Citrus-Glazed Turkey With Chipotle Gravy
- 34 cup unsalted butter
- 12 cup honey
- 3 tablespoons packed grated orange peel
- 3 tablespoons packed lime zest (from about 12 limes)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
- 4 teaspoons chopped canned chipotle chilies
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 4 12 cups chopped onions
- pound turkey, neck, gizzard, and heart reserved
- 2 cups chopped peeled carrots
- 2 cups chopped celery & leaves
- 1 12 cups chopped plum tomatoes
- 9 cups canned low sodium chicken broth
- 1 cup canned low sodium chicken broth
- 12 cup all-purpose flour
- FOR GLAZE:.
- Melt butter in heavy small saucepan over medium heat.
- Remove from heat.
- Stir in next 7 ingredients.
- Freeze until mixture begins to firm up but is still spreadable, about 30 minutes.
- Set aside 1/2 cup citrus glaze for gravy.
- FOR TURKEY:.
- Melt butter in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add onions and reserved turkey parts and saute until onions are very deep brown, about 22 minutes.
- Add carrots, celery, and tomatoes to skillet and toss to blend.
- (Glaze and vegetable mixture can be made 1 day ahead.
- Cover separately and chill.
- Cover turkey and chill.)
- Set rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 400F
- Place small rack in center of large roasting pan.
- Sprinkle vegetable mixture with turkey parts around rack.
- Rinse turkey inside and out; pat dry.
- Place turkey on rack in roasting pan.
- Starting at neck end, carefully slide hand between skin and breast meat to loosen skin.
- Rub 1/2 cup citrus glaze over breast meat under skin.
- If stuffing turkey, spoon stuffing loosely into neck and main cavities.
- Tuck wing tips under turkey; tie legs together loosely to hold shape.
- Brush 1/3 cup glaze over top and sides of turkey (not bottom); reserve any remaining glaze.
- Sprinkle turkey generously with salt and pepper.
- Cover turkey (not pan) loosely with foil.
- Roast 30 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350F; add 1 cup broth to pan.
- Press foil snugly around turkey (not pan).
- Roast 1 hour 15 minutes.
- Add 1 cup broth to pan.
- Roast turkey until thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 175F, adding 1 cup broth every 30 minutes, lifting foil to baste with pan juices and removing foil during last 15 minutes to brown turkey, about 3 hours 30 minutes longer if unstuffed or 4 hours 15 minutes if stuffed.
- Transfer turkey to platter.
- Tent with foil; let stand 30 minutes (internal temperature of turkey will increase by 5 to 10 degrees).
- Reserve pan juices.
- FOR GRAVY:.
- Strain pan juices into 8-cup measuring cup, pressing on solids to extract some pulp and as much liquid as possible; discard solids in strainer.
- Spoon fat from top of juices; discard fat.
- Add enough chicken broth to pan juices in cup to measure 6 cups.
- Stir reserved 1/2 cup citrus glaze in heavy large saucepan over medium heat until melted.
- Gradually add flour; whisk 1 minute.
- Gradually whisk in pan juices.
- Bring to boil, whisking until smooth.
- Reduce heat to medium; boil until sauce thickens slightly, about 5 minutes.
- Season gravy with salt and pepper.
- Brush any remaining glaze over turkey.
- Serve turkey with gravy.
unsalted butter, honey, lime zest, thyme, chilies, ground cumin, salt, butter, onions, turkey, carrots, celery, tomatoes, chicken broth, chicken broth, flour
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/citrus-glazed-turkey-with-chipotle-gravy-502499 (may not work)