Bacon Wrapped Roasted Turkey Recipe - Food.com (2024)

FAQs

How do you keep bacon from burning on turkey? ›

Just grab some foil and loosely tent the turkey to prevent the bacon from burning during the long cook time. Then, when three hours are up, remove the foil, crank up the oven to 450 degrees and continue roasting the turkey to give the bacon and chance to crisp up.

How To Cook Turkey Bacon In The Air Fryer. Place your turkey bacon strips in an air fryer basket (or on an air fryer tray) without overlapping. Air Fry at 360 degrees F for 10 minutes, making sure to flip them halfway through cooking at the 5 minute mark.

Put the turkey on top of the vegetables, put in the oven and roast in the oven for 45 minutes, or until lightly golden brown. Reduce the heat to 350 and continue roasting, basting with the warm chicken stock every 15 minutes until basting with some of the chicken stock every 15 minutes, about 2 to 2 ¼ hours longer.

Roasting a turkey? Tent it with aluminum foil! With this simple trick and a little Reynolds Wrap^® Aluminum Foil, you can more efficiently protect your turkey from over-browning and ensure that it tastes better than ever.

To Keep Bacon Warm for Up to Two Hours…

Set the oven to its lowest heat (about 200°F or so), line a baking sheet with foil and place an oven-safe rack on top. Transfer the bacon to the rack and place the baking sheet in the oven. Leave the oven door slightly ajar and let the bacon sit until you're ready to serve it.

Place bacon in air fryer

If you're using an oven-style air fryer, you'll want to put the bacon on an air-fry basket (basically a mesh rack) with either a solid pan or a piece of aluminum foil folded up on the edges underneath to catch any bacon grease drippings.

Air fryer bacon is so crispy, and the grate in the air fryer allows some of the bacon fat to drip off as it cooks. This method is also a littler faster than baking bacon in the oven. The only downside to this method is unless you have a giant air fryer, you can't cook more than a few servings at once.

Cook turkey bacon as specified on the package. Always cook to well-done, 165°F as measured by a meat thermometer.

Bake for exactly 1 hour and turn off the oven. Do not open the oven door! Leave the turkey in the oven until the oven completely cools; this may take 4 to 6 hours. Reserve the pan juices and refrigerate the turkey if it will not be served soon after roasting.

Is it better to cook a turkey at 325 or 350? ›

It's better to cook a turkey at 350°F after preheating the oven to 450°F. This makes the skin crispier and ensures the turkey will get cooked evenly.

Calculate turkey cooking time and temperature. The simplest way to figure out turkey roasting times is to calculate 13 minutes per pound at 350°F for an unstuffed turkey (that's about 3 hours for a 12- to 14-lb. turkey), or 15 minutes per pound for a stuffed turkey.

You can fix it: Cover the whole bird with aluminum foil to prevent the skin from burning before the meat has finished cooking, and go ahead and crank up the oven heat.

Make sure the turkey is completely thawed before it is placed in a fryer. Never leave the fryer unattended because, without thermostat controls, the oil will continue to heat until it catches fire. Never let children or pets near the fryer when in use or after use as the oil can remain hot for hours.

Using Heat That's Too High

Bacon cooks best low and slow. Whether on the stove or in the oven, don't cook it at a temperature that's too high or you risk uneven cooking, or worse, burned bacon.