Here, you will find not only the recipe for my irresistible bacon-wrapped roasted turkey. But also all you need to know for roasting a flavorful and super juicy turkey that will be the star of the holiday season, perfect for a Thanksgiving dinner or Christmas celebration.
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Why you will love this recipe?
If you’re a bacon lover, this recipe is for you! We know a strip of bacon can make magic! Just imagine a bacon weave! I had this turkey in mind since I roasted my last Thanksgiving turkey.
I thought: if you can wrap a turkey with bacon, why not wrap it? After all, life tastes better with bacon! So, the main reason you’ll love this turkey is because it’s bacon-wrapped! That means it’s flavorful, moist, and super easy to make.
If you feel artsy or want to play the food stylist game, make a lattice pattern with bacon slices, and your family and guests will be in awe!
Ingredients
What kitchen tools do I need to make this turkey?
Trust me, this is the easiest and most flavorful turkey recipe ever. To make it, you will need a couple of kitchen utensils, including:
3 Tips to Roast the Perfect Turkey
Let’s be honest. Except for dark meat, everybody complains about turkey meat because it’s dry and flavorless. I’m not a big fan of poultry, but to guarantee a juicy, flavorful roasted turkey, I follow three rules of thumb:
- I season it with garlic-herb compound butter. This butter mixture with fresh garlic and fresh herbs makes magic in my kitchen.
- I place an oven bag in a roaster and make a “nest” of chopped carrots, celery, and onion in the bottom of the bag.
- I place my bird inside the bag, secure it, and roast it. Oven bags are safe; they keep your roasting pan perfectly clean, and more importantly, the final product is a super moist and juicy turkey.
How do I roast a bacon-covered turkey?
The answer to the previous question is simple: follow the abovementioned steps, but cover it with sliced bacon before placing the turkey inside the bag. The only prerequisite is to ensure the strips of bacon cover the whole turkey, whether you make a bacon lattice or not.
Then, you roast your bird in a preheated oven at 325°F according to the weight of your turkey:
- 3.5 to 4.5 hours for a turkey 8 to 12-pound, serving 8 people.
- 4.5 to 5.5 hours for a turkey 12 to 16-pound, serving 10 to 12 people.
- 5.5 to 6.5 hours for a turkey 16 to 20-pound, serving around 12-14 people.
Bacon is so salty and flavorful that technically, you don’t need to add the compound butter to season your turkey. However, I use unsalted compound butter medallions between the skin of the turkey and the meat and in the cavity to add more complexity and another layer of flavor and take my turkey to the next level.
How do I get crispy bacon on an oven bag?
That’s a good question because bacon gets cooked but not crisp inside the oven bag. So, once the turkey is done, you should open the bag, put your oven to broil, and broil your turkey for around 4-5 minutes until the bacon gets crispy.
Again, this is it! This bacon-wrapped turkey tastes as good as it looks. It’s juicy and moist, with a subtle bacon flavor and crunchy bacon on top of that. What can be better than this?
To stuff or not to stuff a turkey
That’s the question. And the answer to that question is a very personal one. The turkey in the pictures is stuffed with my rice, apple, cranberries, and bacon stuffing. However, more recently, I prefer to serve the stuffing aside.
If your choice is to stuff the turkey, then follow the US Department of Agriculture’s advice, including:
- Avoid cross-contamination by not doing the stuffing in advance (once you stuff your whole bird, go ahead and roast it.)
- Facilitate the cooking process by stuffing the cavity of the turkey loose.
- Use a meat thermometer to ensure the turkey and stuffing are adequately cooked. The internal temperature must reach 165°F so have your instant-read thermometer handy.
If you decide not to stuff your turkey, fill it with apples and onions to keep its form during roasting. Once the turkey is done, discard the apples and onions.
Whether you stuff it or not, it’s critical to let the roasted turkey rest for at least 20 minutes before carving it.
How do I pair this turkey?
This turkey pairs perfectly with cranberry sauce like my fresh cranberry, pineapple relish, and mashed potatoes. Here, you’ll find a complete guide on Thanksgiving recipes, including side dishes, condiments, salads, desserts, and drinks.
