Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Food, Cooking, and Game Preparation Turkey Fried in Oil?

I've had chicken deep fat fried, and heard of turkey.

Any here cook the bird that way?

My nephew tried that one Thanksgiving several years ago. Damned near burned down his house. After that, his wife said from then on, they'd just use the oven.

L.W.

I've done a bunch. Going to do one Friday. Always do it outside, and never had an issue. They're good that way.

Firemen deserve the day off.

Best way I have ever eaten Turkey.
Roasted is good, love the gravy and stuffing, but
the meat is better fried.


When you cook one, let it stand vertical a while to drip dry.
Dry it with paper towels as good as possible, moisture is the enemy.

Nobody reccomends this, I started doing it, an it's my process now.
I put a lot of oil in the pot, bring it too temp.
Take a big pot, and fill it with the hot oil using a smaller one as a copper.
Put the racked bird in the cooking pan slowly. Watch out, the body cavity
will act as a venturi, shooting a hot oil fountain.
As the oil settles, replace the oil you dipped out.

This makes a couple dirty pots, as there some risk in handling the hot oil.
But, you won't have any shooting out of the pot,
Or end up guessing wrong, and not having enough.

Some sink the bird in water in the pot and then measure the water.
Too much fooling around for me

It’s a very good way to cook a turkey. I don’t know anyone who has ever had issue.

Its okay.

At the time....they are delicious.

But the whole process is messy, expensive, inconvenient, dangerous......and the leftovers are not near as good.


For a big bunch of folks who will consume the whole bird? Its perfect!

We use to do a peanut oil fried turkey at Thanksgiving until I got a Big Easy Turkey air fryer. Much simpler without the oil and everyone in my family says they are just as good. I inject the turkey with cajun jalapeño butter then mix my seasoning into squeeze better and rub under the skin of the turkey. Halfway through I baste with a garlic, seasoning and butter mix.

Lot less mess and safer.

I didn't know they made air fryers that big.

Yes it is made by Char Broil. So easy to use and no mess.

Turns what would be a relatively healthy bird into an oil infused unhealthy bird. Nope for me.

I thought that if you did it correctly that the oil stayed on the outside of the bird?

Well, not if you use a FRAM filter.

You might want to do some Google fu..


Per serving, the two types of turkey are about the same. A 4-ounce serving of roasted turkey has 241 calories and 12 grams of fat while a 4-ounce serving of turkey deep-fried in peanut oil comes in at 253 calories and under 14 grams of fat, a very subtle difference.

The whole low-fat diet bullshit was a hoax by the AMA with zero science behind it. Not bad science, not questionable science, NO science.

They admitted so a couple years ago. It was only about marketing and milk fat sells and sells well. Getting the dregs sold takes more effort.

Not bad, I'll spatchcock, and smoke on the treager again as that's how we like em

Next door neighbor, maybe 20 years ago is deep-frying a turkey.. on his deck. Decides he can drop the turkey into the hot oil and get away from the splash. Then the turkey hit the oil and all Hell broke loose. The turkey frier stand broke, the pot tipped, and hot oil went everywhere! People were burned badly and oil made a huge mess.

Not a fan of deep-fried turkey...

I

Oh snap!!!😂😂

My Buddy Joe has a Big Easy too, they're great !

Good morning Paul, and a happy unthanksgiving to you!

If it makes you feel better, I'll have to work some today as well.