Best Spicy Roast Turkey Recipes

SPICY ROAST TURKEY

Steps:

• Mix the spices into the mayonnaise until thoroughly blended.
• Tuck back the wings and slather the spicy paste all over the turkey, massaging it into the bird.
• (Rub inside the bird, outside the bird and make sure to spread it under the breast skin).
• Roast on lowest rack of the oven at 500°F for 30 minutes.
• Remove the turkey from the oven and cover the breast with a double layer of heavy duty aluminum foil folded into a triangle (leaving the legs and dark meat uncovered), insert a thermometer into thickest part of the breast and return it to oven.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 350°F.
• Roast until the turkey temperature reaches 161°F (14 to 16 pound bird only needs a total of 2 to 2 1/2 hours of roasting).
• Remove the turkey from the oven and let it rest, loosely covered for at least 15 minutes before carving.

ROAST TURKEY WITH SPICY CHORIZO STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325ºF.
• Remove the neck and giblets from the turkey; discard or reserve for another use.
• Place on a rack in a large roasting pan, breast side up.
• In a small bowl, combine the chili powder, oregano, garlic powder, salt and pepper.
• Rub the turkey evenly with oil and sprinkle evenly with chili powder mixture.
• Roast for 3 hours or until the breast reaches 170ºF and juices run clear.
• Meanwhile, place a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot.
• Toast pecans in the dry skillet; set aside on a plate.
• Coat the skillet with non stick spray and add the sausage, celery, onion and bell pepper.
• Cook until the sausage is no longer pink, about 4 min, stirring frequently.
• Add the remaining ingredients; stir gently, yet thoroughly to blend.
• Coat a 13x9" baking dish with cooking spray, add the sausage mixture, cover tightly and bake during last 40 min of roasting the turkey.
• Cover the turkey with foil and let stand for 15 min before carving.
• Serve stuffing on the side.

SPICY TURKEY ROAST (MICROWAVE VERSION)

Steps:

• Remove mesh from thawed turkey. Lay turkey out as flat as possible on a cutting board, placing the skin side down.
• Combine garlic, rosemary, pepper and salt in the work bowl of the food processor with the steel blade in place, or in blender. Turn motor on. Add the oil, processing until coarsely chopped.
• Spread half the garlic mixture over the inside of the turkey. Reroll the turkey.
• Spread outside of roll with remaining garlic mixture. Wrap firmly in microsafe plastic film. Secure firmly with string. Pierce film in two or three places with fork.
• Place on microsafe cooking rack over microsafe roasting pan.
• Microwave at HIGH power for 10 minutes. Turn roast over.
• Microwave at MEDIUM power for 35 to 40 minutes, turning roast 2 or 3 times while cooking, until roast registers 170 degrees F in several places (use instant reading thermometer the check temperature).
• Thicken pan juices for gravy, if desired.
• Remove from microwave. Let stand, covered, for 15 minutes. Cut thin slices to serve.
• Garnish with orange slices and rosemary, if desired.