Brined and Roasted Thanksgiving Turkey With Simple Gravy Recipe

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Brined and Roasted Thanksgiving Turkey With Simple Gravy
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Ingredients
30
Count
Nutrition
286
Calories
Total time
63
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. BRINING TURKEY: ONE DAY BEFORE baking turkey, prepare brine. Combine all the brine ingredients. Place the turkey in a bucket or very large pot and pour brine over turkey to submerge. Refrigerate for 12 to 24 hours. Remove turkey from brine; dry off turkey with paper towels. Discard brine.
  2. Preheat oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
  3. Brine turkey as instructed above. Salt and pepper the brined turkey and cavity. Fill the cavity with carrots, celery, apple, orange, and garlic; bind the legs with kitchen twine.
  4. In a large roasting or braising pan (or disposable aluminum pan), spread onion, carrot, celery, garlic, sage, rosemary, thyme, parsley and bay leaves. Place the turkey on top of the bed of vegetables and herbs.
  5. Put butter on turkey, or between skin and breast meat.
  6. Place the turkey in the oven and roast 45 minutes. Pour half the chicken stock over the turkey; roast 45 minutes. Pour remaining stock over the turkey and roast 45 more minutes; it will start turning golden brown.
  7. Baste with pan juices, cover loosely with foil and roast an additional 45 minutes. When the turkey has reached and internal temperature of 165 to 175 degrees, remove from oven, keep covered, and let rest at least 10 minutes before carving. Transfer to platter.
  8. TO MAKE SIMPLE GRAVY: From the bottom of the roasting pan, discard herbs and measure out 1 cup of vegetables and 3 cups of pan juices; puree in blender. To thicken, add more vegetables; to thin add more pan juice. pour through a mesh strainer to make a smooth gravy. Makes 4 cups. TIP: For silken gravy, forget the flour. Avoid using flour, because that's usually what causes lumps. Instead, puree the vegetables you roast along with your turkey; they become your thickening agent. That, along with your pan juices, becomes your gravy. You can strain it through a mesh strainer, or use cream and reduce it.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 286.13 Kcal (1198 kJ)
Calories from fat 157.32 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17.48g 27%
Cholesterol 76.61mg 26%
Sodium 2145.23mg 89%
Potassium 559.81mg 12%
Total Carbs 15.53g 5%
Sugars 7.62g 30%
Dietary Fiber 2.52g 10%
Protein 18.43g 37%
Vitamin C 16.3mg 27%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 15%
Iron 0.8mg 4%
Calcium 201.7mg 20%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 15.82 Kcal (66 kJ)
Calories from fat 8.7 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.97g 27%
Cholesterol 4.23mg 26%
Sodium 118.59mg 89%
Potassium 30.95mg 12%
Total Carbs 0.86g 5%
Sugars 0.42g 30%
Dietary Fiber 0.14g 10%
Protein 1.02g 37%
Vitamin C 0.9mg 27%
Calcium 11.1mg 20%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 6.7
    Points
  • 8
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low calorie,
  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • low cholesterol,
  • sugar free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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