One-Hour Thanksgiving Dinner : Chicken and Turkey
This recipe is for an entire Thanksgiving Dinner that takes one hour to cook. The recipe uses various pre-cooked ingredients and instant foods, and is designed for those cooking Thanksgiving dinner for the first time, such as college students.
Ingredients
1 5–6 lb Fully pre-cooked smoked Turkey breast. Certain brands are readily available in almost every U.S. supermarket, however they must be fully cooked frozen turkey breast, as they only require 1 hour of heating. Avoid processed turkey breast loaf. Average price: $10–$12
2 Cans of desired vegetables. Average Price: $1.50
1–2 box package(s) of instant potatoes or stuffing. Average Price: $1.50-$3.00
1 Package of 12 instant frozen Biscuits. The frozen home-baked butter variety works best. It is important that the biscuits in a can are not used. Average Price: $2.00
1 Package of turkey gravy mix. Average price: $1.00
1 Small disposable Aluminum turkey pan with built in rack Average Price $2.00
1 Can of spray oil (can be substituted by regular vegetable oil). Average price $1.00
Optional
1 pre-made pumpkin pie. Average Price $3.00
1–2 cans cranberry sauce. Average Price $1.00
Preparation
Make sure you have thawed the turkey breast. A frozen 5–6 pound breast thaws over 1 day in the refrigerator. It is also very important that you have purchased a frozen fully pre-cooked breast. The term heat and serve may be on the bag that the turkey comes in.
Preheat your oven to 350 °F.
Remove turkey from bag and place in aluminum roasting pan.
Spray the turkey with cooking oil. If you have substituted cooking oil for regular vegetable oil rub the breast with the oil.
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