Happy Thanksgiving Week! The big meal is only a few days away so it's shopping list time! I find it easy and efficient to make a master ingredient list and check all your recipes against that list to guarantee you have enough of each ingredient for the meal!
There are a few items I think should be on everyone's list:
- Chicken stock- professionals and home cooks alike know you can never have too much chicken stock- it can save dry turkey, dry stuffing and lumpy gravy! Keep a pot warm on your stove during your prep! (For vegetarians substitute chicken stock for vegetable stock)
- More Chicken Stock- seriously you can never have too much!
- Heavy Cream- it adds that something to texture and richness of well...anything! It's a big meal so go for it!
- Kosher Salt- It's the cleanest tasting and affordable way to bring the flavor out of any dish!
- Unsalted Butter- Most people have salted butter on hand, but unsalted butter lets you control the salt level and therefore can be used to make your own butters (honey butter or garlic butter)
- Ice- there's no such thing too much ice!
- Cheese & Crackers- when things in the kitchen don't go according to plan (it happens to the best of us!) you can through the cheese and crackers out to your ravenous crowd to give yourself some extra time!
p.s. don't forget the chicken stock...you'll thank me!
p.p.s Thawing a frozen turkey takes a lot of time. The safest method is to thaw turkey in the refrigerator. Be sure to plan ahead: It takes about 3 days for a 20-pound turkey to fully defrost.
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Storage containers for leftovers: One more thing you can never have too much of.
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