How do I store the leftovers?
Carve and slice the leftover turkey, place turkey pieces in an airtight container, and refrigerate. It will last for a week. You can also freeze it for future use.
Bacon-Wrapped Roasted Turkey Recipe
Following is the printable version of my recipe. I hope you like it as much as we do.
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Bacon-Wrapped Roasted Turkey
Ingredients
- 1 10 pounds turkey, unfrozen, washed and dried with paper towels
- ½ a recipe of herbs and garlic butter, in a log and sliced into 1/8 inch medallions
- ½ a recipe of the Wild and Basmati Rice Turkey Stuffing with Cranberries, Apples, Herbs and Bacon
- 1 ½ pounds bacon, sliced
- 1 cup onion, chopped
- 1 cup carrot chopped
- 2 cups celery stalks chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F.
- Put an oven bag on a roasting pan.
- Place the onions, carrots and celery on the bottom of the bag.
- Put the butter medallions between the turkey skin and meat, and then in the cavity.
- Stuff the cavity with the rice mixture.
- Secure the turkey with twine in both legs.
- Wrap the turkey with the bacon slices and carefully place it in the bag.
- Tie the bag and roast the turkey, inside the bag, for 4.5 hours.
- Open the bag and carefully drain the juices into a container.
- Cut the bag and place the roasting pan back in the oven.
- Broil on high for 4 minutes.
- Wait at least half hour to place the turkey o n the serving plate.
- Reserve half a cup of the drippings for the gravy.
Nutrition
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For a bacon wrapped turkey, do you just follow the time listed on the oven bags? My oven bag say about three hours where your time says about six hours. I’m really confused how long it’s gonna take to cook a 20 pound turkey wrapped in bacon in a turkey bag!
5.5 to 6 hours.
This recipe looks and sounds amazing! It will definitely go on my Christmas table this year. I have never wrapped my turkey in bacon before but this looks like a real winner!!
You’ll love it!
This turkey looks super juicy and tasty and I think the use of the oven bag is great for adding extra flavor.
Yes!
Bacon-wrapped anything is awesome but a bacon-wrapped turkey is next level for sure! Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you!
I have never thought to add bacon to a roast turkey but it sure added a whole new level of amazing flavor to it. Great recipe!
Thank you, Sharon.
You give me an idea for cooking my Turkey. I am sure everyone will love this, yum!
Yayyyyy!
Wow! Such an amazing Turkey dish, looks incredibly delicious and yummy! The added bacon adds more flavor and taste to our all-time Thanksgiving menu! Can’t wait to make this for this coming Thanksgiving festivity!
Yayyyyyyy! Thank you Jamie!
Love your recipe and all the tips you have shared to make this delicious turkey moist and juicy. Looks delicious and perfect for this festive season. Can’t wait to try it out.
Thank you, Veena.
Usually not the biggest fan of turkey but when I saw this bacon version couldn’t wait to move it and it was delicious!
Everything tastes better with bacon!
I am going to give this a try this week. I hope mine looks just as good as yours.
Yayyyyy!
This turkey wrapped in bacon went over so well that I am making it again for Christmas. Thank you!
Yayyyyyy! Thank you, Colleen!
This bacon wrapped turkey is next level! I can’t eat a turkey any other way besides this now. Thanks for this amazing recipe, delicious!
Hahahahaha! I couldn’t agree more Kathryn!
Enri, you are a genius! I have a deep appreciation for all of your creative recipes. You have outdone yourself this time, I am drooling over here. I cannot wait to try this one!!!
You made my day Tristin! Have a good one you too!
This is so delicious! We tried this one year and it was a hit! Your turkey looks fabulous…what scrumptious recipe.
Thank you Tammy!
My husband is bacon’s number one fan and I know he will adore this!
Let’s make that man happy!
I have to agree, everything is better with bacon! Why have I never thought about wrapping a turkey with bacon before? Duh! This is def one that I am going to try out come Thanksgiving.
Yessss! Life is better with bacon, Linda! Happy Holidays!
OMG, I just had to comment. This is everything! Love this idea for a thanksgiving turkey and I bet everyone at my table will be amazed.
