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Drunken Turkey

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Recipe

This delicious turkey is easy to make and keeps well in a freezer.

 

Yield

8 servings

Prep

60 min

Cook

120 min

Ready

180 min
Trans-fat Free, High Fiber

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
12 pounds turkey
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2 pounds mixed dried fruit
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1 cup golden raisins
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4 each Granny Smith apples
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4 each oranges
juice from
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92 ounces chipotle chili peppers
canned
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3 cups tequila
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3 cups liqueur
grand marnier or cointreau, orange flavor
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2 each butter
sticks, cut into 1-inch wedges
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
5.4 kg turkey
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907.2 g mixed dried fruit
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237 ml golden raisins
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4 each Granny Smith apples
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4 each oranges
juice from
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2658.8 ml/g chipotle chili peppers
canned
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7.1E+2 ml tequila
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7.1E+2 ml liqueur
grand marnier or cointreau, orange flavor
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2 each butter
sticks, cut into 1-inch wedges
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Directions

Preheat oven to 325℉ (160℃). Rinse turkey and pat dry inside and out. Set aside.

Combine dried fruit, raisins, and apples in a medium-size bowl. Put orange juice and chiles (with sauce that clings to them) into a blender or food processor and process for 1 minute. Add 1 cup each of tequila and Grand Marnier, then pour the mixture over the fruit and let rest 15 minutes.

Drain the fruit, reserving the liquid. Cut half the butter into ½ inch pieces and combine with the fruit. Stuff cavity of the turkey with most of the fruit. Place the turkey in a roasting bag, arrange remaining fruit on top of the bird and pour reserved orange juice liquor mix over it. Combine remaining tequila and Grand Marnier. Have ready a basting syringe fitted with a metal injection nozzle and inject the mixture all over the turkey.

Melt remaining butter and carefully pour over the turkey in the roasting bag. Seal bag and cut ¼ inch slit on the top to let steam escape. Place in a roasting pan and roast for 2½ hours. Every 30 minutes open bag (being careful to shield your face from steam) and inject more liquor, eventually using it up. When ready to serve, slit open bag, arrange turkey on a platter, and scoop out the fruit stuffing. Place all the fruit in a serving bowl. Strain the juices that have accumulated in the bag, skim off any fat, and serve in a gravy boat.

Serves 8 to 10.



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Comments


anonymous

92 ounces chipotle? This ruined the dish.

 

 

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 952g (33.6 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 150331% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 51g 78%
Saturated Fat 14g 72%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 504mg 168%
Sodium 436mg 18%
Total Carbohydrate 19g 19%
Dietary Fiber 6g 25%
Sugars g
Protein 396g
Vitamin A 33% Vitamin C 62%
Calcium 21% Iron 61%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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