Nuria’s Turkey Adobado con Guava Glaze
You might smell like garlic and guava at the end of cooking the turkey, and that would not be a bad thing.
Ingredients
Ingredients for Abodabo Marinade
- 8 cloves of garlic roughly chopped
- 4 tablespoons fresh black pepper
- 3 teaspoons oregano
- 18 teaspoons salt
- 18 teaspoons olive oil
- 8 teaspoons vinegar
- 8 local limes if you’re not in Puerto Rico, do a mix of lemons and limes
Ingredients for Guava Glaze
- 1 stick of butter
- 1/4 cup rum
- 1/2 cup guava jelly
Instructions
To make the Abodabo Marinade
- Blend all ingredients together.
- Set aside.
To make the Guava Glaze
- Melt butter. Combine with rum and guava jelly.
- Set aside.
Glazing the Turkey
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Wash and dry the turkey. Rub well with the adobado.
- Roast, approximately 20 minutes per pound.
- When it’s about 2/3 of the way done, baste with the guava glaze.
- Be careful, because if you glaze it too early it will burn!
- Save the remaining glaze and serve at the table, so you can dip the turkey in it a few more times.
- Enjoy!