How to Carve a Turkey

Here's how to make Thanksgiving dinner as Rockwell-ian as possible. (Well, the turkey carving part, anyways. We can't do anything about your family.)

Roast Turkey with Stuffing and Vegetables

This roast turkey is served with roasted vegetables and gravy. Served the turkey any time—not just Thanksgiving. The turkey can be made ahead and used all week. The gravy, too.

5 hrs 30 mins

Roasted and Braised Turkey

Tender braised dark meat, moist roasted white meat, and skin so crisp you could weep. The best of all parts of the bird...minus the traditional hand-wringing.

6 hrs 15 mins

Simple Roast Turkey

The operative word in this turkey recipe is simple. Although that word doesn't convey how crisp-skinned, monstrously moist, sigh-inducingly tender, and really quite quick this turkey also is.

2 hrs 30 mins

Turkey Tetrazzini

This creamy turkey tetrazzini with crispy panko-Parmesan topping is why you'll want to make sure there's leftover Thanksgiving turkey.

1 hr

Classic Turkey Gravy

Everyone needs a classic, foolproof, go-to turkey gravy recipe. This is it. And all it takes is pan juices or drippings from your turkey, stock, butter, and flour. And a lot less time and effort than you'd imagine.

20 mins

Dry Brine Turkey

All the juicy, tender perks of brining. None of the fuss of finding a container large enough to contain a turkey and cramming it in your already overstuffed fridge.

1 d 4 hrs 20 mins

Brandy-Brined Turkey Breast

The surest way we know to guarantee moist turkey? Brine it. Preferably with this boozy brandy-infused brine. (Hiccup.)

18 hrs 20 mins

Smoked Turkey

It's not just about how lovely a turkey imbued with smoke would be. It's also about how lovely more space in the oven on Thanksgiving would be.

4 hrs 30 mins

Perfect Roast Turkey

This iconic roast turkey is, we sorta have to admit, perfect to behold. And it ought to be after being brined, stuffed with chestnut stuffing, and all but smothered in a ridiculously rich, real-deal gravy.

1 d 6 hrs

Pancetta and Herb Stuffed Turkey Breast

Sometimes you don't need a big bird. This elegant riff on turkey dinner is a superb example of how a smaller celebration can still be over-the-top delish.

2 hrs 30 mins

Turkey Meatball Soup

This outrageously healthy—yet still satiating—riff on Italian wedding soup swaps traditional beef and pork meatballs for ones made with turkey. Indulgence with decency.

1 hr

Deep-Fried Turkey

Crisp, burnished skin and moist, impossibly tender meat can be yours. (Yes, deep-fried turkey IS everything it's bragged up to be.)

3 hrs 30 mins

Instant Pot Thanksgiving Turkey

For a more intimate holiday dinner, a smaller turkey cooked in under two hours might be just the thing. Juicy with crispy skin, it's superb.

1 hr 40 mins

Old-Fashioned Roast Turkey and Gravy

This is the real deal: a proper, old-fashioned roast turkey. Simple, straightforward, unfussy, with crisp skin and tender, juicy meat. Talk about a reason to give thanks.

5 hrs

Texas Style Smoked Turkey

Behold, your latest favorite turkey, whether on your Thanksgiving table or your Super Bowl bash or your next backyard barbecue.

3 hrs

Turkey Meatballs with Angel Hair Pasta

Ever wondered if healthy, easy, homemade turkey meatballs that aren't dry as cardboard even exist? These tender meatballs oozing with melted mozzarella are proof that they do.

1 hr

Turkey Cranberry Sandwich with Stuffing

To us, perhaps the best part of Thanksgiving--right up there with the people at the table--is the leftovers. This behemoth is turkey, cranberry, stuffing, gravy, and mayo, oh my.

20 mins

Italian-Style Turkey Meatballs

Meatballs are meatballs, right? Not even close. These little babies take ground turkey and make it taste like a healthier, umami-packed heaven.

1 hr 15 mins