What’s the secret to cooking a juicy turkey? Flipping the bird.

The secret to a delicious, juicy roast turkey? Flip the bird! 

According to Fine Cooking Editor, Jennifer Armentrout, by the time the dark meat is cooked, the white meat is often dried out. Start cooking your turkey breast down, on a v-shaped rack in your roasting pan. Those delicious dark meat juices will drip down and saturate the white meat. After about an hour, it’s time to flip. 

First, make sure the turkey isn’t stuck to the rack with a spatula. You’ll need to protect your hands with silicone oven mitts or several layers of paper towels. Ready, set, flip the bird. Be sure to keep it level to prevent juices and ingredients from pouring out of the cavity. Once flipped, continue roasting. Don’t worry about any indentations on the breast from the rack. Those will fill themselves out in the roasting process.