Prep Time: | Cook Time: | Total Time: |
15 minutes | 52 minutes | 1 hour 7 minutes |
Servings: | ||
8-10 |
Jump to Bacon Up Frying Recipe
Ingredients:
- 15 lb. turkey
- Turkey fryer oil or 3 gallons of Baconup Grease
- Cabela's open season spice blends (creole seasoning)
Perfect Fried Turkey with Bacon Grease
Process:
- Remove neck and giblets
- Place the turkey on the lifter
- Use syringe to begin injecting marinade into turkey. Inject full bottle into the thicker areas of breast and thighs
- Gently season and rub the seasoning into turkey skin
- Fill vessel with full 3-gallon tub of Bacon Up grease
- Carefully transfer vessel onto burner
- Open the propane valves, set time control to max, and start your burner
- Place thermometer into vessel and raise temperature to 325°F
- Wearing flame-retardant gloves, use lift handle to slowly lower the turkey into the oil
- Monitor the temperature to maintain 325°F temperature cook until golden brown, typical cooking time is 3-1/2 minutes per pound
- Carefully remove turkey from fryer using lift handle
- Serve and enjoy!
Perfect Fried Turkey with Turkey Oil
Process:
- Remove neck and giblets
- Place the turkey and lifter into empty vessel
- Fill vessel with water until turkey is completely submerged
- Remove turkey and lifter form the vessel and place aside
- Mark the water line with a small piece of tape
- Empty the water from vessel and dry the inside completely
- Dry inside and outside of turkey using paper towels
- Use syringe to begin injecting marinade into turkey. Inject full bottle into the thicker areas of breast and thighs
- Gently season and rub the seasoning into turkey skin
- Pour frying oil into vessel up to the tape line and remove the tape marker from the vessel
- Carefully transfer vessel onto burner
- Open the propane valves, set time control to max, and start your burner
- Place thermometer into vessel and raise temperature to 325°F
- Wearing flame-retardant gloves, use lift handle to slowly lower the turkey into the oil
- Monitor the temperature to maintain 325°F temperature cook until golden brown, typical cooking time is 3-1/2 minutes per pound
- Carefully remove turkey from fryer using lift handle
- Serve and enjoy!
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