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Basic Turkey Brine

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This simple turkey brine is infused with citrus, bay leaves, rosemary, thyme, crushed garlic, brown sugar and herbs. With this turkey brine recipe, you are promised a perfectly moist turkey that won’t only just be good for Thanksgiving or Christmas, but at any needed time. This brined turkey remained moist even for leftover recipes.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American, British
Servings 1 turkey

Equipment

  • large pot

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup cooking salt substitute for kosher salt or any other coarse salt
  • Few thyme springs
  • 4 rosemary springs
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 1 large orange sliced
  • 2 lemons sliced
  • ½ cup brown sugar substitute with honey or caster sugar.
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 4 garlic cloves crushed
  • Water 2 litre or more

Instructions
 

  • Place the salt, sugar, citrus, crushed garlic and herbs into a pan cover with 500l of water and simmer on medium heat stirring continuously until salt and sugar totally dissolve.
  • Take the pan off the heat and leave to cool completely. Transfer the brine mixture to a larger pot then add another 1.5 litres of cold water (total of 2 litres of water) mix to combine.
  • Place the turkey in the brine solution cover the pan with its lid or cling film and store in the fridge between 6 to 24 hours.

Notes

Tips for best brined turkey ever

  • Check that your turkey is not pre salted before brining.
  • Don’t over brine, depending on the size of the bird, you can brine the turkey between 12 to 72 hours, in my opinion, I think 72 hours is a long time to leave the turkey soaked in brine solution. Also, to be on a safe side, keep it between 6 to 24 hours.
  • Let the size of the turkey guide you, if using small turkey brine for a shorter time than you would with bigger bird.

Nutritional data: Please note that the nutrition label provided is an estimate based on an online nutrition calculator. It will vary based on the specific ingredients and brands you use. Under no circumstances will thedinnerbite.com be responsible for any loss or damage resulting for your reliance on nutritional information.

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