Quick-Roasted Turkey with Parsley-Caper Sauce
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Active Time
15 minutes
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Total Time
50 minutes
Spatchcocking your turkey significantly cuts the roasting time, and it's easy to dojust take out the backbone and flatten the bird. If you're nervous about doing it yourself, just ask a butcher at the meat counter to handle it for you.
Ingredients
Serves 8
For the turkey:
For the sauce:
Special equipment:
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 450°F. Place the turkey on a cutting board, breast side down. Using a sharp pair of kitchen shears, cut out the backbone. Flip the turkey over and open it like a book. Press on the turkey with your hands to flatten and pat dry with paper towels. Place the turkey, breast side up, on a rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Step 2
Drizzle the oil over the turkey, and rub into the skin, then season generously with salt and pepper. Roast for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven, baste with the pan juices, and return to the oven. Continue roasting until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh registers 165°F, 20 to 25 minutes more.
Step 3
Meanwhile, make the parsley-caper sauce: Combine all the ingredients in a blender and pulse until combined and still slightly chunky. (The mixture should look heavy on the herbs.)
Step 4
Let the turkey rest 30 minutes before carving, then serve with the parsley-caper sauce.
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Reviews (4)
Back to TopIt's not that difficult, Breast Side Down, cut out the backbone, there are some great U tube instructions on Spatchcock turkeys. Caution not to cut yourself if you use a knife. Its a fantastic way to cook the turkey quickly
daveentrekin
California
11/27/2014
Just pretend that it reads, "Place the turkey on a cutting board, backbone up" and proceed. You will notice then that the breast is on the bottom.
purelilac
Los Angeles
11/26/2014
With all due respect---did you actually read the instructions? If you place the turkey breast side down, the backbone is facing up---enabling you to cut it out easier.
fell123
PA
11/26/2014
"Place the turkey on a cutting board, breast side down. Using a sharp pair of kitchen shears, cut out the backbone" I want to try this recipe but ... If the bird is upside down on a cutting board, how are you going to cut out the back bone ???
llccgg
East Texas
11/26/2014
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