Turkey Recipes – How to Make Deep Fried Turkey
Get the top-rated recipe for Deep Fried Turkey at http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Deep-Fried-Turkey/Detail.aspx.
Watch how to deep fry a whole turkey to a crisp finish in just 45 minutes. In the video, you'll see tips for deep-frying the bird safely and for selecting the best oil for this operation. The result will be a flavorful turkey with a crispy skin and moist, juicy inside—and it's ready in less than an hour.
37 Responses to “Turkey Recipes – How to Make Deep Fried Turkey”
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I recently brought a electric turkey fryer. will is recipe work with the
electric turkey fryer?
It should work, EsplionNate10. Follow the instructions with your new fryer
and let us know.
Murcia
I love your recipes so much and i do it
Alton Brown deep fries turkeys, but he must have set a fire once because he
is fanatical about cooking it away from the house, with home made pulleys
on a ladder, a comfortable chair, all your utensils, thick gloves, etc.
I brine my turkey every time I fry it. As long as you pull it out of the
brine well before you fry it, the turkey will have time to dry. Using paper
towels to soak up excess moister works too.
Great suggestions, Jessica! Thank you for sharing 🙂
+Allrecipes it worked out great with the electric fryer. thanks for the
recipe.
Seriously! Why?
Delish*
AAAAAAAAAHHHHH FIGS AND DEEP FRIED TURKEY AAAAAHHH!!!!!! WAnt sorry
capdlocj
Amazing
Looks delist
soooo much faaaaat :OOO disgusting
Jeez, you don’t have to drink it.
How totally unhealthy yuck like the taste of traditional turkey better
why on earth would deep fry it? sure it cooks fast but it won’t be anywhere
near as flavourful as roasting. on top of all that expensive oil being bad
for you.
+Israel Lopez Marinate in Cajun butter? Tell me more, please. As I am
German I’m not very familiar with Cajun cooking at all. But it sounds
delicious.
Don’t knock it until you try it. It cooks in 40 mins and is juicer than any
roasted turkey I have ever had. Let it marinate in a Cajun butter for a few
days and you have one of the best birds you have ever tried.
thank you! finally a clear easy video on how to do this
Glad you found this video!
This will really cut down on my turkey cooking time – thanks!
another way is to quarter it, then roast the pieces together face down with
mirepoix. not as visually appealing, but i guess you can reassemble the
turkey after cooking 😛
Karen, we hope you will give this Deep Fried Turkey a try! Let us know how
you like it 🙂
I was asked to deep fry a turkey this year, thanks to this video, I am a
little less intimidated!!! That turkey looks delicious!!!
Hi Traci! This is a great recipe, and you will see that it’s actually
fairly easy to make! Please let us know how this works out for you 🙂
Would the peanut oil give a different flavor from vegetable or canola oil?
Thank you for your question. The flavor will be slightly different. You
can certainly try this with vegetable or canola oil instead. Enjoy!
Can you tell me what size pot I should use to fry it in? I have a 20 quart
stock pot but I don’t think that it would be big enough for a turkey.
Thank you for your your question. We used a 7.5 gallon to deep fry this
turkey! Enjoy 🙂
to save oil, you can just cut your bird in pieces then fry it…
Great idea! And the individual pieces of the turkey will fry up faster as
well. Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving!
I’m ASSUMING it might be a BAD idea to brine the turkey, since it might add
water, hence more liquid to the oil when deep frying?
Thank you for your question. You are right! We wouldn’t recommend brining
the turkey for that exact reason. Enjoy!
Awww, I would miss the great smell of the cooking of the turkey in the
oven, not to mention the great drippings from the pan to make giblet gravy.
I would try this recipe at another time, other then Thanksgiving. Thank you.
Wow!
I would love me some deep fried turkey! Deep fried turkey sandwich.. Yum!
+Allrecipes I would if I could, but there is no way around here. I live in
a small inner city apartment in Germany with no garden to cook outside and
there is no deep fryer for home use available big enough to submurge an
entire chicken much less a turkey,
I wonder would that work as well with say just turkey legs? They may fit in
the deep fryer…
Give it a try, it’s worth the effort 🙂