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Heres the dealyou actually can safely cook a fully frozen turkey says the usda.

Thanksgiving meal cake. After its thawed the turkey must be cooked immediately. Callers to butterball sometimes get a little desperate when they find out their turkey is still frozen on thanksgiving day. Join the discussion today.

For example if a thawed turkey needs to cook for 5 hours then a frozen one needs to cook for 7 12 hours. But theres a catch. Cold water thawing takes significantly less time than thawing a turkey in the refrigerator.

If the turkey has been defrosting in the refrigerator for several days a mere half hour may do the trick. Note if you are landing on this page on thanksgiving day after discovering your turkey is still partially frozen the advice does apply to you. How to cook a frozen turkey.

Cooking time will take at least 50 percent longer. The disadvantage is that youre stuck with a fairly basic roast turkey no brining deep frying or any other fancy turkey techniques here. Allow four and a half to six hours as opposed to the usual.

The advantage of cooking a frozen turkey is that you still get to sit down to dinner in a timely manner with none the wiser for your turkey snafu earlier in the day. If you discovered your turkey was partially frozen while getting it ready to go in the oven put it in a large plastic bag food grade think crockpot liner or oven bag. Department of agriculture advises changing the water every 30 minutes or so.

Thats because once the bird is defrosted bacteria that were present before it was fully frozen can begin to regrow according to the usda. Examples of trying to quickly thaw a turkey include thawing a turkey in a bathtub in a heating blanket on a clothesline and in the dishwasher. Discussion from the chowhound home cooking thanksgiving food community.

If you need to defrost a fully frozen turkey on the double allow half an hour per pound. Hours of thawing time may not be an option in which case you can simply cook the bird in its frozen state. How long it takes depends entirely on the turkeys size so heres a handy chart from foodsafetygov that uses 30 minters per pound.

So while a 12 pound fully thawed turkey would normally take about three hours to cook in a 3250f oven it will take four and a half hours to cook if its frozen. To determine the approximate cooking time for a frozen turkey follow this guideline.