Sheet Pan Turkey Dinner Recipe

Sometimes (okay, all the time), I want to feel festive without making a giant turkey. Enter: the sheet pan turkey dinner. It’s quick, it’s easy, and best of all, it’s a whole heck of a lot faster than making a whole turkey. Turkey breast cooks in the oven in just an hour (sometimes a bit more if you have a big guy) so by the time your turkey craving hits, all you need to do is wait an hour and you can stuff your face.




Of course, you need to do a little prep before that too, but really, it’s not too much work to dice some aromatics and vegetables, throw everything onto a sheet pan and chill out while the turkey’s in the oven. Here I went with a butter herb turkey breast, classic stuffing/dressing (I always call it stuffing even if it’s not stuffed in a turkey), blistered green beans, and thinly sliced potatoes that kind of mimic a scalloped/domino potato. The potatoes were dreamy: creamy on the bottoms and crispy-crunchy on top. The stuffing was excellent too.

SHEET PAN TURKEY DINNER RECIPESERVES 2-4PREP TIME: 20 MINUTESCOOK TIME: 1 HOURTOTAL TIME: 1 HOUR 20 MINUTES

INGREDIENTS 

Stuffing:

• 1/2 lb bread cubes, about 6.5 cups
• 1 small carrot, chopped
• 1 celery stalk, chopped
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons minced flat leaf parsley
• 1 tablespoon minced sage
• 1 1/4 cup chicken stock
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• salt and pepper to taste

Turkey:

• 1 kg turkey skin on boneless turkey breast
• 4 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 teaspoon minced rosemary
• 1 teaspoon minced sage
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

Potatoes:

• 4 russet potatoes
• 4 tablespoons butter
• kosher salt

Beans:

• 12 ounces green beans, trimmed
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• salt and freshly ground pepper

Heat the oven to 375°F.

Whisk together the butter, herbs, garlic, salt and pepper. Place the turkey in the middle of a foil lined baking sheet and brush generously with the herb garlic butter. In a large bowl, toss together the stuffing ingredients then place around the turkey breast. Peel the potatoes and thinly slice (or use a mandoline). Loosely arrange in the pan, dot with butter and season with salt.

Bake for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, toss the beans with the butter, garlic, and salt and pepper. Add the beans to the pan and bake for another 30 minutes. Check the internal temperature of the turkey with a thermometer (it should reach 155°F, resting it outside of the oven will bring it up to 165°F.) Remove from the oven, rest and tent for 15 minutes. Slice the turkey breast and enjoy!