Perfect Roast Turkey Recipe
This Roast Turkey Recipe provides 1g protein and 185 calories per serving — use this as a side or carb component rather than your primary protein source in meal prep. Quick-preps 10 servings on the stovetop for maximum efficiency. Combine with higher-protein entrees to build balanced plates that hit your full macro profile.
Ingredients
- •Turkey, Whole, Skin-On
- •Butter(240g)
- •Sage, Fresh(45g)
- •Clementine
- •Carrots
- •Yellow Onion
- •Celery
- •Garlic
- •1 cup water
- •⅓ cup kosher salt
- •Turmeric, Ground(15g)
- •Garlic powder(15g)
- •1 tablespoon freshly cracked black pepper
- •Paprika, Smoked(5g)
Instructions
- 1In a small bowl, combine the salt, turmeric, garlic powder, pepper, and paprika.
- 2Rub the turkey inside and out, and with the brine mixture. Place the turkey uncovered in the refrigerator overnight.
- 3Rinse the dry brine off the turkey under cold running water and pat the turkey dry completely dry with paper towels, inside and out. Let the turkey rest at room temperature for 1 hour before cooking.
- 4Preheat the oven to 450° F with a rack in the center position.
- 5In a small sauce pan over low heat, melt the butter with fresh sage. Keep warm over low heat until ready to use.
- 6Squeeze the juice from the clementines over the turkey. Stuff the cavity of the turkey with half of the carrots, half of the onion, half of the celery and the squeezed clementine rinds. Rub or brush the outside of the turkey with the melted sage butter.
- 7In the bottom of a large roasting pan, arrange the remaining celery, carrots, onions, and garlic along with the water.
- 8Tuck the wings and truss the legs—see the post above for more info about how to do that—to ensure that the turkey breasts don’t dry out. Set the turkey on a rack in the roasting pan.
- 9Place in the oven and roast for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, take a large piece of tin foil and create a tent to cover the turkey breasts, leaving legs and thighs exposed.
- 10Reduce to temperature 325°F and continue roasting for about 3 hours, or roughly 15 minutes per pound of turkey.
- 11When the turkey has about 45 minutes left to roast, remove the foil tent to let the turkey breast get golden brown and the skin to crisp. The turkey is done when the internal temperature of the thickest part of the thigh and the thickest part of the breast reads 160°F on an instant-read thermometer.
- 12Let the turkey rest for at least 20 minutes before carving. Garnish with whole sage and any other herbs you have on hand.
Nutrition — Per Serving
185
calories
1g
protein
20g
fat
- Carbohydrates
- 3g
- Saturated fat
- 12.4g
- Sodium
- 159 mg
- Dietary fiber
- 0.7g
10 servings per batch · ~32g each
Macro data sourced from USDA FoodData Central
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How much protein does Perfect Roast Turkey Recipe have per serving?
Each serving contains only 1g of protein at 185 calories, with 20g fat and 3g carbs. This is not a protein source and functions strictly as a side or fat component.
How long does Perfect Roast Turkey Recipe take to make?
This quick prep recipe yields 10 servings on the stovetop, making it efficient for batch cooking if used as a side dish or fat topper. One session covers multiple meals.
Is Perfect Roast Turkey Recipe good for fat loss?
At 185 calories with 1g protein per serving, this recipe is unsuitable as a primary component for fat loss meal prep. It lacks protein density and should not be relied upon for hitting daily protein targets during a cut.
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