This delicious smoked turkey will literally fall off the bones. It may look done, but keep it in oven the entire time for fall-off-the-bone goodness. Delicious!
Prep
9 min
Cook
123 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard
Ingredients
1 cup sugar-based curing mixture
, such as Morton® Tender Quick®
0.25 cups liquid smoke
, or more to taste
1
, 12 pound
2 tablespoons cooking oil
Instructions
1
Combine curing mixture and liquid smoke together in a bowl; mix into a paste. Pat paste on inside and outside of turkey. Place turkey in a resealable plastic bag; refrigerate for 24 hours.
2
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
3
Wash turkey inside and out with cold water; dry. Pat with cooking oil. Place turkey in an oven bag; poke holes into bag for ventilation according to manufacturer's instructions. Set bagged turkey into a 9x13-inch baking pan.
4
Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Reduce heat to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Bake until turkey comes easily off the bone and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), about 6 hours.
Nutrition per serving
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