I used Trader Joe's kosher split turkey breast and so cut this recipe to 3 servings. The turkey only sat in the brine in a freezer bag for 4 1/2 hours in the fridge and when I put it in the oven for just a little less than 2 hours at 350 degrees I didn't do a single thing to the meat. It turned out just great! I froze the bones from this and will do one more at least before Thanksgiving because I think this will give me the very best turkey stock for gravy on the Big T-Day! I highly suggest that people try this because it was extremely tasty. Thanks so very much Henry! Excellent!
This is a great brine and makes the turkey more moist.
I put in 1 tablespoon of Cayenne pepper and it came out GREAT
This was the first year I brined a turkey! This was so good!! The only thing I left out was the savory I didn't have any in the pantry and the market was out! I left mine in the bucket overnight in our very chilly basement! This was a great recipe:)
Nice Balanced flavors! I made a small modification in the technique. In a quart of the water, I dissolved the salt and added the spices and brought it to a boil then simmered for 5 minutes to open up the flavors more. Then in a large brining container, poured the cooled spices over half of a 7.5 pound bag of ice (approximately a gallon of water). Adding the bird, I then mixed in more ice to keep it cool.
thank you thank you thank you! This was awesome! So awesome that I'm doing it again for this Thanksgiving 2013.
I have tried many turkey brines over the past few years but nothing can compare to this recipe. Most of the brines I have tried are sweet. This one is savory. It enhances the flavor of the turkey instead of masking it with sugar. This is now my go-to recipe for roast turkey!
I had never brined a turkey before but this was absolutely wonderful. It was moist and very flavorful. I simmered just enough water (4-6 cups) to dissolve the salt and to release the flavors of the spices, allowed to cool for about an hour then added ice to quick chill the brine, immersed the turkey into the brine adding more water and covered with more ice. Put it in the garage for 24 hours, keeping an eye on how quickly the ice was melting and adding more as needed. WOW.....the best.
Modifiers: I used vegetable broth, onion powder and coriander powder. The turkey turned out very good (but I also rubbed spices before roasting)
