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Terrific Turkey Brine
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HEINZWORTH
"I came up with this recipe after trying several brines and taking the best from them all. Try it and taste the difference. It makes enough for a 9 to 12 pound turkey."
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Ingredients
15 m servingsOriginal recipe yields 8 servings (1.25 gallons)
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Line a large stockpot with a large food safe bag. Pour the water, wine, and salt into the bag; stir until the salt is completely dissolved. Squeeze the orange quarters into the liquid and then drop them into the pot. Add the rosemary and give a final stir.
- To use, carefully lower a thawed turkey into the brine and tie the bag to seal; store in refrigerator at least 5 hours before cooking.
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Most helpful positive review
12/26/2008
This recipe is the best, I have never cooked a more tender and juicy turkey in all my years cooking. Great!
Most helpful critical review
11/14/2008
I think it is important to use KOSHER salt on this one
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12/26/2008
This recipe is the best, I have never cooked a more tender and juicy turkey in all my years cooking. Great!
11/27/2011
This was the best turkey I've ever made! It was moist for the entire week of leftovers. I did a 16 pounder and it was plenty. After taking it out of the brine, drying it and letting it come t...
11/25/2011
This was awesome! Next time I will reduce the salt just a little, but I am really looking forward to using this brine again! I liked that it didn't need a super long time to brine, too. I hav...
3/27/2016
I brine a lot of turkeys and chickens and I've used a lot of different brines. This is the first one that I've ever used that didn't contain any sugar and also the first that used wine in a su...
11/29/2018
The turkey had awesome flavor, but I believe the next time I will use less salt. Very moist .....
11/21/2016
OMG! Used this brine on a turkey breast pre-Thanksgiving meal. Wow! The texture and moistness was phenomenal! I will never use another brine recipe! It's not citrusy or winey, but it does s...
9/26/2013
Put a 20# Turkey in a large bag and covered turkey with Terrific Turkey Brine. I added 1 sliced apple and 1 sliced orange to brine.Sealed bag Put bag in ice cooler and covered with ice I left ...
12/10/2012
For years my mom has been plagued with dry turkey so finally this year I talked her into brining the turkey. We used this recipe with a 10 lbs turkey and had amazing results! We used kosher sa...