Kardashian ‘showstopper’ Thanksgiving turkey takes 21 hours to cook, says chef

This Thanksgiving, the meat-eating members of the Kardashian family will be sitting down to a turkey that’s been cooked for nearly an entire day, their chef told Fox News Digital.

Chef Khristianne Uy, better known as “Chef K,” is a private chef for the Kardashian family in Southern California, as well as other celebrity families — and shared with Fox News Digital what she’ll be serving up to the reality TV stars this holiday season.

“My turkey is superb,” ​​Uy said, adding that she has full creative freedom for the “show stopper” on the table.

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The turkey, she said, “cooks for 21 hours” — and when it’s done, it’s so tender that it doesn’t need to be carved the traditional way.

“You can take a butter knife, you can take your hands and it falls apart,” she said. “It’s literally falling apart.”

While Uy cooks the turkey for 21 hours, she said if there is time, she roasts it for a full 24 hours.

“It’s the easiest thing,” Uy told Fox News Digital. “People are like, ‘Oh, brine the turkey and this and that.’ No, dude.”

Instead, Uy’s method involves procuring a turkey, thawing it, “seasoning it well,” putting it in an oven heated to 225 degrees Fahrenheit—and leaving it alone.

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“It’s perfect,” she said. “No basting, no nothing.”

Many members of the Kardashian family follow a plant-based or vegan diet, which creates its own special challenges during the holiday season.

To deal with this, Uy told Fox News Digital that she makes “the exact same sides, but all plant-based,” essentially making two of everything.

For the plant-based “turkey,” Uy will make a “good plant-based seitan turkey,” she said.

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Seitan is made from gluten and is used as a meat substitute.

Because the Kardashians are a big family, Uy said, she will make “maybe two or three” different proteins for the main dish at Thanksgiving dinner.

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In addition to the whole turkey, Uy will also do a ham or prime rib — but said the final menu is subject to the approval of family matriarch Kris Jenner.

“Mrs. Jenner will have to approve everything. I’ll be the sous chef. I’m really like the sous chef,” she said.

“It’s not my Thanksgiving. It’s their Thanksgiving, but I’m there for it.”

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The Kardashians, she said, are “all great cooks” with their own “really amazing recipes.”

Lanae Brody contributed reporting to this article.