Your recipe goes into our all-time favorites collection. Thank you so much for sharing it.
Thank you Jenny for stopping by.
Omg this bacon wrap roasted Turkey sounds so delicious. Amazing tips to get a juicy Turkey. Just in time for Thanksgiving. And it’s true the bacon has so much fat that there won’t be a need to add butter.
But I add the compound butter to get an extra layer of flavor. You won’t regret it.
For the bacon lovers like me, this is the perfect way to eat turkey: wrapped in bacon. I can almost taste the flavors! I just need to make some mashed potatoes and salad and we are all set!
Indeed Blanquita! This turkey covered in bacon is a must!
Enri, this bacon wrapped turkey is gorgeous. And I’m sure it’s scrumptious too.
It’s Vero. And everybody loves it!
Delicious this recipe for Christmas Eve. I’ve never tried such a thing as bacon-wrapped turkey. But yours looks fantastic. My husband loves bacon. We should try this…
Awwww thank you, Elisa.
Thanksgiving is around the corner and this bacon wrapped turkey looks delicious! Thank you for sharing the recipe with us. De verdad que voy a intentar hacerla, este año me toca ser la anfitriona y quiero sorprender a mis hermanos.
Quiero verte por un huequito mi Mari. Y también quiero que me cuentes que tal te fue…
This bacon-wrapped roasted Turkey looks irresistible! Thanks for sharing your recipe!
Thank you my dear!
Everything with bacon is better, but Bacon-wrapped turkey or bacon-wrapped roasted turkey? OMG this is a genius idea!
Indeed Myrah. Thanks for stopping by!
I can believe that bacon-wrapped turkey, looks so yummy, juicy and with the crispy bacon on top. Full of flavor and texture. Wow! I like to bake the stuffing on the side, just to be safe, but it’s delicious either way.
Thank you More. Now I don’t stuff for the same reason… and as you said: this turkey is simply decadent!
I am also not a big fan of poultry but that bird is looking mighty good with those bacon wraps.
Hahahahah thanyou Iván José!
This looks so delicious! Who would have thought that this is so easy to make?
Yesssss! And everybody loves it!
Wow this bacon wrapped turkey looks amazing!! I’m printing some turkey recipes to this year, but until now this is the winner!!!
Awwww you made my day Pilarín!
Mi Dios Enri, este Bacon-wrapped turkey se ve exquisito. No conocía esta forma tan deliciosa y diferente de hacer pavo. Love It!. Seguro será una deliciosa sorpresa para este Thanksgiving. Mil gracias por compartir.
Gracias a ti por visitar y comentar querida Ros…
Wow! This bacon-wrapped turkey is really el rey de la fiesta, it looks spectacular and well, almost everything taste better with bacon and this one is not the exception to the rule.
Indeed! Besos Silvia!
Very well written recipe, I am sure it’s super easy to follow. The photos look great as well. Love it!
Thank you, you’re very kind.
Great recipe! My kids would love this!
Yes! Everybody loves this bacon-wrapped roasted turkey!
Man this makes me nostalgic!! My Mam always does bacon on her Christmas turkey. We get to pick the bacon off before the big dinner when she’s turning the turkey. Its so crispy and delicious. Lovely recipe as always.
Awwww thank you, Lynda!
This looks delicious! I’ve never wrapped my turkey in bacon! Definitely going to try this! My husband’s mother always put stuffing in her turkey. My mom never did so I’ve just always cooked it without the stuffing inside.
I’m not stuffing my turkey anymore… So, I’m on your mom’s team, Jennifer.
Omg this is perfection! THIS BACON-WRAPPED ROASTED TURKEY LOOKS AMAZING. I was just talking with my mother in law about doing some DIFFERENT for Thanksgiving. I’m gonna show her this recipe. Thank you my dear for sharing!
Thank you my dear! I can hear your voice hahahaha! Besos, Jenny!
