Today is the day the turkeys go from this....
to this!!
Then on Thanksgiving Day to this!!!
Someone asked us about brining.
Brine for Turkey
The basic recipe for a brine for poultry is one cup of salt per gallon of water. We use the brine below for our turkeys and love it.
1 gallon water
1 cup sea salt
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
3 Tbsp. sucanat or brown sugar
1 Tbsp. pickling spices
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. tarragon
Dissolve the salt and sugar in the water. Add the other ingredients and put the turkey in to soak for at least 4 hours or even up to overnight. We use the amounts of ingredients above, but use more water. We make sure the bird is covered in water.
2 comments:
ok Marci, I've heard of people that do this but I have a few questions. First, do you put it in the fridge to soak and second, what do you do after the soaking time? Sorry, but I really don't know the answer these questions.
Regina
Thanks so much for posting this! I mentioned it to my son (that I wanted to try brining this year) and he was dubious (I'm not the best cook in the world). Don't know if I will get enough time now to do all of this, but might give it a go.
I second the additional questions posed by regina above.
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