The Five Incarnations of Turkey – Thanksgiving Turkey Recipes

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First Timers Turkey recipe—my failproof formula for making a drop dead gorgeous, awe-inspiring Thanksgiving bird—even if you’ve never done it before.

This week I want to tell you some other ways I’ve prepared turkey over the years.

So ladies and gentlemen: fire up your grill.

Wishing you a happy Thanksgiving!

SR

Thanksgiving Turkey Recipes

Turkey with truffle butter under the skin

Here’s a dish from my cooking school days in Paris, and it solves the perennial problem of dry turkey breast. The secret? Use an injector sauce and stuff with truffle slices and herb butter under the skin. The injector sauce will add extra moisture and flavor to the turkey meat.

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Turkey adobo with mojo de ajo

In Miami, our food culture is firmly anchored in Latin America and the West Indies. This recipe is a holiday turkey—Miami style, spiced with adobo, a garlic-cumin marinade, and served with a sour orange sauce called Mojo.

Turkey Recipes for Thanksgiving

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Beer can turkey

You wouldn’t, would you—not with America’s most revered culinary emblem—Thanksgiving turkey? Well, sorry, Mr. Rockwell, but here comes the strangest incarnation of all: beer can turkey.

Beer Can Turkey

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Double Whiskey-Smoked Turkey

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because we get to fire up a lot of smokers to prepare the Thanksgiving feast. We always smoke our turkey for Thanksgiving. I love the way the joint techniques of brining and smoking give you a bird with incredibly moist flesh. No more dry turkey!

Double Whiskey-Smoked Turkey

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Citrus smoked turkey beast

Here’s a turkey breast bright with citrus (lemon, lime, orange, and grapefruit, pureed rind and all), with fennel pollen (or fennel seeds) for a licoricy sweetness—inspired by the Pig & Pickle in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Citrus-Smoked Turkey Breast - Thanksgiving Turkey Recipes

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