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Do I HAVE to use a roasting pan/rack
For the bird?
I bought a pan/rack 3 years ago (the last time I roasted a bird) and have since lost it... which should tell you how much I use roasting pans.
We got a very small turkey (10-12 lbs) - do I HAVE to buy a pan/rack? I have oversized casserole dishes (glass and metal) and a ginormous Le Cruset dutch oven. Can I use one of those and, like, bunch tin foil into coils for the rack?
As I'm typing this I realize what an epic FAIL this could be. Please feel free to tell me to quit being cheap, go to Target, drop $40 on another pan and be done with it.
So... what's the verdict?
Re: Do I HAVE to use a roasting pan/rack
I really don't think so. when I cooked my oven ready turkey from WF, they prepared it in one of those aluminum roasting pans with no rack and I just popped it in the over like that. It was fine (and delicious!)
Also, come to think of it, the huge roast pan that my mom has always used doesn't have a rack. It has slightly raised "fingers' along the bottom, but it's nothing like a rack at all.
Just go to the dollar store, buy an aluminum roasting pan, and WALLA!
or, You can just use your casserole dish and put it an oven bag.
Stand up for something you believe in.
We make the rockin' world go 'round.
Just don't use the dutch oven. High sides are not good for air flow.
Just raise the turkey up on something so it doesn't sit in it's own juices-- tin foil, veggies, whatev.
That's what I was going to say. My favorite roast chicken recipe calls for setting the chicken on big slices of onion.