Puertorican Turkey

Thaw out turkey. 

Wash and Dry turkey. 

Rub inside and outside of bird with salt, sofrito, and mustard. rub until well coated. plenty of each ingredient. 

At this point I usually let the turkey marinate while I make the stuffing.

Stuff bird with stuffing. 

bake according to package instructions - according to weight of bird. Usually 350 degrees for several hours. 

take lid off during the last hour. Basting every 15 minutes to brown turkey. 

Bird is ready when you push on the leg and it does not bounce back.

My Stuffing

Old Fashioned stuffing (for Turkey) 

 Ingredients: 

1 lb sausage cooked turkey giblets (neck, heard and gizzards) chopped 

1/2 cup butter 

3 large onions, chopped 

1 1/2 tsp marjoram leaves 

3/4 tsp each: pepper, ground sage. thyme leaves 

12 cups day old bread cut or broken into 1/2 inch pieces 

2 cups chopped celery 

1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley 

1 egg - fork mixed 

salt 

 Directions: cook sausage over med heat. remove from pan. add butter to pan and add onion, cook onion till translucent. add celery. then everything except bread and egg. remove from heat. Combine with bread and egg salt and toss till combined. stuff Turkey