Wearisome Cooker Whole Turkey

Slow Cooker Whole Turkey from thelittlekitchen.net

This crockpot turkey is and so like shooting fish in a barrel to put together and what I dearest most about it is you costless upwardly your oven for sides and desserts! Y'all'll love how easy information technology and tasty is it is to cook a whole turkey in a tiresome cooker!

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If y'all're looking to make turkey but want to make something smaller, you can always make my slow cooker turkey chest recipe!

Every year, at a company that I worked at for eight years, we had a Thanksgiving luncheon. Everyone signed up to bring dissimilar things. Since there were so many of the states, five to six people signed upwards for the stuffing, different veggies, the pie, and and then on. We even had many turkeys! My quondam boss, BJ, always cooked his turkey in the wearisome cooker. He said his mom cooked it that way when he was growing upwards. The turkey always turned out moist.

I emailed him the other day because this year, nosotros decided to cook our Thanksgiving dinner early- we enjoyed information technology on Sunday nighttime and I wanted to try my mitt at cooking the turkey in the slow cooker. He told me y'all tin can leave it in longer than the 6 to 8 hours but it starts to fall apart, which is totally fine! Just make certain the turkey you buy will fit in your slow cooker!

If you lot're running low on oven space or just want a low maintenance manner to cook a turkey- the ho-hum cooker is the way to get! This turkey version is a modified version of my popular crockpot whole chicken recipe that we LOVE to make all the time!

Slow Cooker Whole Turkey from thelittlekitchen.net

Prep the dry ingredients.

Slow Cooker Whole Turkey from thelittlekitchen.net
Slow Cooker Whole Turkey from thelittlekitchen.net
Slow Cooker Whole Turkey from thelittlekitchen.net
Slow Cooker Whole Turkey from thelittlekitchen.net
Slow Cooker Whole Turkey from thelittlekitchen.net
Slow Cooker Whole Turkey from thelittlekitchen.net
Slow Cooker Whole Turkey from thelittlekitchen.net

Cutting up the vegetables and add together them to the crockpot.

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Slow Cooker Whole Turkey from thelittlekitchen.net

Pat the turkey dry.

Slow Cooker Whole Turkey from thelittlekitchen.net

Fold back the wings and rub the turkey with garlic.

Slow Cooker Whole Turkey from thelittlekitchen.net

Add together the rub to the within of the turkey and all over it.

Slow Cooker Whole Turkey from thelittlekitchen.net

Tie the legs together with kitchen twine.

Slow Cooker Whole Turkey from thelittlekitchen.net

All ready to go into the slow cooker.

Slow Cooker Whole Turkey from thelittlekitchen.net

I put i of the garlic cloves and the rest of the dry ingredients I didn't use on top of the veggies.

Slow Cooker Whole Turkey from thelittlekitchen.net

Place the turkey on pinnacle of the vegetables and cover the crockpot. Cook for 6 to 8 hours.

Slow Cooker Whole Turkey from thelittlekitchen.net

Remove the turkey and identify on an oven-rubber baking dish. Bake the peel in your oven broiler for iv to 5 minutes, watching it advisedly and then it doesn't burn down. Allow the turkey to residuum for 30 minutes before carving.

Skim the fat from the broth and relieve information technology for another recipe! I'm thinking turkey ramen noodle soup are in order for this week!

Slow Cooker Whole Turkey from thelittlekitchen.net

Once you carve the turkey, add together some broth to the turkey to keep the meat moist.

Nosotros loved this and information technology made it less stressful in the kitchen since I was able to do all of my sides in the oven without them having to compete with the turkey. Nosotros'll definitely do this again!

Wishing yous and yours a happy Thanksgiving and hoping that you take a lot to be thankful for! I know I do! Huge hugs!

Recipe

Whole Turkey in a Slow Cooker Recipe

Prep Time: xv minutes

Cook Time: 8 hours

Total Fourth dimension: 8 hours 15 minutes

Rub Ingredients for the Turkey:

  • 4 teaspoons salt
  • 2 teaspoons paprika
  • ane teaspoon onion powder
  • 2 teaspoons dried thyme
  • 1 teaspoon ground white pepper
  • 2 teaspoons garlic powder
  • ane teaspoon ground black pepper

For the Crockpot:

  • 1/2 medium onion, chopped
  • 2 carrots, scrubbed, no need to skin, chopped in halves or thirds
  • ii celery stalks, cut in thirds
  • 4 garlic cloves, peeled and smashed
  • 1 whole lemon, quartered
  • eight to nine- pound whole turkey, fresh, if frozen and so defrosted
  • Combine common salt, paprika, onion powder, stale thyme, white pepper, garlic pulverisation and blackness pepper in a pocket-size basin and gear up aside. Prep the vegetables and place inside the slow cooker (I use a 7 quart that's oval shaped only this one is an 8-Quart or this one).

  • Remove turkey from packaging and remove cervix and pouch with organs. Discard or save for use in some other recipe. Optionally, rinse turkey with water. Pat dry with paper towels.

  • Fold dorsum the wings. Rub smashed garlic all over outside of the turkey. Put one garlic in the dull cooker and the rest inside the turkey. Put the rub all over the outside and inside the turkey. Add the quartered lemon to the inside of the turkey. Necktie the legs with kitchen twine.

  • Place turkey on top of the vegetables, you lot may need to motility the veggies around depending on the size of your boring cooker. Embrace tiresome cooker and melt turkey on low for 6-8 hours. (I used a nine.82-pound turkey, it took nearly six 1/2 hours. The time will depend on the size of the turkey and your slow cooker.)

  • Remove turkey and identify in a 9×xiii glass or ceramic baking dish. Place baking dish in the oven under the broiler for about 4-5 minutes but sentry information technology carefully. Information technology may take less time or a little longer, depending on the temperature of the broiler in your oven, you don't want to fire your turkey.

  • Allow turkey to rest subsequently removing it from the broiler for 25 to 30 minutes.

Notes: No need to add together water to the slow cooker. The turkey creates a broth while cooking.

Slow Cooker Whole Turkey from thelittlekitchen.net

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