Instagram Series Sharing Tips on Deep Frying a Turkey

As part of our Thanksgiving Day social media campaign for CanolaInfo this year we developed a set of tips and graphics about deep frying a turkey. We also developed this instruction guide for deep frying a turkey: https://www.canolainfo.org/recipes/deep-frying-a-turkey.

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#Thanksgiving Tips for #DeepFriedTurkey: Always use a fresh or completely thawed turkey! A frozen turkey will cause the oil to spill over and be a fire hazard.

A post shared by CanolaInfo (@canolainfo) on Nov 18, 2018 at 6:01am PST

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#Thanksgiving Tips for #DeepFriedTurkey: Deep fry your turkey outdoors, away from buildings and decks and put a drip pan under the fryer!

A post shared by CanolaInfo (@canolainfo) on Nov 18, 2018 at 6:25am PST

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#Thanksgiving Tips for #DeepFriedTurkey: Fill the pot with canola oil just to the required level. Use a deep frying thermometer, heat the oil 375 F before adding the turkey.

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#Thanksgiving Tips for #DeepFriedTurkey: Slowly lower the turkey into the fryer. For a whole turkey, estimate 3 minutes per pound as the cooking time.

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#Thanksgiving Tips for #deepfryingTurkey: Carefully remove the turkey from the oil. The turkey is cooked when the internal temperature reaches 170 F!

A post shared by CanolaInfo (@canolainfo) on Nov 18, 2018 at 6:50am PST