One of the most delicious dishes for these Holidays. Love your bacon-wrapped turkey: delicious, practical, and easy to make. Thank you for always innovating in the kitchen, and for giving us the best ideas to enjoy these excellent flavors
Awwww thank you, Mónica…
Enri aquí en España no celebramos acción de gracias así que no solemos comer pavo al horno o rustido. Siempre he tenido mucha curiosidad por probarlo. Así envuelto en bacon debe resultar delicioso. Sí me ha sorprendido su cocción de más de 5 horas. Me relamo con tus recetas. Me encantaría tenerte más cerca para ir a comer a tu casa. Solo de vez en cuando
Es que si te fijas se cocina a un fuego no muy alto… y es un pavo de 10 libras… queda súper rico (dicen lo que lo comen porque yo no como aves).
I love roasted turkey, but I’ve never had it wrapped in bacon. Looks really delicious and elegant at the same time! 🙂
Thank you Natalia. You’ll love this one.
I have several children who would love this turkey. The bacon is their favorite meat
They are right Tara: life tastes better with bacon.
Yes please. We love putting bacon on turkey. It comes out so delicious!
Yesssss! Who doesn’t Amber?
Cada vez que veo una receta tuya me gusta más y me entran ganas de hacerla, este pavo envuelto en bacon tiene que estar delicioso y con mucho sabor, buena idea para vuestro día de Acción de Gracias.
Gracias Sofía! Sí que está muy rico. Yo no soy de aves, pero no me resisto al tocino!
Gracias Sofía.
Wow- this sounds delicious! This coming year will be my first year trying a vegan thanksgiving, except for the turkey so I may have to try this just to get the most bang for my buck!
Good!
This Bacon-wrapped turkey looks delicious. Wonderful recipe. I can’t wait to try it out.
This is a good one, Yasma. Thanks for stopping by.
Enri me has hecho agua la boca. Desde que celebramos hace cinco años thanksgiving en US celebramos todos los años esa fecha. Siempre busco recetas nuevas pero este bacon wrapped turkey me ha sorprendido muchísimo. Mil gracias por la receta ❤️❤️❤️
Gracias a ti por visitar y comentar Noe.
OMG this bacon-wrapped roasted turkey looks soooooo delicious. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Thank you for stopping by Mary.
Siempre me había causado curiosidad cómo se hacía un bacon-wrapped turkey. Jamás seme ocurrió que sería tan fácil de hacer, además que se ve exquisito. Gracias, perfecto para estas fiestas que se avecinan.
Así mismo es! Gracias por visitar y comentar Erika.
I would like to try to use this bacon turkey recipe. Please can you tell me how to make the gravy with this recipe.
Oh yes of course Henry, at the very end of the post there is a link to the gravy recipe.
ooh this sounds and looks so good. I will definitely try it this thanksgiving! thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
i love bacon and this recipe looks perfect for thanksgiving!
Thank you!
Oh wow how festive. I don’t eat bacon but my eldest son does and he would love this!!
Laura x
Thank you!
This dish looks so delicious that made me hungry right away! I wish I could made it look like that! I will try for sure. Thanks for the recipe.
Thank you Olya!
How gorgeous this turkey looks with wrapped bacon. I think I am going to try this for Thanksgiving or Christmas party.
Yesssss!
It’s a mouth-watering recipe. A perfect recipe for Christmas time.
Indeed! Thanks for sipping by.
This is a great way to elevate your turkey this Thanksgiving. Plus it looks really good.
Thank you my dear!
Looks very festive and creative! yay for turkey season! Also awesome photos, food looks so great!
Thank you!
I love this Bacon Wrapped Turkey recipe, thank you for sharing this to us. I will try to copy this.
Thank you!
This Bacon wrapped turkey just looks mouthwatering, bacon + turkey sounds delicious!
A match made in heaven!
Never has a turkey looked so pretty and I say that as an ex veggie!!! It’s like taking pigs in blankets to the next level for bacon lovers.
That is quite a compliment Susan. Thank you so much!
Oh my god! This recipe is from heaven! I really love bacon. And iI never think of it wrapping on a turkey. This is special menu for this Holiday season! Thank you for this turkey recipe. I am pinning this now.
Thank you Amy. Trust me: this bacon wrapped turkey recipe is a winner!
