I've been banned from oven-roasting turkey / myLot

United States

December 31, 2015 8:28pm CST

The day before Christmas, I bought a small fresh turkey that was marked down to 50% of its original price. I finally got around to cooking it today, and opted to take the 'lazy' way out instead of roasting it in the oven like I normally do. So into the slow cooker it went, with a liberal dusting of several spices that I picked at random mostly because they sounded good this morning. It cooked all afternoon, and smelled so good that the kindergartner started asking me to try it a few hours before it had reached the proper temperature. She was so thrilled with it when I finally carved it that she's informed me that I'm no longer allowed to cook a turkey any other way.

I guess this means I'll have even more room for side dishes and pies next Thanksgiving...

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fishtiger58

@fishtiger58 (29819)

• Momence, Illinois

1 Jan 16

I have never cooked a turkey in a slow cooker. but I beef and pork roasts in them all the time. They always come out great.

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Yuki

@yukimori (10192)

• United States

1 Jan 16

I do pork roasts, too, and occasionally chops. I love the way the onions get when they're cooked for hours...

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fishtiger58

@fishtiger58 (29819)

• Momence, Illinois

1 Jan 16

@yukimori And the flavor of the gravy is to die for.

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Yuki

@yukimori (10192)

• United States

1 Jan 16

@fishtiger58 One of these days I'll actually learn how to make gravy!

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paigea

@paigea (36143)

• Canada

1 Jan 16

mmm, I have a small turkey to cook and a brand new slow cooker to try out.

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Yuki

@yukimori (10192)

• United States

1 Jan 16

@paigea I buy a premade one, but I'm not sure it's available in Canada since it's a Safeway store brand. I think it's the Safeway Selects orange sauce. Panda Express sells theirs bottled, too, and there are quite a few recipes for homemade ones online. When I do the orange chicken, I just cook it in the sauce until it's falling off the bones, then serve it on top of medium grain rice.

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paigea

@paigea (36143)

• Canada

1 Jan 16

@yukimori Well, that sounds like a good place for me to start. What sauce do you use for the orange? Is there a sauce I can just buy?

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paigea

@paigea (36143)

• Canada

1 Jan 16

@yukimori I will see if Safeway has it here; if they don't I will find a recipe. We don't live near any Panda Express. Thanks.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169479)

• United States

1 Jan 16

I have had at least one other friend mention putting a turkey in the crock pot. I have put chicken in my crock pot and that is awesome.

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Yuki

@yukimori (10192)

• United States

1 Jan 16

It honestly never occurred to me until I was in the store that afternoon. One of the butchers was putting out turkeys, and he got to discussing ways to prepare them with another customer. She turned down the turkey I picked out because it was too big for her cooker... it fit perfectly in mine, so I was happy!

I'm definitely going to use it the next time I cook a chicken. It's just so much more convenient than the big roasting pan I've been using.

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AmberLynn

@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)

• United States

1 Jan 16

Now that's not fair! That sounds lovely and I didn't get a taste.

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Yuki

@yukimori (10192)

• United States

1 Jan 16

I'm sorry! I'll save a plate for you next time!

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AmberLynn

@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)

• United States

1 Jan 16

@yukimori I"ll hold you to that!

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

1 Jan 16

That sounds so good, and easy to do too. I haven't got a slow cooker, but I might look out for one.

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Yuki

@yukimori (10192)

• United States

1 Jan 16

It was. I think I spent maybe 10 minutes on the prep work this morning, and that was only because I had to find something to occupy the toddler to keep her out of the kitchen while I was setting everything up.

There's an amazing variety of good slow cooker recipes out there, too.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

1 Jan 16

@paigea @yukimori I think I'll get one.

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paigea

@paigea (36143)

• Canada

1 Jan 16

@yukimori I have a whole book of recipes that was given to me along with the slowcooker.

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Mike

@Mike197602 (15504)

• United Kingdom

1 Jan 16

Sounds good, I may buy one of those slow cookers sometime. Happy new year

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Yuki

@yukimori (10192)

• United States

1 Jan 16

Happy New Year to you, too!

We still have about four hours to go in my time zone... and I'll probably be sound asleep when the boot drops.

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Janet Anderson

@Auntylou (4262)

• Oxford, England

2 Jan 16

@mike197602 the trick is not to add too much liquid as none is lost during the cooking!

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@Hatley (163772)

• Garden Grove, California

1 Jan 16

wow that sounds l ike a delicious way to cook a turk ey ajd madei ver done ajd very good to eat too

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Yuki

@yukimori (10192)

• United States

1 Jan 16

It was really good... the kindergartner actually doesn't care for meat all that much, so the fact that she ate everything I gave her tonight was a pretty great endorsement.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (189915)

• Boise, Idaho

1 Jan 16

Slow cooking really adds to flavor.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502573)

• Italy

1 Jan 16

Oh, this is a positive ending, I though you made something wrong with the oven.

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AbbyGreenhill

@AbbyGreenhill (45490)

• United States

1 Jan 16

Not sure I would care for crock pot turkey - the smell of a turkey roasting in the oven is pure heaven to me. I'm a 'regular' cooker not a fan of slow cooking or fast cooking. I used a crockpot about six times in the last few years.

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