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14-pound turkey: 7 hours of thawing in cold water. 16-pound turkey: 8 hours of thawing in cold water. 18-pound turkey: 9 hours of thawing in cold water. 20-pound turkey: 10 hours of thawing in ...
Take a dip: Submerge your turkey fully, breast side down, in cold water (not hot!). Change up: Change the water every 30 minutes, “as the turkey will drop the water temperature,” Woulfe says.
A quicker method to thaw the turkey is by submerging the bird, still in its original wrapper in cold water. This way requires 30 minutes of thawing for every pound of turkey , according to Butterball.
14-pound turkey: 7 hours of thawing in cold water. 16-pound turkey: 8 hours of thawing in cold water. 18-pound turkey: 9 hours of thawing in cold water. 20-pound turkey: 10 hours of thawing in ...
You can factor about one full day in the refrigerator per four pounds of frozen turkey. That means you should start thawing a 12-pound turkey about three days before the big day, and so on. Here ...
Thawing the Turkey Ahead of Time. The best way to thaw a turkey is to leave the bird breast side up in the fridge on a rimmed baking sheet (to catch any juices). The basic rule of thumb is for ...
If your turkey is larger than 24 pounds, you may not have much time left.
The USDA recommends thawing your frozen turkey in a refrigerator as the safest method of defrosting it and suggests allowing one day for each 4-5 pounds of weight. But of course, in a busy ...