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Tso's Glazed Roasted Turkey

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PREP TIME
60 min
COOKING TIME
210 min
TOTAL TIME
750 min
SERVINGS
15 servings
Dinner
Tso's Glazed Roasted Turkey
Ingredients
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 3 small dried red chiles, or more to taste
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 green onions, chopped
  • 1/4 cup light sesame oil
  • 1 small shallot, chopped
  • 1/2 (16 ounce) can whole berry cranberry sauce
  • 1 cup turkey broth
  • 1/2 cup soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 1/4 cup white vinegar
  • 1/4 cup plum wine
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh ginger root
  • 2 tablespoons chopped garlic
  • 2 teaspoons grated orange zest
  • 1 (12 pound) whole turkey, neck and giblets removed
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 2 cups cooked white rice
  • 1/2 cup cooked wild rice
  • 1/3 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
  • 2 small green onions, chopped
  • 1 small shallot, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/3 cup sesame oil
Instructions
1
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit (165 degrees Celsius).
2
Heat 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Roast dried red chiles in the hot oil until they turn dark red, approximately 2 minutes.
3
Mix black pepper, 2 chopped green onions, light sesame oil, and 1 small chopped shallot into the hot oil; remove from heat. Combine these ingredients for a flavorful mixture.
4
Blend cranberry sauce, turkey broth, soy sauce, orange juice, white vinegar, plum wine, ginger, garlic, and orange zest in a blender until smooth. Transfer the mixture to a bowl.
5
Mix toasted red pepper mixture into glaze for added flavor. Divide the glaze in half to create two portions.
6
Place turkey into a large basting bag and pour half the glaze over the turkey and into the cavity. Seal the bag and refrigerate overnight to allow the flavors to penetrate.
7
Dissolve cornstarch in the remaining half of the glaze and refrigerate in a covered container to thicken.
8
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit (165 degrees Celsius).
9
Remove turkey from marinade; discard the used marinade. Set turkey onto a rack inside a roasting pan.
10
Mix white rice, wild rice, dried cranberries, walnuts, 2 small chopped green onions, 1 chopped shallot, and 1 tablespoon sesame oil in a bowl. Lightly stuff the turkey cavity with this rice mixture.
11
Combine 1/3 cup vegetable oil with 1/3 cup sesame oil in a bowl and set aside for basting.
12
Roast turkey in the preheated oven, basting with vegetable and sesame oil mixture every 15 minutes, until skin is browned and crisp. This should take approximately 2 hours.
13
Stir reserved glaze containing cornstarch thoroughly and baste turkey every 15 minutes until glaze has baked onto turkey. Continue this process until an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a thigh reads 165 degrees Fahrenheit (75 degrees Celsius). This should take an additional 1 1/2 to 2 more hours.