The Perfect Holiday Turkey

Recipe For The Most Flavorful Turkey

When it comes to making a delicious and moist holiday turkey, the process needs to start a day or two before the actually cooking of the bird, with a brine!

Brining is a salt solution with herbs and spices that are absorbed into the bird adding the flavors and moisture to the meat before cooking. No more dry, flavorless birds.

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Here’s what you need...

• A container large enough to hold your bird (and brine solution)
• 1 Cup Kosher Salt
• 1/2 Cup Worcestershire
• 1/3 Cup Brown Sugar
• 3 Tbsp Minced Garlic
• 1/2 Yellow Onion Diced
• 1 Tbsp Crushed Rosemary
• 1 Tbsp Black Pepper

​1. In your large pot, add about a gallon of water and all of the ingredients.

2. Bring everything to a boil and stir together

3. Let the solution cool (add second gallon of cool water or ice)

4. Place turkey in solution and cover for 24-48 hours before cooking.

5. Store in the fridge (or back porch if you live in a cold location!)

6.Take the turkey out of the brine and cook until 160 in the middle. (Make sure to watch the bird, it will usually cook faster after brining)

Alternatively, if you don't have a pot large enough to hold the brine and the bird, you can boil the gallon of water and ingredients in a smaller pot to create the brine, and then add that, with the other gallon of water into a brining bag (once it's cooled) and then put the turkey in the brining bag with the solution for the 24-48 hours.

I hope that you get a chance to give this recipe a try. Remember, in your kitchen you can create anything you want. Use this recipe as a template and if you want, add flavors you like or subtract things you dislike. If you like a recipe, play around with the ingredients and amounts and make it yours! I’m only a call or email away to assist you in all things fitness.

Dedicated To Making Healthy Your Habit!
​Mychael
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