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The Best Turkey Brine Recipe - A simple blend of salt, sugar, and spices to create the most moist and flavorful turkey you've ever made!&nbsp;

Best Turkey Brine Recipe

water

brown sugar

sea salt

shallots, (roughly chopped)

garlic, (smashed)

peppercorns

dried juniper berries ((optional))

fresh rosemary, (roughly chopped)

thyme

Place a gallon of warm water in a clean bucket or cooler. Add the brown sugar, salt, shallots, garlic, herbs and spices. Stir to dissolve the salt and sugar.&nbsp;

Carefully submerge the turkey in the brine. Add an additional 1/2 gallon of water to make sure the brine covers the turkey entirely. (Or more water!)

If using a bucket, cover the bucket with plastic and place in the refrigerator for 1 to 3 days. If using a cooler, filled it with ice to keep the turkey cold for up to 3 days.&nbsp;

The brine time should be determined based on the size of turkey. For a turkey 15 pounds or under, brine for just 24 to 36 hours. For a turkey larger than 15 pounds, brine for up to 3 days. *If you want to brine a smaller turkey for a longer period of time, reduce the salt to 1/2-3/4 cup, so it is not overly seasoned.

Before roasting, take the turkey out of the brine water and place on a rack for at least a couple hours. Allow the turkey skin to dry thoroughly. Use paper towels to pat it dry if needed. You can place the roasting pan in the refrigerator (or back in the cooler over ice) if you want to give the bird longer to dry. (The dryer the skin, the better it browns. Drying it overnight is best.)  

Once dry, rub the turkey skin thoroughly with butter. Sometimes I stuff the turkey with herbs, but this is not necessary.

Roast the turkey at 325° F for 15 minutes per pound. Roast uncovered for the first couple hours, then tent with foil the last hour to make sure the breast meat doesn’t overcook. When using a meet thermometer, the breast meat should be 165° F.

Allow the turkey for rest for at least 25 minutes before serving to allow the juices to redistribute.

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The Best Turkey Brine Recipe - A simple blend of salt, sugar, and spices to create the most moist and flavorful turkey you've ever made!

This is seriously the<strong> Best Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe</strong> ever! It packs tons of flavor and makes a juicy Thanksgiving turkey slathered with garlic herb butter and browned to perfection. No brining needed in this easy, no-fuss turkey recipe!

The Best Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe without Brining

orange,

lemons

chicken stock

unsalted butter, softened

salt (I used black truffle salt from Sur la Table)

fresh tarragon, chopped

fresh sage, chopped

fresh thyme, chopped

fresh rosemary, chopped

garlic cloves,

lemon

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Position a rack in the lower third of the oven.

Remove turkey from the refrigerator and allow to come to room temperature. Remove the neck and giblets from the turkey and completely pat dry.

Place turkey on a large wire rack lined roasting pan.

To make the garlic herb compound butter: place softened butter in a medium bowl along with salt, tarragon, sage, thyme, rosemary, garlic cloves, and fresh lemon zest. Mash together using a fork or spoon until everything is combined.

Season the cavity of the turkey with salt and then stuff with oranges and lemons and any left over herbs you have. (sage, thyme, rosemary or tarragon)

Starting at the breast, using your fingers, gently separate the skin from the body of the bird so you have a little &#8220;pocket.&#8221;

Gently rub 3/4 of the butter mixture under the skin, spreading it out so both sides of the turkey breast part are covered.

Place the remaining butter in the microwave and melt.

Dunk the cheese cloth in the melted butter mixture and completely soak the cheese cloth.

Add any remaining herbs or garlic on top of the skin and drap the butter soaked cheese cloth over most of the turkey.

Add 4 cups of chicken stock/broth to the roasted pan.

Place the turkey in the oven at 425 degrees F for 45 minutes.

After 45 minutes, reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Remove the turkey from the oven and bast.

Place turkey back in the oven and roast for another 2 1/2 to 3 hours at 350 degrees until the thickest part of the turkey thigh readers 160 degrees F. Bast turkey with the drippings from the pan throughout the roasting process.

Once turkey reads 160 degrees F remove from oven then gently remove the cheesecloth. Transfer turkey to a cutting board and cover with a tent of tin foil. Let rest for 20-30 minutes.

Before slicing take the temperature one last time to ensure it is at a safe 165 degrees F.

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This is seriously The Best Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe ever! It packs tons of flavor and makes a juicy Thanksgiving turkey slathered with garlic herb butter and browned to perfection. No brining needed in this easy, no-fuss turkey recipe!

The BEST Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe (no brining)

These healthy, juicy Southwestern Turkey Burgers are stuffed with lettuce, tomatoes, a simple guacamole, and a spicy aioli made with piquillo peppers and chipotle peppers! It's the ultimate turkey burger recipe made in just 20 minutes!

Southwestern Turkey Burgers with Spicy Aioli

turkey

onion

cilantro,

cumin

garlic clove,

salt & pepper

avocados

lime

salt

piquillo peppers

chipotle peppers (from a can of chipotle peppers

mayo

lime juice

Roma Tomato, slicced

Red Leaf Lettuce

wheat buns

Heat grill to medium high heat, about 400 degrees.

To a food processor add, piquillo peppers, chipotle pepper, mayo, and lime juice. Blend until smooth and peppers are finely chopped. Set aside.

In a small bowl add avocado, lime juice, and salt. Using a fork, gently smash the avocado &#8211; be careful not to over smash you want it to be somewhat chunky. Set aside.

In a large bowl add ground turkey, diced onion, fresh cilantro, ground cumin, garlic cloves, egg, salt and pepper. Using your hands mix so everything is combined.

Form ground turkey mixture into four equal patties.

Place turkey burgers on grill, and grill for 4-5 minutes per side. (DO NOT push the burger with your spatula is pushes all the juices out) Remove from grill and let sit.

Place whole wheat buns on grill and toast for 1 minute. Remove from grill.

Assemble burger &#8211; bottom bun, lettuce, burger, tomato, guacamole, spicy mayo slathered onto top bun.

This is driving me crazy! I'm envisioniong myself taking a big bite on this Southwestern Turkey Burger right now HAHA! I love fresh beef burgers but this is something I want to try for a change! I definitely love seeing what you make! #joyfulhealthyeats

I made this recipe over the weekend and it was a big hit for me and my boyfriend. I doubled the recipe, omitted the onion, subbed cilantro paste instead of fresh, and used just 1 egg but it still turned out perfectly! Thanks for our new go-to turkey burger recipe!

All the YAS! I am glad I came upon this recipe because I made it just now and had to come back and RAVE. Most recipes you come across people are like "I'll have to try that"-TRUST ME-try this.  Next time I'm adding some lime and jalapenos to the mix.

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