever made is alton s dried brined butterflied recipe. This flatter shape ensures that the meat cooks more evenly and more quickly, allowing the legs to reach a safe temperature without overcooking the breast. Sep 09, 2019 spatchcock turkey will be the easiest way to get a juicy thanksgiving turkey on the table in less time. Why im still brining after all these years alton brown. Avoid this dry meat dilemma with our roasted spatchcock chicken. Sep 19, 2019 this spatchcock chicken recipe is so good, it will change your roast chicken game. The spatchcock technique will yield enough crispy skin for everyone to share and the moistest, flavorful meat.
1265 358 422 1213 1406 1105 1084 3 939 1046 666 1565 1157 529 866 708 599 57 802 1019 635 131 819 16 833 900 1456 253 1365 1424