Cajun Deep-Fried Turkey
4.8
Ingredients
- Prep
- 30 min
- Cook
- 45 min
- Total
- 575 min
Instructions
- 1 Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add beer, onion juice, garlic juice, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Mix until marinade is well blended.
- 2 Use a marinade-injecting syringe or turkey baster with an injector tip to inject marinade into turkey, including legs, back, wings, thighs, and breasts. Place the turkey in a large food-safe plastic bag or brining bag and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.
- 3 When it's time to fry, remove turkey from the bag and place into the cooking basket; discard any remaining marinade. Measure the amount of oil needed by lowering turkey into the fryer and filling with enough oil to cover it. Remove turkey and set aside.
- 4 Heat oil to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C). Lower the turkey slowly into the hot oil using the fryer’s lift mechanism. Fry for about 3 minutes per pound, or until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh registers 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), about 36 minutes total for a 12-pound bird.
- 5 Turn off the flame and slowly remove turkey from oil, making sure all of the oil drains out of the cavity. Allow turkey to rest on a serving platter before carving, about 20 minutes.
By Peg in East Tennessee