That Turkey is not real!!!! You can’t go wrong with Turkey and Bacon yummmm!!!! Gonna try to make it, I am a little scared tho lol
Everything looks good. I’m vegetarian, so I won’t be able to have it, but I have a lot of people that likes this. It’s a tradition for Thanksgiving, so I know that this is really useful for the people that I know. I’m going to share it!
Awww you are so sweet Candace. Thank you so much.
This looks amazing and would be perfect for Christmas! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for stopping by!
My middle child loves bacon. He would be drooling over this turkey!
Yessss! Thank you Tara!
This Bacon Wrapped Turkey looks delicious! I want to try it for Thanksgiving. Excellent recipe!
Thanks for stopping by my dear!
This looks sooooo amazing! My husband and I would love making this. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for stopping by my dear!
Oh my gosh, a mix of my two favorite meats? Yes please! Thanks so much for sharing this with us!
Yessssss!
OMG! Bacon and turkey! Yes please! Looks so amazing!
Thank you!
Bacon wrapped turkey? Amo el bacon y nada mejor que acompañar nuestros platos para este día, aunque a decir verdad podría prepararlo en todo momento. Gracias por la receta!
Thank you my dear.
Gracias a ti Vanessa.
Me ha encantado la receta de Bacon Wrapped Turkey. Gracias por compartirla.
Gracias a ti por visitar y comentar.
This looks amazing! I think I will do this but also smoke the turkey. Smoky plus bacon flavor has to be awesome!
OMG! Smoke + bacon = a match made in heaven!
Omg! you really can’t go wrong with bacon! it adds so much flavor to every food and I think it goes great with turkey! I’m so ready for Thanksgiving dinner!
Yesssssss!
Tía, you are always making so yummy recipes. Ya me dio hambre nada más de ver esas fotos. Eso es para el día de acción de gracias?
Yesssssss!
Okay, I am drooling. I LOVE bacon and turkey, so I need to try this. It looks incredible.
Thank you my dear!
Omg, amazing, this bacon wrapped turkey is looking so delicious, i wanna try it for Thanksgiving dinner, thanks for the recipe.
Yessssss!
This looks delicious! My take on bacon is…it can make anything better!
I could not agree more…
Wow, bacon wrapped turkey! I never tasted but sounds delicious. I’ll cook it this year on Thanksgiving. Thanks!
Thank you!
Guess I know what turkey recipe I’m making this Thanksgiving. I’ve made bacon-wrapped chicken before, but never turkey. I bet this would be nice with a Pinot Noir which would cut through the fat of the bacon. I’m salivating.
Hahahaha life tastes better with bacon and with a good glass of wine!
This recipe of bacon wrapped turkey looks very tasty! I want to celebrate thanksgiving day with this dish!!!
Yesssssss!
Leer esto si cenar, es lo peor jejejeje , en casa adoramos el Bacon. Y como siempre lo explicas también que lo quiero hacer ya . Un besazo y sigue así amiga
Awwwww gracias Mr. Daqui…
Oh my goodness! This Bacon wrapped turkey looks so good. Well anything that is bacon wrapped is so good. I need to try this as a Thanksgiving turkey.
Yesssss!
No puedo contigo Enri Lemoine! Este bacon wrapped turkey es una belleza y tiene que ser una entera ricura de pavo! Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for the recipe!
Hahahaha!
This bacon wrapped turkey is a recipe that I will share with my meat eater friends this Thanksgiving.
Thank you Ale!
I am thinking to celebrate Thanksgiving day just as excuse to cook your Bacon wrapped turkey recipe. It looks like delicious!
Hahahahahaha! I bet Mr. Daqui will love yhe ideea!
OMG! Bacon wrapped turkey! Nunca he hecho mi turkey para thanksgiving, pero este año con esta receta como que me ánimo. Además se ve súper delicioso envuelto en la tocineta. Thanks for the recipe my dear!
Thank you my dear!
This bacon wrapped turkey looks yummy! Because life with bacon is always better 🙂
Thank you darling!
Wowwww this bacon wrapped turley is the fantasy of my husband !!! Going to try to make it and take pictures. Thanks for the recipe!
I’ve tried chicken wrapped with bacon and it was so good! I have to try it with turkey Great idea for this Thanksgiving day!
Yesssss!