Bacon Wrapped Turkey

Name: Bacon Wrapped Turkey
Ingredients: 1/4 cup dried sage; 2 tablespoons garlic powder; 1 (16 pound) whole turkey, neck and giblets removed; 2 (12 ounce) packages bacon; 2 cups water

5 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

1/4 cup dried sage
2 tablespoons garlic powder
1 (16 pound) whole turkey, neck and giblets removed
2 (12 ounce) packages bacon
2 cups water

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2

Sprinkle sage and garlic powder over the entire turkey. Wrap turkey completely with bacon. Place turkey on a roasting rack and place roasting rack in a large baking dish. Pour water into the base of the dish.
3

Bake turkey in the preheated oven, basting every 45 minutes with juices in baking dish, until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, 3 1/2 to 4 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).