Chinese Chicken Recipes - Chinese Roast Turkey Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 small turkey

• 600ml/2 1/2 cups hot water

• 10ml/2 tsp allspice

• 500ml/2 cups soy sauce

• 5ml/1 tsp sesame oil

• 10ml/2 tsp salt

• 45ml/3 tbsp butter

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Method:

1. Place the turkey in a pan and pour over the hot water. Add the remaining ingredients except the butter and leave to stand for 1 hour, turning several times.

2. Remove the turkey from the liquid and brush with butter.

3. Place in a roasting tin, cover loosely with kitchen foil and roast in a preheated oven at 160C/325F/gas mark 3 for about 4 hours, basting occasionally with the soy sauce liquid.

4. Remove the foil and allow the skin to crisp for the last 30 minutes of cooking.