Easy Turkey In A Paper Bag

Total Time: 27 hrs Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 (12 -16 lb) whole turkey (any size)
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning
• 1 tablespoon montreal chicken seasoning (a mixture of course salt, course ground pepper and garlic granules)
• prepared stuffing, your favorite
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Recipe

• 1 at least one night or up to two nights before cooking, season turkey inside and out with salt, garlic powder and poultry seasoning.
• 2 place in a plastic bag and refrigerate until day of cooking. this ensures that the bird is seasoned all the way through, like brining does, only better.
• 3 on turkey day, stuff turkey with your favorite stuffing recipe. tie legs together and fold wings back behind themselves.
• 4 pat turkey dry, and rub olive oil all over bird. sprinkle skin with montreal grill seasoning.
• 5 open up a large paper bag so the opening is facing you, and rub the inside bottom of the bag with a generous coating of butter.
• 6 turn bag over so butter is on top, and place bag in a pan on a rack.
• 7 cut a piece of aluminum foil to line the bottom of the bag. crinkle it ip then spread it flat and spray with cooking spray to keep bird from sticking.
• 8 place turkey into the bag, fold opening of bag closed and staple shut.
• 9 place turkey into a cold oven. (do not preheat!).
• 10 turn the heat to 500 degrees. and roast for exactly one hour.
• 11 tuen heat down to 400 degrees, toast one hour longer.
• 12 turn heat down to 300 degrees and roast one additional hour.
• 13 remove turkey from oven. total cooking time is 3 hours regardless of the size of the turkey.
• 14 the bag will look and smell charred, but the butter keeps the bag from burning and the bird will be perfect.
• 15 tear away paper bag in pieces and let turkey rest for at least 20 minutes before carving. but the longer rest, the better.