You CAN cook a frozen turkey!

(Stickin' with mammoth) #1

This is life-changing news to a lazy…er…efficient cook.

It all started when an 8 pound turkey-sicle barely thawed half a centimeter in three days. I couldn’t wait any longer to try my turkey-n-brie recipe (which consists of eating turkey, with brie) so I put that bird in a pan breast side down and stuck it in a 300 degree oven.

8 hours later: perfection. Om, nom, nom.

You’re welcome.

PS: Wouldn’t try this with a larger bird unless you’re ready to slow roast it overnight.

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(Laurie) #2

I’m glad it worked out. It’s supposed to be bad to thaw things for too long in the fridge. “Too long” being a relative term. I figure it means more than a day, which means largish items will still be frozen.

What I do now is put the large frozen thing in a bag, in a pail of cool water, for a couple of hours.

I think it’s good that your turkey was at least partially thawed. Otherwise I’d envision an explosion. Does that make me a bad person?

(Stickin' with mammoth) #3

What the–? I thought that was only when you deep fried it?

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