How Long to Cook a Stuffed Turkey 23 Lbsに関する深掘り記事を分かりやすく解説します。関心のある方は必見です。

For a 23-pound stuffed turkey, you’re looking at roughly 5 to 5.5 hours in a 325°F oven. Yes, you read that right. That’s almost a full work shift, plus overtime.

That’s not a typo. Five hours. You’ll need to set an early alarm or plan for a very late dinner. Your guests will start asking, “Is it ready yet?” around hour three. Don’t fall for it.

The USDA insists you cook a stuffed bird to an internal temp of 165°F in the stuffing itself. The breast should also hit 165°F, and the thigh should be around 175°F. That’s the law, basically.

Why Stuffing Takes So Long

Here’s the dirty secret: stuffing is a heat magnet. It’s dense, moist, and packed into a cold cavity. It takes forever to reach a safe temperature because the cold stuffing actually cools the bird from the inside out. Crazy, right?

So while the outside of your turkey gets golden and glorious, the stuffing is just chilling out, playing hard to get. You have to roast until that stuffing—not just the meat—hits 165°F. That’s the stubborn truth.

You might be tempted to crank the heat. Don’t. You’ll dry out the breast before the stuffing ever gets warm. Slow and steady wins this race, my friend.