Many of us first heard about the technique of wet brining a turkey from the original episode of Good Eats. Combine the brine water and ice in the 5-gallon bucket.

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Good eats turkey brine. Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F. 1 cup salt 1 cup brown sugar 2 oranges quartered 2 lemons quartered 6 sprigs thyme 4. Simply add all the ingredients but the water to a stockpot and bring the mixture to a boil.

To make the turkey brine. Once the apple cider turkey brine recipe has been prepped you can move onto brining and roasting the turkey. Place the bird on roasting rack inside a.

Early on the day of or late the night before youd like to eat brine the turkey. Altons brine is elaborate similar to a marinade that functions as a brine. Remove the bird from brine and rinse inside and out with cold water.

If you pull the turkey out of the brine and put it directly in the smoker oven fryer or on the grill the flavor of the meat would be very salty. Alton Brown Shares Turkey Brining Secrets for Thanksgiving Food Network - YouTube. The liquid is a combination of vegetable stock and heavily iced water that quickly cools the brine and makes it.

This is why you must rinse the turkey thoroughly before you do anything with it. Is there a better brine recipe out there for a turkey that is going on a smoker. Bring to a simmer and cook stirring occasionally until the salt and sugar are dissolved completely about 20 minutes.

1 10 to 12-pound turkey Remove the neck giblets and liver from the cavity of the turkey. Combine the broth salt sugar peppercorns allspice and finger in a large stockpot and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Stir until the salt and sugar dissolve.

Place the thawed turkey with innards removed breast side down in brine. Mix water kosher salt white sugar garlic sage basil peppercorns and bay leaf in a large pot over medium-high heat. In the past when the wife and I have done the turkey we used the Alton Brown brine recipe from Good Eats.

Rinse the turkey inside and out under cold running water. The Fat Man brine Ive been using it for years omit the. This isnt from the salt in the meat but from the salt on the meat.

If necessary weigh down the bird to ensure it. Combine the chilled brine and the ice water in a 5-gallon cooler A drink cooler works especially well here. Soak the turkey in the brine covered and refrigerated for at least 4 hours and up to 24 hours.

By the time your turkey has finished brining a fairly good amount of salt has settled on the skin. Alton Brown Shares Turkey Brining Secrets for Thanksgiving Food Network. Then turn the heat off and cool to room temperature before stirring in the cold water.