How to Cook a Turkey Burger on the Stove
If you're primed for a juicy turkey burger, don't let a lack of a barbecue or a grill deter you. Turkey burgers cooked in the oven or in a skillet on the stove top are just as good.
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Roasting a moist turkey involves proper temperature control and techniques like butterflying or using a convection oven. Explore quick turkey burger recipes and creative ways to transform leftovers into festive meals.
7 Leftover Turkey Recipes to Be Thankful For
After last night’s festive Thanksgiving meal, you now have a ton of leftover turkey sitting in the fridge. What to do with it all? Don’t you worry: We have you covered with seven delicious ways to use up all that bird. From turkey pumpkin soup to turkey curry, there’s a recipe for every turkey lover in your family.
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How to Cook a 21.5-Pound Turkey at 325 Degrees Fahrenheit
The average Thanksgiving turkey weighs 15 pounds, so your 21.5-pound turkey is a hefty bird and thus requires a relatively long roasting time -- about 4.5 to 5 hours at 325 degrees.
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How to Cook a Turkey Burger Thoroughly
Turkey burgers are an alternative to burgers made with beef. They are healthier due to turkey meat's lower fat content and provide a different taste to a burger sandwich. Forming and cooking turkey burgers is done much the same way as with their beef counterparts with one exception, which is temperature.
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How to Cook a Butterflied Turkey
A butterflied turkey is flattened and stretched out in a meaty butterfly shape. The entire backbone is removed, making it easier to spread, cook and carve than whole turkeys. The simplest way to cook a butterflied turkey is to roast it in an oven.
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How to Cook Pre-Smoked Turkey Drumsticks in the Oven
Fully cooked, smoked turkey drumsticks can be heated in the oven. Proper techniques will ensure that the meat does not dry out. You can purchase smoked turkey legs at some butcher shops and at many grocery stores, or you can make them at home.
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Directions for Cooking a Turkey Breast in a Convection Oven
A turkey breast cooked in a convection oven develops a crisp skin that helps seal in juices, so the meat stays moist as it roasts to perfect tenderness. Convection cooking speeds up the roasting process by circulating heated oven air around the food with a simple fan in the back of the oven.
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Defrosting Frozen Ground Turkey in the Microwave
Frozen ground turkey is a staple ingredient for many meals, from turkey burgers to turkey chili. Lean ground turkey is a good substitute for ground beef if you are trying to reduce your intake of fat and calories. Ground turkey is a good source of vitamin B6, selenium, iron, niacin and phosphorous.
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How to Cook Turkey Links on the Stove
If you enjoy the savory flavor of link sausage but you're concerned about the fat and calorie content of pork, consider a switch to turkey link sausage. Three fresh pork link sausages contain approximately 165 calories and 15 grams of fat, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Nutrient Database.
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How to Reheat Turkey and Keep It Moist
When prepared properly, turkey is moist and tender, but when it's reheated, it can sometimes lose its juiciness and texture. After safe storage -- with stuffing removed and the turkey stashed in the refrigerator within two hours of cooking -- leftover turkey can be served cold.
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How to Moisten a Dry Turkey
If you cook a turkey for too long, the meat’s natural juices will burn away and it will become dry. Dry turkey has a dull flavor and is difficult to chew and swallow. Rather than smothering dry turkey with too much gravy, you can moisten the meat.
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How to Bake Soul Food Turkey Wings
Comforting, nourishing and inexpensive, the origin of home-cooked soul food lies in early African American cooking traditions that made use of food items others tended to discard.
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How to Cook a Turkey on a Traeger Grill
Traeger grills use an alternative to propane and charcoal by smoking the meat on the grill using wood chunks fed by an electric auger onto a hotplate. Not only does the slow smoking process keep the meat juicy, but it also gives it a distinctive smokey flavor that you can tweak using different types of wood chunks.
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How to Cook a Turkey on a Stove Top
The most common way to cook a turkey is to roast it in the oven. If you don't have an oven, however, or if you just want a change, you can try cooking it on the stove top. Cooking a turkey in a large, covered pot with a small amount of liquid in the bottom is called braising.
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How to Cook the Perfect Turkey Crown
A turkey crown is just the breast meat -- no legs -- on the bone, which reduces the cooking time, makes it easier to carve and creates less waste.
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How to Cook a Turkey in a 16-Qt. Roaster Oven
A roaster oven is a versatile cooking appliance that allows you to roast, bake, steam and slow cook, replacing many of the appliances in your kitchen.
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How to Cook a Turkey in a Fan-Assisted Oven
A fan-assisted oven, otherwise known as a convection oven, roasts a turkey with moist meat and crisp skin in less time than a conventional oven. Convection ovens circulate the heat with fans to more evenly and efficiently cook food.
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How to Cook a Jennie-O Turkey Breast
Jennie-O markets several styles of turkey breast. Your cooking method will vary somewhat depending on whether you get the oven-ready boneless skinless turkey breast, the oven-ready bone-in turkey breast or the premium basted bone-in turkey breast. All the Jennie-O breasts are pre-seasoned.
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How to Bake a Turkey Leg
Turkey legs are commonly neglected in favor of breasts and thighs as a main course. However, turkey legs contain very flavorful meat and can be easily cooked with few spices and seasonings. Even better, the fat inherent in dark meat results in the roasted meat being both tender and moist.
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How to Bake Turkey Tails
Turkey tails are full of fat and full of flavor, so make them extra crispy when baking in the oven. These little gems are sold as turkey tail packages at many grocery stores. Marinating the tails before you bake them makes the bundles of fat even more flavorful.
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