Roast Turkey with Old Fashioned Bread Stuffing Recipe

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Roast Turkey with Old Fashioned Bread Stuffing
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Ingredients
11
Count
Nutrition
2492
Calories
Total time
300
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 8 cups dry bread, cubes (i will tell you how to make these at the end of the cooking directions)
  • 1/2-3/4 cup chicken broth or 1/2-3/4 cup water
  • 10 -12 lbs turkey

Directions:

  1. For stuffing, in a medium saucepan cook celery, mushrooms, and onion in butter until tender but not brown, remove from heat.
  2. Stir in sage, pepper, and salt.
  3. Place dry bread cubes in a large mixing bowl, add onion mixture.
  4. Drizzle with enough broth or water to moisten, tossing lightly.
  5. Season body cavity of turkey with salt.
  6. Spoon some stuffing LOOSELY into the neck cavity.
  7. Pull the neck skin to the back, fasten with a skewer.
  8. LIGHTLY spoon more stuffing into the body cavity (place any remaining stuffing into a casserole, cover and chill. Dot with butter and bake alongside turkey for 35-45 minutes or until heated through).
  9. Tuck the ends of the drumsticks under the band of skin across the tail.
  10. If the band of skin is not present, tie the drumsticks securely to the tail.
  11. Twist wing tips under the back.
  12. Place turkey, breast side DOWN, on a rack in a shallow roastng pan.
  13. Brush with oil.
  14. Cover turkey loosely with foil.
  15. Roast turkey in a 325 degree oven for 3 1/4 to 3 1/2 hours, or until a meat thermometer placed into the center of a thigh (but not touching the bone) reads 180 degrees. Make sure center of stuffing reads 165 degrees.
  16. After about 1 1/2 hours, turn the turkey over so that it is breast side up.
  17. Brush breast side with oil.
  18. After 2 1/2 hours, cut loose drumsticks so that thighs will cook evenly.
  19. When done, drumsticks should move very easliy in their sockets and their thickest parts should feel soft when pressed.
  20. Uncover the last 30 minutes of roasting.
  21. To make dry bread cubes: cut bread into 1/2 inch squares.
  22. (12-14 slices of bread for 8 cups cubes) Place in a brown paper bag and close loosely.
  23. Let stand 3-4 days, mixing up by hand each day until thoroughly dry.
  24. OR, spread bread cubes onto a large cookie sheet in a single layer and bake at 300 degrees 10-15 minutes or until dry, stirring twice.
  25. Cool.
  26. I highly recommend using homemade white bread (by hand or bread machine) for the bread cubes.
  27. You will be AMAZED at the difference in texture!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2491.95 Kcal (10433 kJ)
Calories from fat 625.32 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 69.48g 107%
Cholesterol 628.62mg 210%
Sodium 5520.18mg 230%
Potassium 2764.02mg 59%
Total Carbs 241.94g 81%
Sugars 26.34g 105%
Dietary Fiber 10.25g 41%
Protein 218.41g 437%
Vitamin C 3.4mg 6%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 4%
Iron 21.1mg 117%
Calcium 414.5mg 41%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 203.22 Kcal (851 kJ)
Calories from fat 51 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5.67g 107%
Cholesterol 51.26mg 210%
Sodium 450.18mg 230%
Potassium 225.41mg 59%
Total Carbs 19.73g 81%
Sugars 2.15g 105%
Dietary Fiber 0.84g 41%
Protein 17.81g 437%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 6%
Iron 1.7mg 117%
Calcium 33.8mg 41%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 54.8
    Points
  • 63
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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