Ingredients
- 5 ¼ kg Turkey
- 2 tbsp cayenne pepper
- 1 40 litre cooking pot
- 1 temperature gauge
- 1 gas burner and bottle of gas
- Approx 25 litres peanut
- 1 metal handle or hook
- 1 metre of wire for wrapping turkey
- 1 Protective gloves
- 1 Protective jacket
- 1 Foam extinguisher
- 1 Large clean bucket, roughly same size as turkey
Instructions
Step 1
First, sprinkle the cayenne pepper over the top and around the legs of the turkey, rubbing it in as you go. Then turn it on its side, sprinkle more cayenne and rub it in. Turn the turkey over upside down, repeat sprinkling and rubbing the underside. Keep doing until the entire body has been well covered and rubbed.
Step 2
Place the turkey on its head, then spear a wire through it, just underneath the breast and by the wings. Then pull the wire through carefully, loop the wire around about three times to make a metal handle. Twist the ends of the wire so there are no sharp ends. do a little test to make sure that your handle it totally safe when lifting up the turkey. when you are convinced that the handle is strong enough, then you move onto the next step.
Step 3
The frying of the turkey must be done outside, in a dry and well ventilated area. Our gas burner is set on a level, grass surface, as this is one of the safest options. Make sure other people, especially children, and animals are kept away from the cooking area.
Step 4
The turkey must be fried outside, in a dry and well ventilated area. Our gas burner is set on a level, grass surface, this is a safe option.
Step 5
Half add water to a pot, and half fill the bucket with water, which is the same weight as your turkey. Place the bucket into the pot and make sure the water does not go past the top of the bucket. If it does then discard some water. The water line should be the quantity of oil you need. Then take out the bucket and tip away the water from the pot.
Step 6
Important to wipe the pot dry. There must no be any water in the pot because the combination of hot oil and water is very dangerous !
Step 7
Add oil into the pot, same level as the water. Then light your gas burner to a high setting and place the pot carefully down onto the burner plate. Place the thermometer into the oil at 350 degrees. This should roughly take 45 - 60 minutes.
Step 8
In 45 minutes, check the gauge to see how hot the oil is. It would be better to have protective gloves and jacket. Going to fry when the oil is 350 degrees. With the metal hook attached to the wire loop handle of your turkey, Place the turkey with extreme care into the hot oil. Do this very slowly and be careful for any hot splashing oil!
Step 9
Allow 3 minutes of cooking for every lb, plus an extra 15 minutes at the end. Halfway through the cooking process check to see how the turkey is doing by briefly lifting it out of the pot, again using the metal hook attached to the wire handle. Then lower it back into the pot, for the rest of the cooking period.
Step 10
Cook every lb for three minutes, and plus an extra 15 minutes at the end. Halfway through the cooking process check turkey by taking it out of the pot, again using the metal hook attached to the wire handle. Then place it back into the pot.
Step 11
When the turkey floats to the top of the oil, cook it for addictional 15 minutes. When it is done, carefully take your turkey out of the pot, give it a little shake to disperse the excess oil and transfer it back onto its platter.
