Thanksgiving with the Butterball Turkey Fryer and the Chef Basket
The Butterball Indoor Turkey Fryer
I’ve always wanted to fry a turkey. So when the Butterball Indoor Turkey Fryer came out, I just knew it was for me! I guess that’s what happens when you watch too many As Seen On TV Commercials. My wife was totally against this purchase to start with. She was afraid of indoor fires, and the thought of having a fried turkey for Thanksgiving didn’t appeal to her. But when I ordered it anyway, she said that the turkey was my responsibility from then to when we sat down to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day!
I felt comfortable in using the Butterball fryer because of how it’s made. It’s different from other turkey fryers in that it uses a submerged electric heating element with sixteen hundred and fifty watts of power. In combination with the dual thermostats, the cooking temperature will be exact every time and there’s literally no chance of flare-ups or fire.
I’m definitely not handy in the kitchen, so this was a huge undertaking for me. I knew that the turkey should be totally thawed before putting it in the fryer, so I made sure that it was and got rid of the neck and giblets. I added oil to the fill line (about two gallons for a 10 pound bird) and preheated to 400 degrees. While the oil was heating, I dried the turkey with paper towels and seasoned with an off the shelf generic rub. After pre-heating the oil, I gently lowered the bird into the fryer and got an adult beverage! In about 40 minutes, the dark meat reached about 175 degrees and the white meat was at about 170 degrees so I knew it was done. I then removed it from the fryer, let it stand for about 20 minutes, and then carved it up.
I think even my wife will admit that it was the best turkey we’ve ever eaten. Cleanup was super easy, too…I just just recovered and disposed of the remaining oil and the inner bowl rinsed clean with soap and water. Looks like I’m the Thanksgiving Chef from now on!
Chef Basket For Veggies Too!
So while I was hard at work frying the turkey while watching TV with brew in hand, my wife was using this new Chef Basket gadget she ordered to steam vegetables. She really ordered the Chef Basket to prepare noodles, spaghetti or french fries. But since we were having fried turkey, she turned in inside out and used it to steam vegetables rather than doing fries.
if you haven’t seen the Chef Basket, then you’re not watching enough TV! It’s a neat kitchen gadget you shouldn’t be without. It’s a collapsable basket that folds flat when not in use, but opens to a colander type basket to use for frying, steaming, boiling or par-boiling. One of the great features is that the handles do not absorb or transmit heat, so you can take the Chef Basket out of the boiling water or oil and go right to the table or serving dish without having to transfer the contents to a strainer. Inverted, it becomes a steamer for vegetables, and that’s how my wife used it for our Thanksgiving vegetables.
Our Thanksgiving meal prep couldn’t have been any easier this year! The Butterball Indoor Turkey Fryer and the Chef Basket took the tension out of the kitchen and gave us the best tasting Thanksgiving ever!
Learn more about Butterball Indoor Turkey Fryer. Stop by this great site where you can find out all about it. And, you can check out the Chef Basket here as well.
