Brined Turkey Breast

Easy

Once you learn how to make a brined turkey breast, you’ll never have it any other way. It turns out moist, perfectly seasoned and so delicious!

1 hour 45 minutes

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Total time

12 cups

Servings

Yellow Wavy Line

1

Gather the ingredients – Kosher salt, sage leaves, oregano, peppercorns and whole turkey breast.

2

In a saucepan, combine everything in the above photo, except the turkey, in filtered water. Set heat to medium and cook just long enough to melt the salt. Use a wooden spoon to stir, making sure there are no grains of salt left. Let cool.

3

Dry your turkey breast inside and out and place in the brining container. Gently pour the brining mixture over the turkey. Add just enough additional filtered water to cover the turkey.

4-6

Cover the container and place in the refrigerator. Turn the turkey at least once during the brining. Preheat oven to 325. After the turkey is finished brining, carefully take the bird out of the mixture and throw away the brining water. Rinse the bird inside and out and dry it.

7-8

Use an appropriately sized roasting pan, thickly slice an onion and lay the slices down in a roasting pan. Place the brined turkey breast on the onions. Add sage leaves, sprigs of rosemary and rub butter and garlic paste on the skin. Sprinkle as much pepper as you want.

9-10

Cook a bone-in turkey breast until the temperature reaches 155-160 Fahrenheit in the thickest part of the breast. Take the brined turkey breast out of the oven and let it rest on the counter before slicing. 

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Slice the breast as thickly or thinly as you want.

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