Bacon Wrapped Turkey

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (10 lb) turkey
• 1 cup poultry seasoning
• 10 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 1/2 cups olive oil
• 1 lb bacon, sliced into thin strips

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 500 degrees f.
• 2 wash the turkey inside and out and pat dry.
• 3 mix together the poultry seasoning, minced garlic and olive oil to make a paste. rub the paste underneath the skin of the breasts of the turkey, carefully so you do not tear the skin.
• 4 add 2 cups of water to the roasting pan. place turkey into roasting pan on a rack over the water.
• 5 roast the turkey for 30 minutes.
• 6 remove from the oven and turn the heat down to 350 degrees. cover the turkey in the bacon slices, in cross-hatch form or just by overlapping the slices in strips. put back in the oven and continue to cook for 2 more hours or until an internal thermometer temperature reaches 160 degrees.