Cook: ~3hr
Ingredients:
3 Onions
8-10 lb turkey
1 orange (cut in 1/4s)
1 lemon (cut in 1/4s)
1/2 cup butter
Rub
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 teaspoons dried thyme
2 teaspoons dried rosemary
1 teaspoon dried sage
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
4 TBS melted butter
Equipment:
12" dutch oven
Method:
- Slice the onions and place in the bottom of the dutch oven with melted butter.
- Remove the giblets, and neck (if present), rinse the turkey in cold water, drain, and pat dry.
- Generously salt and pepper the cavity of the turkey, place the orange and lemon inside, then place the turkey on top of the onions in the dutch oven.
- Brush the top in melted butter and rub the seasonings on top. Tie the legs together loosely to hold their shape, and tuck the wing tips under.
- Bake for 3 hours in dutch oven use 6 briquettes underneath and 18 on top of the dutch oven* Replace coals every 45 minutes or when burnt out. (This places the oven at approx 350 degrees F)
- After 3 hours check the temperature of the turkey. It must read 165 degrees F before it is fully cooked
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