HONEY CITRUS TURKEY BRINE
A simple brine recipe and technique.
Provided by Luchy Luchtenberg
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes
Time 20m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Place orange juice, water, honey, brown sugar, lemon, oranges, black pepper, red pepper flakes, garlic, and bay leaf in a large pot; bring to a boil. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved, 10 minutes. Remove from heat and gradually stir in ice to start chilling the brine.
- Pour brine into a large bucket; add more ice to finish cooling.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 249.3 calories, Carbohydrate 66.4 g, Fat 0.2 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 0.8 g, Sodium 16.1 mg, Sugar 63.7 g
HONEY SMOKED TURKEY
Sweet and light, this is the easiest way to cook a big bird! It will be the best turkey you have ever had. The breast is moist and juicy, and the honey makes a great thin sauce. I hope you enjoy it as much as my friends and family do when I make it. I never have any leftovers! Enjoy!
Provided by ABAYIFO
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Turkey Whole Turkey Recipes
Time 3h45m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat grill for high heat. If you are using a charcoal grill, use about twice the normal amount of charcoal. Soak wood chips in a pan of water, and set next to the grill.
- Remove neck and giblets from turkey. Rinse the bird and pat dry. Place in a large disposable roasting pan.
- In a medium bowl, mix together sage, ground black pepper, celery salt, basil, and vegetable oil. Pour mixture evenly over the turkey. Turn the turkey breast side down in the pan, and tent loosely with aluminum foil.
- Place the roasting pan on the preheated grill. Throw a handful of the wood chips onto the coals. Close the lid, and cook for 1 hour.
- Throw about 2 more handfuls of soaked wood chips on the fire. Drizzle 1/2 the honey over the bird, and replace the foil. Close the lid of the grill, and continue cooking 1 1/2 to 2 hours, or until internal temperature reaches 180 degrees F (80 degrees C) in the thickest part of the thigh.
- Uncover turkey, and carefully turn it breast side up in the roasting pan. Baste with remaining honey. Leave the turkey uncovered, and cook 15 minutes. The cooked honey will be very dark.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 647 calories, Carbohydrate 25.3 g, Cholesterol 228.5 mg, Fat 28.8 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 68.9 g, SaturatedFat 7.9 g, Sodium 776.3 mg, Sugar 24.6 g
HONEY, BUTTER, AND ORANGE INJECTED SMOKED TURKEY
My family hardly ever eats turkey anymore that I haven't smoked. I tried this injection at Thanksgiving, and it is the best I've done yet. Enjoy.
Provided by Scotty Moore
Categories Turkey Breasts
Time 55m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a small sauce pan, add the shallot and the garlic to the melted butter. Simmer on very low for about twenty minutes stirring occasionally. Add the sage, thyme, salt, pepper, orange zest, and white wine. Let simmer for fifteen more minutes to cook off the alcohol, stirring occasionally. Add the orange juice. Strain this into a bowl. Wipe out the sauce pan and return mixture to the pan. Add the honey. (When I added the honey, I just added a little, and kept stirring and tasting until the honey taste just barely started to come through.
- I stored this in the refridgerator overnight. The next morning I reheated it just until it was liquified, then injected it into the turkey. Smoke or bake as you normally would.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 467.9, Fat 28.7, SaturatedFat 13.4, Cholesterol 163.3, Sodium 319.2, Carbohydrate 5.1, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 2.6, Protein 41.9
HONEY BRINED SMOKED TURKEY
Take your Thanksgiving turkey to the next level this year with Alton Brown's recipe for Honey Brined Smoked Turkey from Food Network.
Provided by Alton Brown
Categories main-dish
Time 13h
Yield 10 to 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Combine the hot water and the salt in a 54-quart cooler. Stir until the salt dissolves. Stir in the vegetable broth and the honey. Add the ice and stir. Place the turkey in the brine, breast side up, and cover with cooler lid.. Brine overnight, up to 12 hours.
- Remove the turkey from the brine and dry thoroughly. Rub the bird thoroughly with the vegetable oil.
- Heat the grill to 400 degrees F.
- Using a double thickness of heavy-duty aluminum foil, build a smoke bomb. Place a cup of hickory wood chips in the center of the foil and gather up the edges, making a small pouch. Leave the pouch open at the top. Set this directly on the charcoal or on the metal bar over the gas flame. Set the turkey over indirect heat, insert a probe thermometer into the thickest part of the breast meat, and set the alarm for 160 degrees F. Close the lid and cook for 1 hour.
- After 1 hour check the bird; if the skin is golden brown, cover with aluminum foil and continue cooking. Also, after 1 hour, replace wood chips with second cup.
- Once the bird reaches 160 degrees F, remove from grill, cover with aluminum foil, and allow to rest for 1 hour. Carve and serve.
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