{"id":24534,"date":"2017-11-21T21:36:20","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T02:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/?p=24534"},"modified":"2020-10-11T11:56:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T15:56:58","slug":"pressure-cooked-grilled-whole-turkey-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/pressure-cooked-grilled-whole-turkey-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Pressure Cooked &#038; Grilled Whole Turkey Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24535\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Grilled-Turkey-with-fresh-Herbs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Grilled-Turkey-with-fresh-Herbs.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Grilled-Turkey-with-fresh-Herbs-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Whole Turkey marinated with fresh herbs, cooked and grilled; aromatic and flavorful Turkey&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I cook Turkey only on Thanksgiving. Every year, my only intention is to make the turkey taste delicious and flavorful. This Thanksgiving I totally nailed it by grilling it. In Canada, we celebrate Thanksgiving in October, and this time it was a gorgeous warm day and I took full advantage of it by grilling outdoors. While in the US , it&#8217;s celebrated in November. As Americans are geared up to celebrate Thanksgiving, I thought of sharing this recipe.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a mini Thanksgiving spread that I had prepared.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24537\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Thanksgiving-Spread.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Thanksgiving-Spread.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Thanksgiving-Spread-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I made the herb marinade by combining fresh cilantro, mint leaves along with a few other ingredients, marinated Turkey was let to rest for a few hours so that the flavors are absorbed well and then it was cooked in the pressure cooker for an hour and then grilled to perfection.<\/p>\n<p>The turkey tasted flavorful, my Man gave his approval by eating more than usual&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24536\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Grilled-Turkey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Grilled-Turkey.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Grilled-Turkey-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipe\" data-rating=\"0\"> \t<link itemprop=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Grilled-Turkey-with-fresh-Herbs.jpg\" \/>\n<div class=\"item ERName\">Grilled Whole Turkey Recipe<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\"><span class=\"xlate\">Recipe Type<\/span>: <span class=\"type\">Main<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Author: <span class=\"author\">Thasneen<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Cook time: <time itemprop=\"cookTime\" datetime=\"PT1H45M\">1 hour 45 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Total time: <time itemprop=\"totalTime\" datetime=\"PT1H45M\">1 hour 45 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERIngredients\">\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Whole Turkey- 8 to 10 lbs or 5 Kg<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Non-stick cooking spray<\/li>\n<li class=\"ERSeparator\">[b]For making Marinade[\/b]<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Ginger, roughly chopped- 3 inch slice<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Garlic cloves- 6 cloves<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Green chilies- 5 to 7<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Fresh Cilantro, roughly chopped- 1 1\/2 cups<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Fresh Mint leaves- 20<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Curry leaves- 2 sprigs (optional)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Whole black pepper corns- 2 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Whole Cardamom- 5<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Turmeric powder- 1\/2 tsp (optional)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Salt- 2 tsp (or to taste)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Lemon juice- juice of 1 lemon + more lemon juice wile grilling<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Water- enough to make a paste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERInstructions\">\n<div class=\"ERInstructionsHeader\">Instructions<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Frozen whole Turkey has to be thawed in the refrigerator for 24 hours. After that place the turkey with the skin in cold water for a few hours till it has completely thawed.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Squeeze lemon juice all over the turkey and inside the cavity, give a good massage and rinse under running water.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Into a blender, add all the above mentioned ingredients &#8216;for making the marinade&#8217; and add enough water to make a smooth paste.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Spread the marinade all over the turkey and inside the cavity as well. Place it in a large bowl, cover with plastic wrap and keep aside for 3 to 4 hours or overnight.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Place the whole turkey into a large pressure cooker and close the lid. [b]I didn&#8217;t place the whistle[\/b].<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Save the marinade that&#8217;s left in the bowl- while grilling we will use this to spread on the turkey.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Let cook for 1 hour and 15 minutes or till the turkey has almost cooked well.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Take the cooked turkey out of the cooker.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Save the liquid in the pressure cooker- turkey broth, can be used for making gravy (heat the liquid and add 2 tbsp corn starch combined with 1 tbsp cold water, keep stirring and cook till gravy thickens).<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Have the grill ready, grease the grill with non-stick cooking oil.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Spread some marinade from the bowl on the turkey, spray non-stick cooking oil over it.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Place it on the grill, cover the grill and let grill.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">After 10 to 15 minutes of grilling, flip over the turkey- spread some more marinade, salt if required, drizzle lemon juice, spray non-stick cooking oil and grill. If you want, sprinkle some ground pepper as well.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Grill while flipping often, till all the sides have turned slight brown.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Transfer to a large platter, garnish with lemon wedges and fresh herbs and serve.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Enjoy with family and friends.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNutrition\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: none;\">3.4.3177<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whole Turkey marinated with fresh herbs, cooked and grilled; aromatic and flavorful Turkey&#8230; I cook Turkey only on Thanksgiving. Every year, my only intention is to make the turkey taste delicious and flavorful. This Thanksgiving I totally nailed it by grilling it. In Canada, we celebrate Thanksgiving in October, and this time it was a &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[422,534,658,662],"tags":[437,129],"class_list":["post-24534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american","category-grilling","category-thanksgiving-by-category","category-turkey-by-ingredient","tag-thanksgiving","tag-turkey","course-main"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}