Jason Kelce shares how he cooks his Thanksgiving turkey with Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson
Jason Kelce is in charge of preparing the turkey for his family’s Thanksgiving meal. After some trial and error, he has his system down.
The holiday season is upon us, kicking off with Thanksgiving this Thursday. Two things that are synonymous with the annual holiday are turkey and football.
This year, The Kansas City Chiefs will be playing, not only on Thanksgiving but also on Christmas. That doesn’t bother Travis Kelce though, as he shared on a recent episode of ‘New Heights’, the weekly podcast he and his brother Jason Kelce make, it’s all the better as it means that his house will hosting the celebrations.
When it comes to the turkey though, Jason is the one who will be showing off his talents. He shared his technique with guests Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson.
Jason Kelce shares how to fix the perfect Thanksgiving turkey
Everyone has their own techniques for preparing the perfect turkey for the Thanksgiving feast. In the case of Jason, he goes with a fried turkey.
“I feel that once you fry a turkey you can’t go back,” said Andrews, adding, “Jarret does on every year. I love it.” Jason said that he agrees “100%.”
“So, what’s the key to a perfect fried turkey?” asked Thompson.
According to Jason, “you’ve got to brine it. Definitely make sure that it’s completely thawed and there’s no, it’s not frozen, that leads to a disaster. You don’t want that.”
It seems like that last piece of advice came from trial and error as it got a good laugh out of his brother Travis.
One of the riskiest things about frying a turkey is the oil, fire departments put out safety videos every year to warn people about the dangers of frying a turkey. Annually this method does result in 5 deaths, 60 injuries and around $15 million in property damage.
One of the principal risks is the hot oil overflowing and then creating a massive blaze. “You’ve got to make sure you get the fill line properly, right?” Jason said. “Because obviously when you put the turkey in the oil is going to come up.”
“So you don’t want that oil to go too high, but you want enough that it’s going to cover the bird,” he explained. Jason uses peanut oil to fry his turkey.
Besides brining the turkey, Jason shared that there is a specific injector that a former strength coach turned him onto. It is a mix of butter and creole seasoning which you inject right before you put it in the fryer. “It is real good. Very good,” he said.
He also puts seasoning on the outside before it goes in the oil, Jason explained.
Don’t forget to clean up afterwards
Another thing that Jason has learned over the years is that he has to be sure to clean up the fryer afterwards. “He’s gone through like three fryers,” Travis quipped.
“I do tend to leave the oil in the fryer outside for too long and then we’ve got to pitch the fryer. But, yeah,” Jason admitted.
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