Overnight High-heat Turkey

Total Time: 8 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 whole turkey
• olive oil, for rubbing
• 5 cups water

Recipe

• 1 about an hour before you go to bed, preheat oven to 500 degrees.
• 2 wash turkey thoroughly and empty the neck and carcass cavities.
• 3 do not stuff the bird (that's not negotiable).
• 4 rub outside of turkey with olive oil.
• 5 place bird in roaster and pour water over.
• 6 cover with a tight-fitting lid and bake at 500 for one hour.
• 7 do not take lid off at any time!
• 8 after one hour, turn down oven to its lowest setting (without actually turning it off).
• 9 leave bird in oven, lid on and go to bed.
• 10 wake up to a bird that is tender, juicy, brown and ready.