Best Sous Vide Turkey Breast With Maple And Rosemary Recipes

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SOUS VIDE TURKEY BREAST



Sous Vide Turkey Breast image

This super-moist turkey breast is part of our over-the-top Thanksgiving bird; for the rest of the recipes.

Provided by Nick Kindelsperger

Time 4h

Yield 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

2 boneless turkey breast halves (5 1/2-6 pounds total)
4 sage leaves
4 sprigs rosemary
4 teaspoons kosher salt
6 tablespoons ghee, melted, divided
Two (1-gallon) resealable bags; a sous vide machine

Steps:

  • Place each turkey breast in separate 1-gallon bags. Add 2 sage leaves, 2 rosemary sprigs, and 2 tsp. salt to each bag. Press out air from bags and seal. Rub outside of bags until herbs and salt are evenly distributed. Chill 8-24 hours.
  • Preheat sous vide machine to 142°F (this will take about 1 hour). Meanwhile, reserving bags, remove turkey breasts. Rinse under water, and pat dry, and return to bags. Let turkey come to room temperature. Add 2 Tbsp. ghee to each bag. Seal each bag, leaving about a 2" opening at one side.
  • Carefully lower 1 bag into water, holding the small open portion of the bag, until the pressure of the water expels the air around the food. Seal bag completely shut and drop into machine. Cook until interior temperature registers 141°F on an instant-read thermometer (it will never quite reach 142°F), about 3 1/2 hours. Remove bag from machine, then transfer turkey breast to paper towels, discarding herbs. Repeat with remaining bag. Pat breasts dry and let stand at room temperature 10 minutes.
  • Heat remaining 2 Tbsp. ghee in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high until smoking. Cook 1 turkey breast, skin side down, until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board, then repeat with second breast. Cut breasts crosswise into 1/2" slices.

SOUS-VIDE TURKEY BREAST WITH MAPLE AND ROSEMARY



Sous-Vide Turkey Breast With Maple and Rosemary image

Cooking a turkey breast using sous vide makes for especially tender meat that's never dried out. You'll want to bring the meat to 145 degrees, which leaves it delicately pink, very juicy and perfectly safe because the long, steady heat of the sous vide machine pasteurizes the meat. That said, if you like your turkey slightly firmer and well done - more like a traditional roast bird - cook it to 152 degrees. Lastly, make sure to take the skin off the meat before cooking; the moist environment of the sous-vide bag makes it irreversibly soggy. Fans of crisp, golden skin can bake it separately instead.

Provided by Melissa Clark

Categories     poultry, main course

Time 3h15m

Yield 8 to 10 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

1/4 cup maple syrup
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 large rosemary sprigs
1 tablespoon kosher salt
3 pounds boneless, skinless turkey breast, cut into halves, skin reserved if desired (see Note)
Crisp turkey skin, optional (see Note)

Steps:

  • In a small saucepan, simmer maple syrup, butter, rosemary and salt until the butter melts and the maple syrup thickens slightly, about 5 minutes. Let cool.
  • Place the turkey in a large bowl and pour the cooled maple mixture over it, turning to coat pieces with syrup. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
  • Using a sous-vide machine, heat a large pot or heatproof container of water to 145 degrees. Transfer turkey to a reusable silicone sous-vide bag or resealable plastic bag, laying breasts end-to-end so the thin side of one is against the thick side of the other. Discard marinade. Slowly lower the bag into the water, allowing any air to escape. Weigh down the bags; an upside-down metal steamer basket or a metal bowl work well for this, topped with a metal spoon or tongs for extra weight, if needed.
  • Cook until the turkey reaches 145 degrees when checked in the center with a meat thermometer, 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Once the turkey is at 145 degrees, leave it in the bag in the water for an additional 15 minutes to pasteurize it. Serve immediately with crisp turkey skin, if you like, or leave turkey breast in the water at 145 degrees for up to 12 hours total.

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