ROAST TURKEY WITH ASIAN STUFFING
Chef Martin Yan

Ingredients

1 (4 kilograms to 4 1/2 kilograms) turkey, thawed and cleaned
1 (4 kilograms to 4 1/2 kilograms) turkey, thawed and cleaned
4 slices uncooked bacon6 thin slices ginger, pressed

Marinade
1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
1/4 cup Shao Hsing wine

Stuffing
2 tablespoons cooking oil2 Chinese sausages, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon minced ginger
1/2 cup thinly sliced carrots
4 green onions, sliced
1/2 cup sliced water chesnuts
1/2 cup sliced fresh shiitake mushrooms
3-1/2 cups cooked glutinous rice
3 tablespoons oyster-flavored sauce1 tablespoon sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon white pepper

Method

Carefully place bacon and ginger under the skin on the breast side of turkey. Combine marinade ingredients in small bowl; rub all over the inside and outside of the turkey. Refrigerate until ready to stuff. Heat wok over high heat until hot; add vegetable oil and swirl to coat sides. Add Chinese sausages and ginger; stir and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add carrots, green onions, water chestnuts, and mushrooms; stir-fry 2 minutes.
Remove from heat. Stir in glutinous rice, oyster-flavored sauce, sesame oil, and pepper. Just before roasting, lightly stuff body and neck cavities of turkey. Fasten openings with skewers or truss. Place turkey, breast side up, on rack in roasting pan; roast in preheated 325°F oven until internal temperature of inner thigh reaches 165°F (allow 12 to 15 minutes per pound). Remove stuffing from turkey to serving bowl.


Carve and serve.
Makes about 10-12 servings.

From Yan Can Cook, Inc. © 1998

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