Roasted Upside Down Turkey

Ingredients

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 1 12-18 pound turkey (I buy a fresh turkey, not frozen)
• vegetable oil
• salt
• pepper

Instructions

1. Remove the giblets and neck from 2 body cavities.
2. Tuck the wing tips behind the back to keep tips from burning.
3. Overlap the legs and tie them together with kitchen string.
4. Rub the entire turkey with oil.
5. Season with salt and pepper.
6. Place roasting rack in roaster pan. Line rack with aluminum foil. This keeps rack from making marks on the turkey breast.
7. Place the turkey BREAST SIDE DOWN.
8. Roast for 2 hours.
9. After 2 hours, flip the turkey over by holding its ends with paper towels. (Remove foil at this time).
10. Return to oven.
11. Roast for another hour. Check temperature.
12. You can also baste at this time.
13. Once breast hits 160-165 degrees remove turkey, tent with foil and let rest 30 minutes before carving.

By KathyMillerTime