15 Best Turkey Recipes with Bacon (2024)

FAQs

How do you keep bacon from burning on turkey? ›

Just grab some foil and loosely tent the turkey to prevent the bacon from burning during the long cook time. Then, when three hours are up, remove the foil, crank up the oven to 450 degrees and continue roasting the turkey to give the bacon and chance to crisp up.

Roast the turkey in the hot oven for 10–15 minutes. Take the tray out of the oven, baste the bird with the pan juices and lay the bacon rashers over the breast to keep it moist. Baste again. Lower the setting to 180°C/Gas 4 and cook for about 2 1⁄2 hours (calculating at 30 minutes per kg), basting occasionally.

(Here's an idea: try stuffing your turkey with oranges, pomelos and fresh herbs to infuse extra flavor into your bird and help retain moisture!) Other fragrant fruity matches include cranberries, figs, sweet potatoes, corn, green beans, almonds, walnuts and urfa biber (otherwise known as isot or Aleppo pepper).

How To Cook Turkey Bacon In The Air Fryer. Place your turkey bacon strips in an air fryer basket (or on an air fryer tray) without overlapping. Air Fry at 360 degrees F for 10 minutes, making sure to flip them halfway through cooking at the 5 minute mark.

Roasting a turkey? Tent it with aluminum foil! With this simple trick and a little Reynolds Wrap^® Aluminum Foil, you can more efficiently protect your turkey from over-browning and ensure that it tastes better than ever.

To achieve a perfectly golden, juicy turkey, let the bird spend time both covered and uncovered in the oven. We recommend covering your bird for most of the cooking time to prevent it from drying out; then, during the last 30 minutes or so of cooking, remove the cover so the skin crisps in the hot oven.

Roast 1 hour, then baste every 30 minutes with pan liquids, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of thigh (avoiding bone) registers 125°F, about 3 hours. Remove foil; raise oven heat to 400°F. Continue roasting, basting occasionally, until thigh reaches 180°F, 45 to 60 minutes more.

Put the turkey on top of the vegetables, put in the oven and roast in the oven for 45 minutes, or until lightly golden brown. Reduce the heat to 350 and continue roasting, basting with the warm chicken stock every 15 minutes until basting with some of the chicken stock every 15 minutes, about 2 to 2 ¼ hours longer.

Stick with salt and pepper, put herbs like rosemary, thyme, and sage to work, or take spicy Cajun seasoning for a spin for some kick. Whatever blend you choose, spread it all over the turkey—on top, underneath, between the body and wings and legs, under the skin, and even in the cavity of the bird.

Add halved onions, carrot chunks, celery and fresh herbs to the cavity of your turkey, inserting them loosely. These flavor builders are the base of stock and most soups. As your turkey cooks, they'll steam and infuse your bird with moisture and flavor.

What can you put in a turkey cavity instead of stuffing? ›

Besides stuffing, you can put aromatic ingredients like onions, garlic, herbs (such as rosemary, thyme, or sage), citrus slices (lemon or orange), and vegetables (carrots, celery) inside your turkey to add flavor during roasting.

Turkey bacon is often praised as healthier than pork bacon. While it does contain less fat and fewer calories, it's still highly processed. It may also contain ingredients that aren't ideal for health if eaten in large amounts.

Add 1 cup of water to the bottom of your air fryer basket. This will prevent the rendered bacon fat from smoking.

Place bacon in air fryer

If you're using an oven-style air fryer, you'll want to put the bacon on an air-fry basket (basically a mesh rack) with either a solid pan or a piece of aluminum foil folded up on the edges underneath to catch any bacon grease drippings.

You can fix it: Cover the whole bird with aluminum foil to prevent the skin from burning before the meat has finished cooking, and go ahead and crank up the oven heat.

Make sure your turkey is fully thawed without frost on it before you fry it. Without thermostat controls, deep fryers can overheat oil to the point of starting a fire. If your turkey fryer does not have a thermostat, use a kitchen thermometer that attaches to the side of the pot.

Using Heat That's Too High

Bacon cooks best low and slow. Whether on the stove or in the oven, don't cook it at a temperature that's too high or you risk uneven cooking, or worse, burned bacon.