A Badass Turkey (with Tasty Rub)

Total Time: 6 hrs Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 10 lbs turkey
• 1/4 cup salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 tablespoons paprika (almost, more like 1.5)
• 1 tablespoon dried ancho chile powder
• 1 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1 teaspoon honey

Recipe

• 1 take all that weird stuff out of the turkey.
• 2 make the rub by mixing all non-turkey ingredients.
• 3 preheat oven to 350.
• 4 rub turkey with the rub. if there's any left over, stuff in turkey belly.
• 5 do not put stuffing inside turkey. gross! close the turkey legs with that plastic thing (or string if your turkey doesn't have that.
• 6 put turkey in roaster, elevated from bottom of pan.
• 7 cover with tin foil, making sure you don't let top of foil touch turkey.
• 8 let cook for about 2:45 or so with foil on. do not baste.
• 9 for last 15-20, remove foil, so turkey skin can get a good bit of color.
• 10 let rest about 20 so you can slice it up.
• 11 for gravy: take drippings, place in pot. heat up. while heating, make a mix of 1 cup cold water to 1/4 cup cornstarch. slowly add to the broth, a bit at a time so you make sure you haven't messed up too much.
• 12 warning: instructions for high altitude (5000 feet above sea level). make sure you adjust to your altitude. always cook turkey to like, 165-170.