Best Tequila Lime Roasted Turkey Breast Recipes

TEQUILA TURKEY

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine tomatoes, bell peppers and jalapeno peppers with the vinegar. Cover and refrigerate to allow flavors to blend (2-hours suggested).
• While marinating vegetables, place turkey in a shallow dish. Prepare marinade by mixing limejuice, tequila, oil and black pepper until well blended. Pour over the turkey, and turn to coat well. Refrigerate 15 minutes or for no more than 2 hours, turning occasionally. Drain and discard remaining marinade.
• Spray outdoor grill with cooking spray. Preheat grill to medium heat and grill until tenderloins are no longer pink and juices run clear (170 degrees F) about 25 minutes.
• Cut turkey into slices and top with tomato relish before serving.

TEQUILA LIME ROASTED TURKEY BREAST

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Place turkey breast, skin side up, in shallow roasting pan.
• In mini food processor, place garlic and jalapeño. Cover; process until finely chopped. Add chili powder, salt, pepper, oil, 2 tablespoons of the tequila and 2 tablespoons of the lime juice. Cover; process, using on-and-off pulses, until smooth.
• Loosen turkey skin, using fingers or spoon; rub garlic mixture under and over turkey skin. Insert ovenproof meat thermometer so tip is in thickest part of breast and does not touch bone.
• Pour orange juice, broth and remaining 1/4 cup each tequila and lime juice into roasting pan.
• Roast uncovered 2 hours to 2 hours 30 minutes or until thermometer reads at least 165°F. Place turkey on warm platter; cover with foil. Let stand 15 minutes before carving. Spoon pan juices over turkey; garnish with lime wedges.

GRILLED CHILE-LIME TURKEY BREAST

Steps:

• Blend ancho chiles, pasilla chiles, cumin, onion, salt, and pepper together using a spice or coffee grinder into a fine powder. Pour spice blend into a bowl and stir in brown sugar.
• Squeeze lime juice over turkey and rub with spice blend. Let marinate for about 1 hour.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Reduce grill temperature to medium. Remove turkey from marinade, reserve any excess for basting. Sear turkey breast on the preheated grill, 3 to 4 minutes per side.
• Turn 1/2 of the grill burners off. Roast breast on the grill for 15 to 20 minutes. Turn turkey over and baste with reserved marinade; cook until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), 15 to 20 minutes more. Let sit for 5 minutes before serving.

HERBED ROAST TURKEY BREAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°.With fingers, carefully loosen the skin from both sides of turkey breast. Combine lemon juice and oil; brush under the skin. Combine the pepper, rosemary, thyme and garlic salt; rub over turkey., Place onion and celery in a 3-qt. baking dish. Top with turkey breast, skin side up. Pour wine into the dish. , Bake, uncovered, 2 to 2-1/2 hours or until a thermometer reads 170°. (Cover loosely with foil if turkey browns too quickly.) Cover and let stand 15 minutes before carving.

TEQUILA LIME BBQ TURKEY

Steps:

• Use pit BBQ or place a pan in the bottom of your BBQ to catch the drips.
• Remove backbone from turkey and crack the breast bone so that turkey will lay flat on the grill.
• Mix next 3 ingredients and marinate turkey several hours or overnight.
• Remove turkey from marinade, sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
• Place on grill- not directly on top of coals- breast side up.
• Cut whole lime in half, squeeze over turkey to baste every 20 minutes.
• Replace coals to keep temperature at 350-375.
• Turkey is done when thermometer reads 165.
• Tent with foil and let set for 15 minutes before carving.

TEQUILA AND LIME TURKEY CHILI

Steps:

• Mash bread and milk into paste in a large bowl using fork.
• Mix in ground turkey, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper using hands.
• Heat oil in a 12-inch skillet over med-high heat until shimmering.
• Add onions, chili powder, tomato paste, garlic, cumin, oregano, and red pepper flakes and cook until vegetables are softened and lightly browned, 8-10 minutes.
• Stir in turkey mixture and cook, breaking up any large pieces with wooden spoon, until no longer pink, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in tomato sauce, scraping up any browned bits; transfer to slow cooker.
• Stir diced tomatoes with juice, beans, 3 tablespoons tequila, soy sauce, honey, and chipotles into slow cooker.
• Cover and cook until turkey is tender, 4-6 hours on LOW.
• Let chili settle for 5 minutes, then remove fat from surface using large spoon.
• Break up any remaining large pieces of turkey with spoon.
• Stir in remaining tablespoon tequila, lime zest, and lime juice.
• Season with salt, pepper, more tequila and lime juice to taste, if needed; serve.