Super Moist Roasted Turkey

Serves: 8 • Prep time: 15 min • Cook time: 2 hours 15 min • Stand time: 20 minutes

10- to 12-lb. fresh whole turkey or frozen whole turkey, thawed
1 cup Hellmann's® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise
1 large shallot or onion, chopped
1 Tbsp. chopped fresh rosemary, sage and/or thyme*
1 envelope Knorr® Roasted Turkey gravy mix, prepared according to package directions

Preheat oven to 425°. Remove giblets from turkey cavities and rinse turkey inside and out; pat dry with paper towels. Season, if desired, with salt and freshly ground black pepper; set aside.
Combine Hellmann's® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise, shallot and herbs in medium bowl; set aside. Starting at neck opening, gently loosen skin on turkey and evenly spread 1/2 of the mayonnaise mixture under skin. Tie legs together with kitchen string.
Arrange turkey, breast side up, in large shallow roasting pan with rack; rub remaining mayonnaise mixture over outside of turkey. Tent with heavy-duty aluminum foil. Decrease oven to 325° and roast turkey 1-1/2 hours. Remove foil and continue roasting, basting occasionally with pan juices, until thermometer inserted in thickest part of the thigh reaches 180°. Let stand covered loosely with foil 20 minutes before carving. Serve with hot Knorr® Roasted Turkey gravy.

*SUBSTITUTION: Use 1 tsp. dried rosemary, sage and/or thyme, crushed.

Cost per recipe*: $23.09.

Cost per serving*: $2.89.

*Based on average retail prices at national supermarkets.

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Posted 11/10/2009 at 13:31 PM by marnold300sd

Snowbird, Do you have specific recipes using Olive Oil?
Posted 11/11/2009 at 11:18 AM by txjen

perhaps snowbird means replacing the mayonaise w/ olive oil? If so, it definitely sounds healther, especially if using extra virgin olive oil.
Posted 11/19/2009 at 09:25 AM by LilyWhitney

This was an alright recipe.