Fill your ovens with other important things this Thanksgiving and let your slow cooker take on most of the work! This Turkey couldn’t be ANY EASIER, JUCIER, and I’m going to say it — MOIST.
SLOW COOKER TURKEY
Slow cooking turkey GUARANTEES juicy and succulent meat! Now, while I WISH that a slow cooker can magically create a crispy, golden browned skin like this one, your broiler will take care of that for the last 10-20 minutes this turkey needs to get all golden browned. All up? 4-5 hours cooking time with your oven freed up for a good chunk of that time!
TURKEY BRINE?
Usually, a turkey needs a good 6 or more hours slow roasting in your oven, sometimes leaving it in there all night to have it ready for the next day. Am I right? Most times you need to brine it for a good 24 hours before even roasting it. Plus, if you leave it too long in brine, it will get too salty, OR if you use a less salty brine, you run the risk of washing out the natural turkey flavours into the water. Ah the DILEMMA. You need a bucket, a long list of brine ingredients, plus time.
HOW TO MAKE Slow Cooker Turkey
HOW TO GET A CRISPY SKIN
Pat your turkey dry with one or two sheets of paper towel, and remove any rogue feathers that have been left behind. Smother and slather it with the herb butter ALL OVER. Place it in your cooker bowl and season it generously with salt and pepper. I didn’t measure since salt and pepper is something I usually eyeball, but it should be about 1 tablespoon of sea salt and maybe ½ tablespoon of pepper. For the purpose of having this turkey done fast, I cook it on HIGH heat setting, but you CAN cook it on low if you wish.
THE BEST PART
I then changed the oven settings from broiler back to oven to get it MORE golden without burning it, for about 15 minutes.
GRAVY
ALL of the flavours from the slow cooker bowl make this gravy up, and let me tell you. You guys will be licking your plates clean! Made exactly like white sauce, using the left over juices out of the slow cooker instead of milk, butter and flour, and a splash of Worcestershire sauce for added flavour. So easy! Want to try different turkey recipes? Try this Crispy Beer Turkey OR this One Pan Juicy Herb Roasted Turkey & Potatoes With Gravy!
SIDES!
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