Deep-Fried Turkey

3 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 (8 oz.) bottle Caesar salad dressing
  • 1 (8 to 10 lb.) turkey
  • 1 to 2 gal. vegetable or peanut oil

Directions

  1. 1
    Fill the injector needle of a bulb baster with salad dressing and squirt under skin.
  2. 2
    Tie legs together with one end of a 30-inch string.
  3. 3
    Pour oil to depth of 5 to 6 inches into a deep pot of a propane cooker; heat to 325°.
  4. 4
    Carefully lower turkey into hot oil using string; fry 30 minutes or until meat thermometer inserted in turkey registers 185°.
  5. 5
    (Temperature of oil drops immediately after turkey is placed in it; oil may not reach 325° again.)
  6. 6
    Remove turkey from oil and cool slightly before slicing.

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