Smoked Holiday Turkey

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 large turkey
• 1/2 cup minced onion
• 1/8 cup minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon minced rosemary
• 1 tablespoon fresh black pepper
• 2 teaspoons paprika
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 2 large onions, quartered
• 1 small rosemary, branch whole (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl mix minced onion, garlic, rosemary, pepper, 1 tsp paprika, salt and enough olive oil to create a thick paste consistency.
• 2 clean turkey and prepare for smoker breast up. with a paring knife or other small knife, make incisions straight down into the meat and to the bone, about 1 to 1.5 inches long. you can gouge the holes out deeper below the surface by wiggling the knife to make a larger cavity if you wish. do this all over the turkey, in any place that you can make a hole and pack some of the mix into the cut, about 1.5 to 2 inches apart.
• 3 use a spoon and fingers to pack all of the holes with your mix, stuffing them to the top of the hole.
• 4 quarter onions and pack them with the rosemary sprigs inside the turkey cavity.
• 5 with your hands, coat the turkey on the outside completely with olive oil, and then dust down fairly heavily with paprika. tie the legs together with string.
• 6 place on smoker and smoke as you usually would, about 4 to 5 hours in my particular smoker.