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sweet n' sour baste free turkey

Sweet N’ Sour Baste-free Turkey

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours
Total Time 3 hours 10 minutes
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Servings

10 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 turkey I use 10-14 pounder
  • 1 32-ounce jar of Gold's Duck Sauce, any flavor (we love Garlic or Spicy). For a 10 pound bird you can use 3/4 jar
  • 2 cups orange juice
  • Garlic powder generously sprinkled
  • Black pepper generously sprinkled.  Black pepper should be seen on skin.
  • Paprika generously sprinkled. Paprika should be seen on skin.
  • 1 cup water

Instructions

  • Rinse bird under cold water and put in roasting pan. 
  • Pour 2 cups of orange juice over the bird. Sprinkle garlic powder under skin, over skin and inside the bird on BOTH SIDES. The turkey meat that sits in the sauce should also be seasoned. Sprinkle black pepper generously over skin (both sides). Sprinkle paprika generously over skin (both sides). The colored spices should be seen. 
  • Pour the jar of duck sauce over turkey and pat over skin. Duck Sauce will spill over into pan - don't worry - you want that! You can add 1 cup of water to sides of pan. 
  • Cover turkey with aluminum foil (not the turkey roaster cover). I roast the turkey at 325 degrees for 3- 3 1/4 hours. No need to baste. 
  • You may uncover foil for a maximum of 10 minutes only if you want a browner bird. For this recipe, I actually have placed the turkey , breast down. That way, the white meat is very juicy.