HONEY BRINED SMOKED TURKEY
Take your Thanksgiving turkey to the next level this year with Alton Brown's recipe for Honey Brined Smoked Turkey from Food Network.
Provided by Alton Brown
Categories main-dish
Time 13h
Yield 10 to 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Combine the hot water and the salt in a 54-quart cooler. Stir until the salt dissolves. Stir in the vegetable broth and the honey. Add the ice and stir. Place the turkey in the brine, breast side up, and cover with cooler lid.. Brine overnight, up to 12 hours.
- Remove the turkey from the brine and dry thoroughly. Rub the bird thoroughly with the vegetable oil.
- Heat the grill to 400 degrees F.
- Using a double thickness of heavy-duty aluminum foil, build a smoke bomb. Place a cup of hickory wood chips in the center of the foil and gather up the edges, making a small pouch. Leave the pouch open at the top. Set this directly on the charcoal or on the metal bar over the gas flame. Set the turkey over indirect heat, insert a probe thermometer into the thickest part of the breast meat, and set the alarm for 160 degrees F. Close the lid and cook for 1 hour.
- After 1 hour check the bird; if the skin is golden brown, cover with aluminum foil and continue cooking. Also, after 1 hour, replace wood chips with second cup.
- Once the bird reaches 160 degrees F, remove from grill, cover with aluminum foil, and allow to rest for 1 hour. Carve and serve.
TURKEY WITH ORANGE-HONEY GLAZE
A tangy, fresh-tasting glaze over a golden roasted turkey makes for a memorable holiday main dish. We savor the juicy slices topped with the rich gravy. -Zita Wilensky, North Miami, Florida
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 6h40m
Yield 16-18 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a small bowl, combine the sage, salt, pepper and thyme; mix well. Rub 2 teaspoons inside the turkey; set remainder aside. Place orange inside turkey. Skewer openings and tie drumsticks together. Place on a rack in a roasting pan. Combine remaining sage mixture with butter; brush over turkey. Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 5-1/2 hours or until a thermometer reads 170°, basting every 30 minutes. When the turkey begins to brown, cover lightly with foil. , In a saucepan, combine remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally. Brush over turkey. Continue to bake, uncovered, 30 minutes to 1 hour longer or until thermometer reads 185°, brushing with the glaze occasionally. Remove from the oven; cover and let stand 20 minutes before carving. Thicken pan juices for gravy if desired.
Nutrition Facts :
SMOKED GARLIC AND ORANGE TURKEY
Excellent dish for Thanksgiving. Smoking the Turkey gives it a wonderful flavor and frees up the oven for other dishes. Serves 10 with plenty of leftovers. Serve with Recipe #77817 and mashed potatoes.
Provided by SJ Taylor
Categories Whole Turkey
Time 5h30m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- At least 1 hour before cooking, soak wood chunks in enough water to cover.
- Preheat coals.
- Rub the turkey cavity with salt.
- Cut oranges into 2-inch chunks.
- Place the cut oranges, sage and garlic in the cavity.
- Loosen the breast skin and spread the cheese spread underneath.
- Tuck the wings under the back and tie legs together.
- Rub the turkey with oil, juice from an orange, chopped sage, salt and pepper.
- In a smoker, arrange preheated coals, half of the drained wood chunks and the water pan according to the manufacturer's directions.
- Add water and orange juice to water pan.
- Cover and smoke for 5 - 6 hours until thermometer registers 180°F when inserted in the breast.
- Throughout, add more coals, wood chunks, and water/juice as needed.
- Remove turkey to platter.
- Cover with foil to keep warm.
- Rest at least 5 minutes prior to carving.
- Reserve any drippings for Orange Turkey Gravy with Sage.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 698.9, Fat 32.2, SaturatedFat 9, Cholesterol 270.9, Sodium 1657.8, Carbohydrate 14.2, Fiber 1.1, Sugar 6.8, Protein 83.1
GREAT INJECTED, SMOKED TURKEY!
Recipe from Jan Nevejans at suppliesformykitchen.com Injecting a turkey for smoking is a great way to flavor your meat, you can do it before and after it goes on the barbecue or in the oven, even for pan roasted recipes it can be the trick from a good a recipe to a great one! Recipe first posted to...
