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One bag of stuffing mix will sufficiently fill a 16 lb turkey.
Really depends on how you are cooking it. Roasting a whole turkey or chicken that size would take 3-4 hours. Boiling, about 2 hours because boiling transfers heat much more efficiently. 165F all the way through is what you should be aiming for.
There's no need. Simply seal the bag - and let the bird cook in its own juices.
Roasting times for whole turkeysPreheat your oven to 160°C (325°F) and use these cooking times to prepare roast turkey that's moist, tender and delicious27 to 30 lb Un Stuffed Turkey 4 ½ - 5 hrs27 to 30 lb Stuffed Turkey 5 hrs - 5½ hrsTurkey is fully cooked and safe to eat when the meat thermometer reads 77°C or 170°F for an un-stuffed turkey and 82°C or 180°F for a stuffed turkey.
You should not eat the plastic. With a large bird like a turkey you should be able to cut away the outer layer of skin and meat and so be sure to discard the bag completely.
No I would not cook anything in a paper bag. Use cooking foil instead.
Ingredients1 lg Reynolds oven bag1 tb Flour2 pk Turkey gravy mix(0.75 to 1 oz. each) 3/4 c ;Water4 lb Turkey breast (to 7 lbs.)thawed Salt and pepper; to taste 2 md Onions; quarteredPreheat oven to 350 F. Shake flour in oven bag; place in 13x9x2 baking pan. Add gravy mix and water to bag. Squeeze bag to blend ingredients. Sprinkle turkey breast with salt and pepper; place in bag. Place onion in bag around turkey. Close bag with nylon tie; cut 6 half-inch slits in top. Insert meat thermometer through slit in bag into thickest part of turkey breast, but not touching bone. Bake until meat thermometer registers 170 to 175 F., 1 1/4 to 1 3/4 hours. Let stand in bag 15 minutes before slicing.Yield: 6 to 8 servings. In brochure that came with package of Reynolds large (19x23.5 ) oven bags. Richmond, VA: Consumer Products Division/Reynolds Metals Company, 1988. Typed for you by Cathy Harned.
Yes you should because it avoids the mess but it also keeps the turkey moist and tender saving much more juiceAnother opinionNo, using a bag can actually be more troublesome than not. You don't achieve a golden brown skin on the bird in the bag, and often times, the bottom of the turkey is soggy. Also, no one wants to pull the turkey out of the oven, in front of all of the guests, in a bag! There is absolutely no graceful way to remove the turkey from the bag, and great grandma would be ashamed! On a side note, I don't like cooking with plastic in the oven, to me, it's like styrofoam in the microwave.
It helps you to know that if you loaded a 10 pound bag of groceries into your car you will unload a 10 pound bag of groceries from your car at home, not a 37 pound bag or a 2 pound bag...
A one pound bag weights one pound.
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