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    3 New Ways to Cook a Better Thanksgiving Turkey

    Cider-Brined Turkey with Star Anise and Cinnamon. Photograph by Marcus NilssonCider-Brined Turkey with Star Anise and Cinnamon. Photograph by Marcus NilssonJulia Bainbridge, Bon Appetit

    For some, good old salted and buttered roast turkey is the best. These folks look forward to a traditional Thanksgiving bird all year long. But plenty of our readers tell us that turkey isn't really their bag. Or maybe it is, but they want that tried-and-true recipe zhuzhed up a little. To those people, we say: We hear you. And we got you. Why not take a cue from Indian cuisine, or brine the turkey in apple cider, or throw some Cajun spice mix on there? Why not indeed. Here are three very untraditional--and very awesome--ways to cook turkey.

    Get the recipe: Tandoori Turkey
    Parsley, sage, rosemary, and... (yawn). Try coriander, cumin, and cardamom instead. This bold bird, inspired by the tandoori cooking of India, will wake up your holiday table, plus it plays well with Riesling, one of our sleeper picks for Thanksgiving wine.

    Get the recipe: Cider-Brined Turkey with Star Anise and Cinnamon
    Chef Anita Lo's Asian-inspired twist incorporates scallions, ginger, star anise, and a cider brine. "The ingredients, except the cider, are classic 'red-cooking' flavorings used in Chinese cooking to braise and glaze meats like pork or duck," she says.

    Get the recipe: Cajun-Spiced Turkey
    Alabama fashion designer Billy Reid and chef John Currence coat their turkey in a cayenne pepper-heavy Cajun Spice Mix, coloring the bird's skin and helping it get ultra crispy. Bonus: You can use the leftover spice mix to season fish or gumbo.


    And hey, you classicists, we got you, too.



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    10 comments

    • SLIPSILVERTONGUE  •  Sycamore, Illinois  •  2 months ago
      thank you for the great i deal
    • Chalis  •  6 months ago
      Lemon Pepper rotissere turkey. Hard to do better.
    • Tom  •  6 months ago
      "And, hey, you classicists, we got you, too." ???!!!! Hey, you writer--how about some proper grammar!!! We got??!!! We got??!!!!
      • Andy 6 months ago
        Hey, "perfecto" Tom:
        I care about those great suggests which are not the finest script for you because my mom's English was not great at all even though she tried. Her writing left a lot to be desired in spite of the fact that she went to night school for a year to make sure she could read and speak the language of the country she lived in. That being the case her cooking and lost recopies still spark and activate the taste buds in my mouth when I think about how creative she was at the stove and oven ending up with the many holiday delights she put on the table for us to enjoy. Be a little gracious and give some slack....
    • LindaSweet35  •  6 months ago
      I know the best way to cook a turkey. Let Mom do it.
    • Rita  •  6 months ago
      I cook my Turkey different then most people do. I start by cooking for the first 2 hours or half way point with the breast down. I do this because all the juice drip in to the breast meat first. I place a half of stick of butter, season with salt, pepper and Mrs. Dash in side the cavity as well. I turn the turkey and finish cooking the turkey on it's back. I have proven my point to more then one person on how much juicer the breast meat is cooking it this way. I have use turkey bags as well as roasting pans as well. But my very favorite way to bake a turkey is actually pit style where they bury it underground in rock ovens on top of wood ashes. Now that is best way to cook a turkey but it just isn't done everywhere.
    • Da Baer  •  6 months ago
      Olive oil and then sprinkle with Mrs. Dash (original blend or garlic and spice work). Sage & Onion stuffing, add carrots, potatoes and onions around the turkey and cover the leg ends with the stuffing that won't fit in the bird. Will be crispy on top and you won't have to cover the end of the legs with foil~! Cover with foil and slow cook all day.....
    • Jordan  •  6 months ago
      I can't wait til Tgiving this year! I am making these great crispy sweet potato and jalapeno balls. I got the recipe from this hliarious cookbook a friend got me for Xmas last year. I won't tell you the name of it here cause some of you will freak out at me.. it's a bit unpc.. but if you google "whipped & bea ten culinary works" you can find it.. but seriously.. don't go if you can't take a good joke or if you get offended easily..then, it's not for you
      • PamelaC 6 months ago
        Spam! I saw this same comment several times on diff. articles.
    • gardngal  •  6 months ago
      I'm the "old fashioned" kind of cook. I believe in shoving a pound of butter inside the fresturkey, a few sprigs of rosemary and covered slow roasting until half done. Then remove the cover and continue to cook the bird until done. The bird will brown beautifully because of all of the butter that has been steamed trhough it and you will have the moistest most natural flavored turkey. If you're worried about cholestrol, try using a butter substitute, but use the stick kind, not the stuff that comes in a tub.
    • Craig T  •  6 months ago
      want the moistest,easiest turkey recipe is to add what ever spices or do dads to your turkey but when you cook it get one of those big oven safe bags,like the ones they cook chickens in but put the turkey in the bag,butter and a lite sea salt rub is how i like mine,you won't need to many spices because the turkey comes out so moist it will melt in you mouth,AND NO BASTING!!!!
    • tom  •  6 months ago
      I had an excellent recipe for citrus turkey that was cooked on a grill. My ex-wife has the exact recipe so don't remember the exact amounts but brine turkey for 24 hrs in water, lemons, oranges, lime, and grapefruit cut in half place in fridge or use lots of ice. next day dry turkey rub with more citrus and butter in a bowl mix thyme rosemary oregano and any other spices you may want to use rub all over turkey stuff with the citrus. heat half the grill to 250 put turkey in tin pan baste with juices cook until golden brown.

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