Provided by Jan Nevejans
Categories Other Sauces
Time 4h20m
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- 1. First of all; when you inject any kind of meat or fish when it's raw, and let it marinade for a while, the flavours of your injection will become a part of it. Just think about injecting a leg of lamb with a marinade made garlic or mint and then smoke it slowly in the oven by adding dried garlic and dried mint infused olive oil on the fire or hot coals.
- 2. Even the most boring tasting fish can be injected with lemon and basil for example for a unique taste. The possibilities are endless, I can't name them all here but I do believe that it's definitely an underdog cooking technique then never got the credit it deserves!
- 3. There also are a few different approaches to smoking, but the most important thing to understand is that you have to trap the smoke around your product in order to really add the smokey taste! This can be done by wood or other dried products or with coals and sprinkling over infused oil, or fresh products to create flavorful smoke!
- 4. For starting, buy your turkey at least 1 day before serving it, so you can inject it with your secret infusion! Everyone should make up his own infusion, it's so simple!
- 5. Chop half a lemon (don't peel it), and put them in some white or red wine with 2 thyme sprigs, a few sage leaves and some crushed pepper but no salt! Let it infuse on a low heat for about 30 minutes, sieve, add the sugar and boil it down to about 3/4 cup.
- 6. Inject this infusion as evenly as possible in your turkey, then fill it it (it's still the day before serving!) with al the other ingredients, except the butter, salt and lemon. You can chop them up roughly for a better result.Then leave the turkey covered in the refrigerator for the night.
- 7. Then about 3 to 4 hours before serving (depends on the size of the turkey), heat up the orange in a microwave or oven and take some kitchen rope. Then tie the orange between the legs of the turkey. Rub the butter over the chicken and roast uncovered in the oven for 2 to 3 hours on 90 C° (about 200 F)
- 8. Take the turkey out of the oven, and heat it up to a high heat. Then just 20 minutes before you put it on the table, rub it again in butter, but this time with pepper, salt an other spices you want. Then give it quickly a nice color to serve.
HONEY SMOKED TURKEY
Sweet and light, this is the easiest way to cook a big bird! It will be the best turkey you have ever had. The breast is moist and juicy, and the honey makes a great thin sauce. I hope you enjoy it as much as my friends and family do when I make it. I never have any leftovers! Enjoy!
Provided by ABAYIFO
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Turkey Whole Turkey Recipes
Time 3h45m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat grill for high heat. If you are using a charcoal grill, use about twice the normal amount of charcoal. Soak wood chips in a pan of water, and set next to the grill.
- Remove neck and giblets from turkey. Rinse the bird and pat dry. Place in a large disposable roasting pan.
- In a medium bowl, mix together sage, ground black pepper, celery salt, basil, and vegetable oil. Pour mixture evenly over the turkey. Turn the turkey breast side down in the pan, and tent loosely with aluminum foil.
- Place the roasting pan on the preheated grill. Throw a handful of the wood chips onto the coals. Close the lid, and cook for 1 hour.
- Throw about 2 more handfuls of soaked wood chips on the fire. Drizzle 1/2 the honey over the bird, and replace the foil. Close the lid of the grill, and continue cooking 1 1/2 to 2 hours, or until internal temperature reaches 180 degrees F (80 degrees C) in the thickest part of the thigh.
- Uncover turkey, and carefully turn it breast side up in the roasting pan. Baste with remaining honey. Leave the turkey uncovered, and cook 15 minutes. The cooked honey will be very dark.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 647 calories, Carbohydrate 25.3 g, Cholesterol 228.5 mg, Fat 28.8 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 68.9 g, SaturatedFat 7.9 g, Sodium 776.3 mg, Sugar 24.6 g
TURKEY INJECTION SAUCE WITH HONEY, HERBS AND SPICE
This spicy sauce is scented with rosemary, sage, thyme and bay slightly sweet and spicey! feel free to enjoy with more heat add a crushed garlic clove or sweeten as you like! This injection solution gives your Turkey, Chicken, Pork, or Beef delish flavor and moisture.
Provided by Rita1652
Categories Sauces
Time 10m
Yield 20 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Mix all ingredients in a pot and simmer for five minutes.
