Best Brined Turkey Breast

Name: Best Brined Turkey Breast
Prep time: 14 h 40 min
Cook time: 14 h 40 min
Total time: 14 h 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 Tbsps butter or margarine, melted; 59 milliliters dry white wine or chicken broth (from 32-oz carton); 3 dried bay leaves; 1 onion, cut into eighths; 2 fresh rosemary sprigs; 177 milliliters salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 4 fresh thyme sprigs; 2 kilograms bone-in whole turkey breast , thawed if frozen; 2 liters water

Need a gluten free main course? Best Brined Turkey Breast could be a tremendous recipe to try. This recipe makes 8 servings with 359 calories, 49g of protein, and 12g of fat each. This recipe covers 23% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 14 hours and 40 minutes. A mixture of thyme sprigs, onion, water, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. To use up the sugar you could follow this main course with the Whole Wheat Refined Sugar Free Sugar Cookies as a dessert.

Instructions

In 6-quart container or stockpot, mix water, salt and sugar; stir until sugar and salt are dissolved.

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Sugar

Water

Salt

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Pot

Add turkey. Cover; refrigerate at least 12 hours but no longer than 24 hours.

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Whole Turkey

Heat oven to 325F.

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Oven

Remove turkey from brine, rinse thoroughly under cool running water and pat dry.

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Whole Turkey

Brine

Water

Place onion on center of rack in large shallow roasting pan; top with rosemary, thyme and bay leaves.

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Bay Leaves

Rosemary

Onion

Thyme

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Roasting Pan

Place turkey, skin side up, over onion and herbs.

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Whole Turkey

Herbs

Onion

In small bowl, mix butter and wine. Soak 16-inch square of cheesecloth in butter mixture until completely saturated; cover turkey completely with cheesecloth. Roast 1 hour 30 minutes.

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Butter

Whole Turkey

Wine

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Cheesecloth

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Remove cheesecloth.

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Cheesecloth

Place onion and herbs in pan with drippings if using drippings to make gravy (or discard). Insert ovenproof meat thermometer so tip is in thickest part of turkey and does not touch bone. Turn turkey skin side down. Roast 30 to 60 minutes longer or until thermometer reads 165F.

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Whole Turkey

Gravy