Baking A Turkey In A Plastic Bag. 2 to 2 12 hours. This will help the turkey to have a beautiful golden color after roasting.
Plan on 1 day for every 4 pounds of turkey so a 16 pounder will take 4 days to defrost REMOVE the packaged neck and giblets from the neck cavity and body cavity. While popping plastic in the oven may seem like an even worse idea than paper oven bags are made of materials that are heatproof past the average temperatures used in ovens. 2 to 2 12 hours.
Then add sliced vegetables depending on the recipe.
Place the turkey in your preheated oven and roast it for 2-14 to 2-34 hours or until the meat thermometer reads 180 degrees Fahrenheit 82 degrees Celsius. Preparing the Turkey DEFROST the turkey in the fridge keeping it in the plastic bag it came wrapped in. Turkey in a bag - Home Cooking - Turkey - Chowhound. I thought I would show you guys my first time trying to roast a turkey in a Reynolds oven bag.