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How to Debone a Turkey - Step by Step Recipe

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How to Debone a Turkey Recipe - Step 9

Deboned turkey ready for stuffing.
• Repeat process on the other side of the turkey, taking care around the breastbone to leave the skin intact and attached.
• You now have a deboned turkey ready for stuffing.
• Pile on the stuffing, bring both sides together and sew with cotton cooking string or a metal skewer.
• Bake seam-side down; breast-side up.
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