Is there an easy way of making turkey & hang dinner? I really don't want to roast a whole turkey.

JackieChang · 26-01-2022 8:42pm #1

I would like to make my own turkey and ham dinner of a sunday, but I don't want to go through the hassle of doing a whole turkey. I know I can buy little packs of roasting bacon, like 500g or something, so that's fine.

What's a good short cut batchelor way of cooking this?

26-01-2022 8:45pm

Just buy a turkey crown

redarmyblues · 26-01-2022 8:47pm

Wrap the crown in bacon for ham part.

passatman86 · 26-01-2022 8:47pm

You might still get the frozen aldi turkey joint in the tin trays €5.50... With or without stuffing. Can get a €4 ham in dunnes.

Wont get it much easier than that

Mystery Egg · 26-01-2022 10:08pm

You can buy a turkey joint in a tinfoil tray that cooks in 50 mins all year round from the big Irish supermarkets.

breezy1985 · 26-01-2022 10:15pm

I know "turkey and ham" is usually slices of white meat turkey but I much prefer the other bits so I go with turkey drumsticks which are usually very big and cheap. Just pull apart once roast and add to the ham

goldenmick · 26-01-2022 10:23pm

Just cut the leg off a turkey and cook that. Freeze the fecking rest of it.

Foggy Jew · 26-01-2022 10:27pm

Bradys Family Ham!!!! Not sure if this is just for Christmas, but they do a package of ready cooked turk & hang, wait for it..... DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR. I have never successfully cooked a ham, so Bradys (literally) saved my bacon for the past decade or so. Last year I got both delivered. You simply carve, reheat & bask in the compliments. May cost a few bob extra, but sooooooooo worth it. Bon apitit! P.S. I am no way connected to Bradys.

SteM · 26-01-2022 10:38pm

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One of the highlights of Christmas is the smell of the dinner cooking imo. The ham on Christmas eve and everything else on Christmas day.

breezy1985 · 26-01-2022 10:46pm

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A lot of people don't have freezers that fit a fecking turkey even one with the legs off. Also you get 2 or 3 sets of legs in some packs which is a lot of turkey to feckin freeze.

goldenmick · 26-01-2022 11:44pm

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Well curry it and put it in the fecking fridge. It'll keep for a week.

What a daft question anyway. What next? Someone asking for help with their shopping... because I'm a bachelor and don't know how to do it. Duh.

Mecanudo · 26-01-2022 11:47pm

Buy a decent chicken cooked or uncooked. As nice if not better than Turkey and serve with you ham.

Ha Long Bay · 27-01-2022 12:01am

The easiest way is to pick up something like this just cook the veg and potatoes and heat these in the oven. No perfect but will save a lot of hassle.

https://shop.supervalu.ie/shopping/product/1773779000

Mystery Egg · 28-01-2022 12:39am

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*Moderator here*

No need to be so rude. Please keep the posting style friendly in here and if you can't, don't post. Thanks.

JackieChang · 28-01-2022 10:35pm

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Too early to mention the C word.

JackieChang · 28-01-2022 10:36pm

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Are these any good? I saw one in Aldi's freezer wrapped in bacon. Anybody tried that?

Mystery Egg · 29-01-2022 12:34pm

Yes they're decent. Don't overcook them and you'll have a nice tender bit of turkey with no work(ey)

Is there an easy way of making turkey & hang dinner? I really don't want to roast a whole turkey.

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