Favorite Brining recipe or turkey prep method.

[B52G8rAC]

So, just finished my turkey brine Traditional. Kosher salt, brown sugar, pepper corns, juniper berries. sage, apple cider. NO crab boil. Had the bird spatchcocked and will soak for 30 hours.

 

[CDGator]

The only way to cook a turkey is to brine it first. The important part is the salt, water and long soaks and the other ingredients change for me year to year. Getting ready to dry the bird off so I can cook it today.

 

[Back Alley Gator]

This is the only brining and roasting turkey recipe I use. It works every time.

Good Eats Roast Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe | Alton Brown

Full of seasonal flavors like ginger, allspice, apple and sage, Alton Browns brined Good Eats Roast Turkey is an instant Thanksgiving classic.

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[Pablos Tunnel]

Dr Pepper

 

[CDGator]

Dr Pepper

 

[cover2]

Brining is certainly an important part of the process. Step 2 for us is to salt and pepper the cavity and then stuff with celery, carrots, onions, and apples and a sprig of thyme. Then we salt and pepper the skin, coat with vegetable oil and a light dusting of flour. Then we put the bird in a roasting bag and place it in the roaster breast-side down. Mother-in-law would do this and the breast was always especially moist. Also had plenty of stock for making the good giblet gravy for the dressing. To make that, we always start with equal parts butter and flour to make a roux. Cook it until it starts to darken (cooks the raw flour taste out), then add stock, bits of turkey, the liver and gizzard chopped up, and boiled egg. Let it simmer until it thickens. Salt & Pepper to taste.

 

[B52G8rAC]

This is the only brining and roasting turkey recipe I use. It works every time.

Good Eats Roast Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe | Alton Brown

Full of seasonal flavors like ginger, allspice, apple and sage, Alton Browns brined Good Eats Roast Turkey is an instant Thanksgiving classic.

altonbrown.com

thats the recipe i started with. wife thought the allspice took away from the turkey flavor so i cut down on the extraneous spice. if you havent tried spatchcocking, i recommend it. cooks fast and the skin is crispy.