How to Coat a Thanksgiving Turkey with Sage Butter

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Line a bowl with plastic wrap and fill with about one cup to one and a half cups of butter and allow to sit on the counter until completely softened to room temperature.

    This will take close to an hour.
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   Step 2: Add any seasonings you prefer to the butter.

    There are a multitude of seasoning that you use to season a turkey.
   
   Examples are: salt, pepper, thyme, rosemary, sage, garlic, parsley, and poultry seasoning. You choose what fits your taste. ,, Usually your hand can get in between starting where the neck area is. Do not remove the skin from the turkey. ,, With the butter on the plastic wrap, on the counter, take a knife and slice the butter into slices. , Continue this process until you have used all the butter. ,,
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   Step 3: Mix your seasonings into your softened butter well and then put the butter mixture into the freezer for about an hour.

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   Step 4: While the butter is in the freezer

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   Step 5: take your hand and start to separate the skin from the turkey by pulling up on the skin and running your hand in between the skin and the meat to create a “pocket”.

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   Step 6: Once the butter is solid and you have as much of the skin separated from the meat as you can

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   Step 7: you are ready to put the butter under the skin.

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   Step 8: Remove the butter from the freezer and

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   Step 9: using the plastic wrap

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    Step 10: remove the butter from the bowl.

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    Step 11: Take your butter slices and slide them under the skin of the turkey into the pockets that you made with your hand.

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    Step 12: Bake your turkey as per the instructions on the packaging.

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    Step 13: Finished!

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