Smoked Turkey Basted With Cascabel Paste Oil
- 3 tablespoons chili paste, recipe follows
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 12 cup vegetable oil
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 10 lbs turkey
- Heat the oil and saute the garlic until softened.
- Remove from the heat and add the oregano, salt, paste and pepper.
- Split the turkey in half by cutting in through the breast and backbone.
- Brush the chile oil over the turkey and marinate for a couple of hours at room temperature.
- Place the turkey sections, breast side up, on a grill in a smoker and smoke with indirect heat over an aromatic wood such as pecan, apple, or hickory.
- Baste the turkey with the oil every half hour until the turkey sections are done, approximately 4 hours
- Cascabel Paste.
- 30 cascabel chiles, stemmed.
- 1 1/3 cups cider vinegar.
- 2 tablespoons mined onion.
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic.
- For a milder puree, rub chiles between your palms to remove most of the seeds.
- Toast chiles on a cast iron or steel comal until hot and aromatic (don't allow to burn).
- Chop chiles coarsely with a knife or in a food processor.
- Put them in a bowl and pour the vinegar over.
- Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Add onion and garlic to the chiles and either cover the bowl with plastic and microwave on HIGH for 1 minute, or put them in a saucepan over medium-high heat, cover, and simmer for 3 minutes.
- Let cool slightly, then puree in a blender until very smooth.
- Let cool.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 1 month.
chili paste, garlic, oregano, vegetable oil, salt, turkey
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/smoked-turkey-basted-with-cascabel-paste-oil-286316 (may not work)