Brined Roasted Turkey Recipe

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Brined Roasted Turkey
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Ingredients
24
Count
Nutrition
1346
Calories
Total time
49
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Combine all brine ingredients, except ice water, in a stockpot, and bring to a boil. Stir to dissolve solids, then remove from heat, cool to room temperature, and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.
  2. Early on the day of cooking, (or late the night before) combine the brine and ice water in a clean 5-gallon bucket. Place thawed turkey breast side down in brine, cover, and refrigerate or set in cool area (like a basement) for 6 hours. Turn turkey over once, half way through brining.
  3. A few minutes before roasting, heat oven to 500 degrees.
  4. Remove bird from brine and rinse inside and out with cold water. Discard brine. Pat dry with paper towels. Add rosemary, bay leaves, thyme, lemons and orange to the cavity. Tuck back wings and coat whole bird liberally with olive oil.
  5. Arrange the halved carrots, quartered onions and celery stalks on a half-sheet pan or baking sheet. Position the turkey on top of the carrots and celery so that the turkey does not rest directly on the bottom of the pan.
  6. Roast on lowest level of the oven at 500 degrees F. for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cover breast with double layer of aluminum foil, insert probe thermometer into thickest part of the breast and return to oven, reducing temperature to 350 degrees F. Set thermometer alarm (if available) to 161 degrees. A 14 to 16 pound bird should require a total of 2 to 2 1/2 hours of roasting. Let turkey rest, loosely covered for 15 minutes before carving.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1346.15 Kcal (5636 kJ)
Calories from fat 40.36 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4.48g 7%
Cholesterol 26.89mg 9%
Sodium 52208.3mg 2175%
Potassium 1098.1mg 23%
Total Carbs 255.47g 85%
Sugars 15.24g 61%
Dietary Fiber 6.79g 27%
Protein 14.68g 29%
Vitamin C 33.5mg 56%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 10%
Iron 4.2mg 23%
Calcium 454.4mg 45%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 162.27 Kcal (679 kJ)
Calories from fat 4.86 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.54g 7%
Cholesterol 3.24mg 9%
Sodium 6293.36mg 2175%
Potassium 132.37mg 23%
Total Carbs 30.8g 85%
Sugars 1.84g 61%
Dietary Fiber 0.82g 27%
Protein 1.77g 29%
Vitamin C 4mg 56%
Iron 0.5mg 23%
Calcium 54.8mg 45%

* 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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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 26.5
    Points
  • 30
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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