Roasted Dry-Rub Turkey With Gravy
Photo: Jennifer Davick; Styling: Marian Cooper Cairns
This recipe, with its Paprika-Brown Sugar Rub, yields a turkey with dark crusty skin. That's good—it will remind you of the crispy outside pieces of barbecued meats.
How to Make It
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°. Combine first 3 ingredients.
Step 2
Remove giblets and neck from turkey; pat turkey dry with paper towels. Loosen and lift skin from turkey breast with fingers without totally detaching skin; rub butter mixture underneath skin. Carefully replace skin; secure skin at both ends using wooden picks to prevent skin from shrinking.
Step 3
Sprinkle 2 Tbsp. Paprika-Brown Sugar Rub inside cavity. Place apples inside cavity. Tie ends of legs together with string; tuck wingtips under. Place turkey, breast side up, on a rack in a roasting pan. Rub 6 Tbsp. Paprika-Brown Sugar Rub over outside of turkey. Pour chicken broth into roasting pan.
Step 4
Bake turkey at 350°, on lowest oven rack, 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until skin is well browned and a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion of thigh registers 170°, shielding with aluminum foil during last hour of cooking to prevent excessive browning, if necessary. (Do not baste.) Transfer turkey to a serving platter, reserving drippings in roasting pan. Let turkey stand 20 minutes before carving.
Step 5
Meanwhile, pour pan drippings through a fine wire-mesh strainer into a 4-cup glass measuring cup. Let stand 10 minutes. Skim fat from surface of drippings. (Add chicken broth, if needed, to equal 3 cups.)
Step 6
Melt 3 Tbsp. butter over medium heat in a medium saucepan. Whisk in flour, and cook, whisking constantly, 3 to 4 minutes or until golden. Whisk in 3 cups drippings, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low, and simmer 5 minutes, whisking occasionally. Serve with turkey. Garnish, if desired.
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Nicci1973's Review
I've been using this recipe since 2009 and it is our family favorite!
lottfam4's Review
Here's the paprika-brown sugar rub recipe:
PAPRIKA-BROWN SUGAR RUB
Combine 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar, 2 Tbsp. kosher salt, 2 Tbsp. smoked paprika, 2 tsp. dried crushed red pepper, 2 tsp. onion powder, 2 tsp.dry mustard, and 1 tsp. coarsely ground pepper. Store in airtight container up to 4 weeks.
Bleng316's Review
The directions here are missing how to make the butter mixture and how,to make the rub
Dodie000's Review
Every Thanksgiving I try a new turkey recipe...Alton Brown's, Martha Stewart's, the list goes on and the turkey is always good, but forgettable. Last year, I tried this. Success! Moist, savory with lots of flavor, great skin...that rub and the garlic butter under the skin really made it stand out from the rest. I did a basic brine the day before. I think I've found my recipe for here on out!!
Msmsteach's Review
This recipe is very easy. The turkey has amazing flavor and remains very juicy. I do usually wind up having extra rub, so now I reduce it by 1/3. I can't wait to make it this year. It is our family's favorite Thanksgiving recipe. Yum!
jcballif44's Review
Very tasty. Use cook times listed on your turkey. The low star ratings on this recipe are not warranted. Thanksgiving IS time consuming and common sense is needed when cooking meat. See my idea under the rating section of the rub recipe. Very good on a whole chicken.
karengra's Review
This is a good recipe. Itâs a little time consuming but tasty.
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RedDixieCup's Review
350 for 2-2.5 hours will yield an undercooked turkey (even at 170 in the thigh). I did a 8.5 lb turkey for almost three hours and got it up to 180 in the thigh. Rub gets very dark. Great flavor though, just needs some tweaking in terms of turkey size and cooking time.
JaneCarpenter's Review