Forget cooking, order Thanksgiving dinners to-go at these 8 local restaurants

Hosting Thanksgiving dinner doesn’t have to mean spending hours cooking in the kitchen because there are plenty of restaurants willing to do the work for you by offering takeout meals.

“Yes, you can get a meal at home that’s as good as in the restaurant,” said Victor Juarez, the executive chef at Hotel Maya and its modern Latin restaurant Fuego, one of many places serving a special takeout menu for Thanksgiving.

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The takeout dinner from Fuego is made up of a cocoa roasted turkey breast rubbed in Latin spices.

“We start getting ready for that early, preparing some of the seasonal products that I’m going to be using. We use what is fresh and in season,” he said.

When ordering takeout Juarez said one of the most important things is to precisely follow the reheating instructions for the meals.

“I include a detailed description on how to reheat the turkey. So they can just put it in the oven and then on a beautiful platter. I make it very simple for people to do it at home so it looks like they really cooked it at home,” he said.

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Here are eight places that are serving Thanksgiving takeout specials this year.

Most restaurants require people to place the order the Monday before Thanksgiving, while the deadline at Fuego is Sunday Nov. 19. So start placing online orders now.

Blakes Place BBQ

2901 East Miraloma Ave., Anaheim. 714-630-8574 or blakesplacebbq.com.

Cost: $23.99 per person

Get your barbecue on this Thanksgiving with Blake’s Holiday Feast. It includes hickory smoked turkey and smoked ham and all the traditional sides like mashed potatoes, gravy and cranberry sauce.