- Cool.
- Strain cooled sauce.
- Using an injecttion needle inject liquid into the turkey throughout all the breast and thighs.
- Making one hole inject 1/3 of the liquid and move needle 1/3 of a turn to inject a 1/3 turn again and inject remaining.
- (This is so you are not putting holes all over the turkey).
- 2 injections per thigh and 3 per breast should be good.
- This can be marinaded 1-24 hours before you cook the turkey. Any that oozes out rub gentle over the turkey.
- Proceed to grill, fry or roast your turkey.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 16.9, Fat 0.1, Sodium 163.7, Carbohydrate 4.2, Sugar 3.8, Protein 0.3
ORANGE-GLAZED TURKEY
I've used this recipe for our Thanksgiving meal for years. Everyone loves the flavor the orange marmalade gives the turkey.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 4h50m
Yield 20 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a small bowl, combine the salt, pepper, savory and sage. Rub 1 tablespoon of seasoning mixture in turkey cavity. Place the pears, onion and celery in turkey cavity; tie drumsticks together. Place, breast side up on a rack in a roasting pan. Combine butter and remaining seasoning mixture; brush over turkey. Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 3-1/4 to 3-1/2 hours. , Meanwhile, combine orange marmalade, orange juice and honey in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally. Set aside and keep warm. When turkey begins to brown, cover lightly with a tent of foil. Bake 1 hour longer or until thermometer reads 180°, brushing occasionally with the orange glaze. Cover and let stand for 15 minutes before carving. Thicken pan juices for gravy if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 569 calories, Fat 27g fat (9g saturated fat), Cholesterol 233mg cholesterol, Sodium 437mg sodium, Carbohydrate 14g carbohydrate (11g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 65g protein.
HOLIDAY TURKEY WITH HONEY ORANGE GLAZE
The best recipe by far we have ever made for Thanksgiving. The glaze makes the turkey sweet and succulent!
Provided by Sarah Watson
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Turkey Whole Turkey Recipes
Time 6h45m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Combine sage, salt, and thyme in a small bowl. Rub half of the sage mixture all over the turkey, then place the turkey in a large roasting pan. Set remaining sage mixture aside. Bring butter, orange juice, orange marmalade, honey, and orange sections to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered until thickened, stirring occasionally, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir in the remaining sage mixture. Brush the turkey with the glaze.
- Bake the turkey in the preheated oven for 5 hours and 30 minutes, basting every 30 minutes. Cover turkey lightly with foil and continue baking until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, 30 minutes to 1 hour, occasionally brushing with the glaze. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone should read 180 degrees F (82 degrees C). Remove the turkey from the oven, cover with a doubled sheet of aluminum foil, and allow to rest in a warm area 10 to 15 minutes before slicing.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 581.7 calories, Carbohydrate 4.5 g, Cholesterol 220.7 mg, Fat 27.8 g, Fiber 0.1 g, Protein 73.6 g, SaturatedFat 8.9 g, Sodium 429.9 mg, Sugar 4 g
HONEY, BUTTER, AND ORANGE INJECTED SMOKED TURKEY
My family hardly ever eats turkey anymore that I haven't smoked. I tried this injection at Thanksgiving, and it is the best I've done yet. Enjoy.
Provided by Scotty Moore
Categories Turkey Breasts
Time 55m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a small sauce pan, add the shallot and the garlic to the melted butter. Simmer on very low for about twenty minutes stirring occasionally. Add the sage, thyme, salt, pepper, orange zest, and white wine. Let simmer for fifteen more minutes to cook off the alcohol, stirring occasionally. Add the orange juice. Strain this into a bowl. Wipe out the sauce pan and return mixture to the pan. Add the honey. (When I added the honey, I just added a little, and kept stirring and tasting until the honey taste just barely started to come through.
- I stored this in the refridgerator overnight. The next morning I reheated it just until it was liquified, then injected it into the turkey. Smoke or bake as you normally would.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 467.9, Fat 28.7, SaturatedFat 13.4, Cholesterol 163.3, Sodium 319.2, Carbohydrate 5.1, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 2.6, Protein 41.9
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