The answer is yesand no.
Aluminum foilcan be a brilliant tool in the kitchen.
But can aluminum foil over a roasting turkey do anything?
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You want your turkey to be moistand not just the dark meatand flavorful.
Learn if foil over turkey is helpful or not.
Plus, find out if you should use aluminum foil at any other point in the turkey-cooking process.
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The method of covering the turkey doesn’t matter so much.
Simply tent the foil so that it loosely covers the whole turkey.
Keep in mind that cheesecloth is more expensive than foil and isnt as readily available in supermarkets.
This is true regardless of the method (so if youve gone the deep-fried route, pay attention!)
and regardless of whether youve covered it while cooking it.
Hackney says the resting period should be at least 30 minutes.
“This makes the meat more tender, moist, and flavorful.
Hackney suggests using the resting time to get going on thegravy.
