Bagged Roast Turkey With Cornbread, Chestnut, and Sage Stuffing

Sounds great, but I'm confused. Can someone help me 'see' how this all fits together? Does the bag cover both turkey and the pan? In other words, does the pan, with the bird, slide into the bag for cooking, or does the bird go into the bag, and the bag sits in the pan? If so, when adding water, does the bag (with bird inside) get wet and absorb the water in the pan? Pedantic, I know, but so far none of the above instructions really tell me the entire process. thanks.

These are specially made bags to cook meat in - the turkey goes in the bag, as the directions will tell you. Buy them at your grocery store.

Regardless of the recommendation teh brown paper bag seems best to me I have done it both ways and the brown bag just seemed better overall.

According to the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service, the glue and ink on brown bags are not intended for use as cooking materials and may give off harmful fumes. In addition, brown bags are usually made from recycled materials and are not sanitary. In a nutshell, do not use them.

Thank you. Correct. As mentioned above, "We recommend using an oven-roasting bag, not a brown bag such as often found at grocery stores, for this recipe.
 

I did this many many years ago, I had forgotten how great it turned out. I think that I'll try it this year.

I have been making this for years too, but I put the turkey on a rack and then put it in a bag that has been rubbed with oil on the inside. I also rub oil on the breast of the bird so it doesn't stick. Another bag goes over the end. There is no need to baste or look at it, the bird will come out nicely browned, let rest and carve. It cuts the time for baking also, at usually 15 min a pound instead of 20.

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This is a wonderful way to do a turkey, I've done the brown bag for yrs. but to make it even easier. I stuff my turkey, spray the inside of the brown bag with Pam, put the bird in and roll up the bag tight. It will hold all the moisture inside while it bakes for 4 hrs. I never open it to baste it or brown it but when it comes out and I cut it open to put on the platter it is a picture out of a magazine. So evenly browned. someone might want to try that. I never cut the bag to brown the turkey and its works beautiful. I also place the whole bag into a thin aluminum pan with a cup of water in the bottom before putting in the oven.