It is important to cover stuffing (dressing) while cooking it. One of the important ingredients to a good stuffing is water, and therefore, it can dehydrate making for a dry stuffing.
If cooking stuffing, whether in a container by itself or inside a turkey, cover with aluminum foil. Also, if cooking the stuffing inside the turkey, be sure to baste the stuffing exposed while basting the turkey.
The optimal stuffing temperature for cooking a Thanksgiving turkey is 165F to ensure it is safe to eat.
Stuffing
The recommended stuffing temperature to ensure safe cooking inside a turkey is 165F.
The recommended temperature for cooking turkey stuffing to ensure it is safe to eat is 165F (74C).
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The FDA recommends cooking stuffing separately from the turkey because the interior of the body cavity doesn't reach a high enough temperature to kill bacteria, which may cause food poisoning when the stuffing is eaten. If you try to remedy the problem by cooking at a higher temperature, the meat becomes dry and overcooked. Therefore, the recommended solution is to cook the stuffing in a separate casserole dish.
Yes - why would you put raw stuffing in a cooked turkey? :P
To properly reheat stuffing in the oven, preheat the oven to 350F, place the stuffing in an oven-safe dish, cover it with foil, and bake for about 20-30 minutes or until heated through.
That would be the word farce or farcical.It comes from the French word "farcir", which means "to stuff".It is based on based on an analogy between stuffing in cooking and the insertion, or "stuffing", of frivolous material into medieval plays.
I have always prepared my stuffing the day before and I do use eggs...I would imagine a few days would be about the same.
Any contents in the bird cavity should reach the temperature that is recommended for the bird itself. I.e., if you are cooking a turkey with stuffing, both the turkey AND stuffing should reach 165 deg. F.
That would be the word farce or farcical.It comes from the French word "farcir", which means "to stuff".It is based on based on an analogy between stuffing in cooking and the insertion, or "stuffing", of frivolous material into medieval plays.