Best Brined Turkey Breast

Total Time: 2 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 9 cups water
• 3/4 cup salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 -6 lbs bone-in whole turkey breast, thawed if frozen
• 1 onion, cut into eighths
• 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
• 4 sprigs fresh thyme
• 3 dried bay leaves
• salt
• pepper
• 6 tablespoons butter or 6 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 1/4 cup dry wine or 1/4 cup chicken broth

Recipe

• 1 mix water, salt, and sugar in a 6-quart container or stockpot, stir until sugar and salt are dissolved.
• 2 add turkey.
• 3 cover ; refrigerate at least 12 hours but no longer than 24 hours.
• 4 preheat oven to 325°.
• 5 remove turkey from brine, rinse thoroughly under cool running water and pat dry.
• 6 place turkey, breast side up, on rack in large shallow roasting pan.
• 7 fill cavity with onion, rosemary, thyme, and bay leaves.
• 8 sprinkle salt and pepper over turkey.
• 9 insert meat thermometer so tip is in thickest part of turkey and does not touch bone.
• 10 mix butter and wine.
• 11 soak 16-inch square of cheesecloth in butter mixture until completely saturated; cover turkey completely with cheesecloth.
• 12 roast 1 hour 30 minutes.
• 13 remove cheesecloth.
• 14 remove onion and herbs from turkey, but leave in pan.
• 15 bake 30-60 minutes longer or until thermometer reads 165° and juice of turkey is no longer pink when center is cut.