Boiled Turkey
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Draw the turkey and remove the innards.
Clean the turkey thoroughly.
Boil
Place the turkey in a large pot and cover it with water.
Add coarse sea salt to taste.
Bring the water to a boil.
Reduce to a simmer.
Cook until the turkey is tender and fully cooked.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Turkey
- The main protein; gentle simmering softens its connective tissue, leaving the meat tender.
The step that matters
Reduce to a simmer.. A hard boil toughens muscle proteins and can break the meat apart. A gentle simmer cooks the turkey evenly and keeps it tender and moist.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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