Worth-the-Wait Turkey

Name: Worth-the-Wait Turkey
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 10-pound to 11-pound turkey; 4 garlic cloves; 1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon kosher salt or coarse sea salt; 1 tablespoon kosher salt or coarse sea salt; Pinch of cayenne; 1 tablespoon garlic-flavored oil; 2 cups turkey or chicken stock; 2 cups turkey or chicken stock; 1 cup beer; 1 cup water; ¼ cup vegetable oil; Creole Classic Barbecue Sauce or Struttin’ Sauce (optional); Creole Classic Barbecue Sauce or Struttin’ Sauce (optional)

Preparation info

Serves
8 to 10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Smoke & Spice

By Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison

Published 2014

About

You may be talking gibberish yourself after a long, long day of barbecuing this bird, but your guests will be talking about the turkey for many more days to come.

Ingredients

Injection Liquid

½ cup garlic-flavored oil (see BBQ tip)
½ cup beer

Americas
United States
Main course

Method

The night before you plan to barbecue, combine the injection liquid ingredients in a small bowl. With a kitchen syringe, inject the mixture deep into the turkey in a half-dozen places, moving the needle around in each spot to shoot the liquid in several directions. Inject the greatest amount into the breast.
With a mortar and pestle or in a mini food processor,