How To Cook A Partially Frozen Turkey

You can also cook a partially thawed turkey.

In fact a study by an mit educated food safety consultant describes how it can be done in accordance with the fda food code. Cook frozen turkey for 2 hours to thaw. Plastic can melt releasing harmful chemicals to turkey. The good news is you can cook a turkey that s still frozen.

A frozen turkey will cook for. You ll just need to reduce the total cook time from frozen depending on how thawed the turkey is when it goes into the oven. If you discovered your turkey was partially frozen while getting it ready to go in the oven put it in a large plastic bag food grade think crockpot liner or oven bag. Estimate 50 percent longer cooking time for a completely frozen turkey and around 25 percent longer for a partially frozen turkey.

Cooking a frozen turkey sicle is easy just unwrap it and place it on a rack in a shallow roasting pan 24. If you don t have a rack use something like a cookie cooling rack to lift it up so the hot air can circulate all around the bird. Update if you are landing on this page on thanksgiving day after discovering your turkey is still partially frozen the advice does apply to you. If package said cook thawed turkey for 5 hours cook frozen turkey 1 5x longer.

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The estimated cooking times will be slightly less than for a frozen turkey. Here a digital thermometer is going to be your right hand gadget. At 2 hour mark remove giblets. Don t worry about pulling out the bag of giblets.

Since you don t have a real idea of how quickly a partially thawed turkey will cook you should start to check it about the time it would be ready if it were fully thawed. For instance a 14 pound frozen turkey will take about 5 3 4 hours to cook refer to the chart below for more estimated cooking times. Season turkey place back in oven. Indeed from a certain standpoint it s a safer method since a frozen turkey won t drip salmonella laden juices all over your sink and countertop.