Blake Shelton And Gwen Stefani's Secret To The Best Roast Turkey Comes From A Gas Station
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Why haven't we tried this sooner?!
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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton go all-out with their Christmas decor. However, the halls aren’t the only thing they’re decking out and dressing up.
The Oklahoma-based power couple welcomed us inside their kitchen while they prepared their Thanksgiving feast in a charming Instagram Reel set to Stefani’s song, "Cheer For The Elves." The video showed behind-the-scenes footage of the couple preparing their holiday meal. The rolls, stuffing, green beans, and mashed potatoes all looked quite classic. Still, one dressed-up detail definitely caught our eye: the “jacket” Shelton placed on the bird.
We’re more familiar with roasted turkey recipes that rely on a brush of oil or butter, and perhaps a few shakes of salt and pepper to coat the exterior. But Shelton turned up the volume and introduced us to a one-ingredient cooking trick we’re definitely going to be trying on future roast turkeys and chickens: crumbled Funyuns.
Yes, those gas station, road trip favorites. The Reel shows Shelton pressing the onion-flavored snacks onto the skin of the stuffed turkey before adding the bird to a countertop turkey roaster. Later in the video, we see the fully-cooked bird—and Shelton snagging a bite of the Funyun coating as a taste test.
It turns out, this isn’t the first time Shelton, who married fellow music star Stefani in July 2021, has utilized an item from the chip aisle as part of the holiday menu.
"The whole family, we really get into the holidays,” Shelton said during a November 17, 2023 appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show, referring to Stefani’s children he now shares: Kingston, 17; Zuma, 15; and Apollo, 9. “They all watch TikTok… so they see people making these weird turkeys. A couple of years ago we had to make a Flamin’ Hot Cheetos turkey. Have you all seen this? You grind up the Cheetos, you put it on the turkey and then you make the turkey."
We’re guessing that spicy rendition inspired this variation on the theme, which we find even more fitting since the onion flavor echoes the aromatic vegetables in the stuffing (and many other holiday sides).
Later in the chat with Hudson, Shelton admitted, "I do cook, but you know, I’m limited on things that I think I would cook for you. I’m a good fryer. I fry stuff," which inspired some laughter on set.
This chip-coating concept is actually similar to faux-frying; the crumbled Funyuns or Cheetos add extra flavor and crisp all at once! We can only imagine that crushed Funyuns would also make a delightful, flavorful crunchy coating on a whole chicken, too, (be right back, off to the Southern Living Test Kitchen to give this a try!) and instead of bread crumbs or cornmeal on:
By the looks of his holiday spread, Shelton is no slouch at roasting, baking, and mashing, either. If Shelton’s recipes were his "audition" like on The Voice, we’d turn our chair and give him our tots!
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