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Cranberry-Orange Roasted Turkey Recipe

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You'll have an elegant centerpiece to your meal with this tender, juicy turkey. “The cranberry makes it so good. It has such a wonderful aroma and flavor.” Kara de la Vega - Santa Rosa, California

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Cranberry-Orange Roasted Turkey Recipe

Prep: 30 min. Bake: 3 hours + standing

Yield: 28 Servings

30 210 240

Ingredients

3 teaspoons garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 turkey (14 pounds)
1 medium orange
1 can (14 ounces) whole-berry cranberry sauce
3/4 cup reduced-sodium teriyaki sauce
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup orange marmalade
2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
4 sprigs fresh herbs, such as thyme, rosemary, parsley and sage
2 medium onions, cut into wedges

Directions

Combine the garlic powder, salt and pepper. With fingers, carefully loosen skin from the turkey breast; spread half of garlic powder mixture under the skin. Sprinkle skin with remaining mixture.
Juice the orange, reserving the rind. In a large bowl, combine the cranberry sauce, teriyaki sauce, honey, marmalade, soy sauce and orange juice. Cover and refrigerate 3-1/2 cups mixture for sauce. Rub remaining mixture under the skin. Secure skin to underside of breast with toothpicks. Place herb sprigs and reserved orange rind in turkey cavity.
Arrange onions in a shallow roasting pan coated with cooking spray. Place turkey over onions. Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 3 to 3-1/2 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 180°. (Cover loosely with foil if turkey browns too quickly.) Cover and let stand for 15 minutes before carving.
Discard herb sprigs and orange before slicing. Place reserved sauce in a large saucepan; heat through. Serve with turkey. Yield: 28 servings (3-1/2 cups sauce).

Nutritional Facts 4 ounces cooked turkey with 2 tablespoons sauce equals 257 calories, 6 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 86 mg cholesterol, 308 mg sodium, 17 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 34 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 5 lean meat, 1 starch, 1 fat.

Originally published as Cranberry-Orange Roasted Turkey in Healthy Cooking October/November 2008, p38

Medium-Bodied White Wine

Enjoy this recipe with a medium-bodied white wine such as Riesling or Gewürtztraminer

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Reviewed on Dec. 02, 2010 by fmfelske

I used this reciepe for my thanksgiving turkey and was told by all that the turkey "was the best ever!!" The turkey was juicy with lots of great but sublte flavor. That being said however, the cranberry orange sauce with the teriaki and soy sauce was awful but that might just be a taste preferance. But I would make less sauce next time.

Reviewed on Nov. 28, 2008 by simplestar

I made this turkey for thanksgiving and it turned out to be the best turkey I have ever Eaten! MMMMM it was very good melt in your mouth juicy!!! This is a keeper recipe for life!!!!!!