Best Way Unbrined Turkey

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 12 lbs turkey
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 4 tablespoons kosher salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pepper
• 1/2 cup chicken stock

Recipe

• 1 preheat a convection over to 375. if your oven has settings for baking or roasting, select roasting.
• 2 remove the turkey from the packaging; rinse and dry well. brush 2 tablespoons melted butter over the skin; sprinkle 4 tablespoons kosher salt and 1 1/2 teaspoons pepper over the skin and in the cavity. tuck wing tips under and tie the legs together. place bird breast side up in a v-shaped roasting rack in a shallow roasting pan.
• 3 roast for 45 minutes. baste with 1 cup chicken stock.
• 4 return turkey to over and baste with pan drippings every 20 minutes or until internal thigh temperature reaches 165 degrees.
• 5 a 12 to 16 pound turkey will cook in 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours.
• 6 let turkey rest before carving for 20 to 30 minutes.