Roast Turkey
- 1 fresh 15 pound turkey
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Nature's Seasons seasoning mix, to taste
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Remove the neck, liver and heart from the turkey.
- Rinse turkey with cold water inside and out.
- Dry off the turkey.
- Rub vegetable oil, salt, pepper and Nature's seasons on both sides of the turkey.
- Place turkey breast side down on a V-rack inside a shallow roasting pan.
- Mold aluminum foil tightly to the turkey.
- Place turkey in oven and cook for about 3 1/2 hours (15 minutes per pound).
- When there is about a 1/2 hour left in your cooking time, remove the foil and flip the turkey breast side up to brown.
- The turkey is done when the meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh not touching the bone reads 175 to 180 degrees.
- Let stand for about 20 minutes before carving.
turkey, vegetable oil, salt, seasoning mix
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/roast-turkey-recipe.html (may not work)