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To Boil Turkey

A whole turkey boiled in salted water until cooked.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Boil Turkey

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 165°F (74°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare

  1. Clean the turkey thoroughly.

Boil

  1. Place the turkey in a large pot and cover it with water.

  2. Add salt to the water.

  3. Bring the water to a boil, then reduce to a simmer.

  4. Cook the turkey until it reaches an internal temperature of 165°F (74°C).

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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
Is the main protein, and simmering it in water cooks it gently and evenly through.

The step that matters

Cook the turkey until it reaches an internal temperature of 165°F (74°C). Turkey must reach a safe internal temperature to be fully cooked. Judging by time alone can leave it undercooked or overcooked, so a thermometer gives the most reliable result.

“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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