These tips, perfect for an early Thanksgiving celebration, detail how to prepare a flavorful turkey rub for a beautiful golden color and how to enhance store-bought stuffing mix with fresh ingredients and a savory broth.
For the stuffing: Dice three stalks of celery and one onion. Add the diced celery and onion to one bag of stuffing mix. Melt butter with chicken broth. Gradually ladle the butter-chicken broth mixture onto the stuffing, being careful not to add too much, as the stuffing will soak up more moisture when it cooks inside the turkey.
For the turkey rub: Combine 3/4 cup melted butter, 1/4 cup olive oil, 1/4 cup salt, and 2 Tbsp paprika. Apply this rub generously to your whole turkey before cooking to achieve a gorgeous color when it comes out of the oven.
