Thanksgiving is right around the corner and The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird wanted me to make sure you had her top secret turkey rub recipe for your bird.
She uses this rub along with an entire stick of butter to prepare our bird every single year. And she’s an expert too, she’s been cooking turkeys since she was ten years old. {She asked if she could cook the turkey one year and we said yes, the rest is history.} Her turkeys always come out so juicy and flavorful and get rave reviews.
Her recipe for a juicy turkey couldn’t be easier; simply melt a stick of butter in a small bowl and baste the turkey with it. Season with the top secret turkey rub mix and pop it in the oven. Basting every 30 minutes or so with butter until nicely browned with an internal temperature of 165 F. It’s that easy!
We’ve come up with a number of DIY spice recipes over the years and while this turkey rub recipe is a big winner with everyone we know, I’m sharing a few more of our favorites below.
More spice recipes you might like
- Allspice
- Pumpkin Pie Spice
- Hot Cider Mulling Spice
- Herbs de Provence
- Hot Chocolate Mix
- Italian Seasoning
- Taco Seasoning
- Ranch Dressing Mix
- Dry Rub Steak Mix
- Fajita Spice Mix
Here’s to a wonderful Thanksgiving feast!
~Mavis
Turkey Rub Recipe
Ingredients
2 teaspoons garlic salt
2 teaspoons dried thyme
2 teaspoons dried rosemary
1 teaspoon dried sage
1 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients together in a small bowl and rub {or sprinkle} into/onto your turkey. Gobble Gobble!
darlene says
What does she do with the stick of butter?
Mavis says
She melts the butter and brushes the butter on the turkey.
Diane says
How often does she based the turkey? And is it covered or uncovered? Thank you.
Mavis Butterfield says
Every 30 minutes. Uncovered. 🙂
Suzanne Lowrie says
Ever since I found this recipe on your blog a year or so ago, this has been my go-to recipe for my holiday turkeys! It is absolutely delicious, and I have never had as many compliments as when I use this rub. Thank you for the recipe and for re-posting!
Robin says
when do you put the butter on. What size turkey do you need for 16 people.
Lana says
Read above about the butter. You need at least a 16 pound turkey for 16 people but go bigger for plenty of leftovers.