Holiday Roast Turkey With Old-Fashioned Corn Bread Stuffing
- 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1 large yellow onion chopped
- 5 cups cornbread crumbled
- 5 cups bread crumbs toasted fresh
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 3/4 cup chicken broth lower-sodium
- 1 large eggs lightly beaten
- 12 pounds turkey fresh or frozen and thawed
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- In a medium-size saucepan, melt the butter over moderate heat.
- Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes or until tender.
- Remove from the heat.
- In a very large bowl, combine the corn bread, bread crumbs, baking powder, poultry seasoning, and pepper.
- Stir in the onion mixture.
- In a small bowl, whisk together broth and egg.
- Stir into the corn bread mixture.
- Toss to coat well.
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- Rinse turkey, drain and pat dry.
- Remove neck and giblets; set aside to make the Giblet Gravy.
- Stuff and truss turkey.
- Place, breast-side-up, on a rack in a large roasting pan.
- Brush with oil.
- Insert roasting thermometer in turkey thigh without touching bone.
- Spoon remaining stuffing into a lightly greased 2-quart casserole; cover and refrigerate.
- Roast turkey for 3 to 3 1/2 hours or until thermometer registers 180F, basting often and covering with foil to prevent overbrowning if necessary.
- Bake the covered casserole of stuffing alongside turkey during the last 30 minutes of roasting, adding an additional 2 to 3 tablespoons chicken broth if stuffing is dry.
- Let turkey stand for 15 to 20 minutes before carving.
- Meanwhile, cook neck and giblets for giblet gravy.
- Reserve 2 tablespoons of the pan drippings from roast turkey for giblet gravy.
- Prepare gravy.
- Carve turkey, discarding skin.
- Serve turkey and dressing with gravy.
butter, onion, bread crumbs, baking powder, poultry seasoning, black pepper, chicken broth lower, eggs, turkey, vegetable oil
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/holiday-roast-turkey-old-fashio-48186 (may not work)