Grammy's Kitchen · Roast Turkey · Dry Brine Turkey
One of 58 roast turkey recipes we measured
5 cooks on www.gimmesomeoven.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 58.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 1% | 2% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 8% | 2% |
| liquid | 8% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 5% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 5897 g | 1 (12 to 14 pound) turkey (thawed, neck and giblets removed) |
| 29 g | 2 tablespoons Morton’s kosher salt (or 3 1/2 tablespoons Diamond Crystal kosher salt) |
| 8 g | 2 teaspoons each: baking powder (freshly-ground black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika) |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon dried thyme |
| zest of 1 small lemon | |
| 54 g | 1/4 cup neutral oil (such as avocado (canola, or grapeseed)) |
| 150 g | 1 small yellow onion (quartered) |
| 1 lemon (quartered) | |
| 12 g | 4 large garlic cloves (smashed) |
| 1 g | 1 small bunch fresh thyme |
| 300 g | 2 small yellow onions (quartered) |
| 183 g | 3 medium carrots (cut into chunks) |
| 120 g | 3 celery ribs (cut into chunks) |
| 240 g | 1 cup chicken stock |
| 236 g | 1 cup dry white wine |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.gimmesomeoven.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I’m on your website for first time. Great dry-brining recipe/ So I jumped to the recipe itself and hit Print Recipe, and up came an ad to give you my email add. and get EVERY recipe post you make, sent to me. I don’t want this at all! but I can’t print your dr” — a cook
“We made this today, Thanksgiving 2025. I was amazed at how good it was! I substituted parsley for the thyme because we don’t care for thyme. I let it sit in the fridge 2 days before cooking because the only time I had to prep it was on Tuesday. I didn’t rememb” — a cook