Deep Fried Turkey

Deep Fried Turkey is an awesome Cajun recipe. Deep-frying makes the turkey crispy on the outside and super juicy on the inside (even the white meat). It also leaves the heat outside! You can deep fry the turkey in either peanut or vegetable oil, your choice. Whilst this is not the way most would cook a turkey, it gives a superb flavour. One suggestion do not fill with stuffing!!!!!  This is a good recipe to do whilst barbecuing during the summer. This recipe only takes 45 minutes to cook so can be timed for the rest of the barbecuing as well.

Deep Fried Turkey

When I saw this at a friends house, I thought it was a joke but I was wrong. It was lovely.

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Course: Main Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Turkey

Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 16 people

Calories: 6663kcal

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Ingredients

 

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• 3 gallons peanut oil
• 12 lb turkey neck and giblets removed
• 1/4 cup Creole seasoning
• 1 large white onion

Instructions

• In a large stockpot or turkey fryer, heat oil to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Be sure to leave room for the turkey, or the oil will spill over. Layer a large platter with food-safe paper bags.
• Rinse turkey, and thoroughly pat dry with paper towels. Rub Creole seasoning over turkey inside and out. Make sure the hole at the neck is open at least 2 inches so the oil can flow freely through the bird.
• Place the whole onion and turkey in drain basket. The turkey should be placed in basket neck end first. Slowly lower basket into hot oil to completely cover turkey.
• Maintain the temperature of the oil at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and cook turkey for 3 1/2 minutes per pound, about 45 minutes.
• Carefully remove basket from oil, and drain turkey. Insert a meat thermometer into the thickest part of the thigh; the internal temperature must be 180 degrees F (80 degrees C). Finish draining turkey on the prepared platter.

Nutrition

Calories: 6663kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.3g | Protein: 74g | Fat: 719g | Saturated Fat: 123g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 230g | Monounsaturated Fat: 330g | Cholesterol: 221mg | Sodium: 239mg | Potassium: 1007mg | Sugar: 0.3g