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Brining and Cooking the Perfect Turkey with Delicious Gravy Recipe

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Ingredients
22
Count
Nutrition
4448
Calories
Total time
215
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Pour 4 32-ounce cartons of low-sodium chicken broth into a large stock pot and stir in kosher salt, savory, thyme, sage, and rosemary. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and cook the brine for 7 minutes to blend flavors. Cool. Pour the mixture into a 5-gallon food-grade bucket, large cooler, or large brining bag. Stir apple juice and 1 gallon of water into the mixture. Place turkey, breast side down, into the brine and pour in more water if needed to cover. Place in refrigerator and brine for at least 36 hours.
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  3. Remove turkey and discard used brine. Rinse turkey and pat dry with paper towels. Place the turkey with breast side down on a roasting rack set into a roasting pan. Stuff the bird with 2 onions, 4 stalks of celery, and 4 carrots; place remaining 2 onions, 4 stalks of celery, and 4 carrots into the roasting pan surrounding the turkey. Brush outside of the turkey with 1/4 cup melted butter and pour white cooking wine and 2 32-ounce cartons of chicken broth into the pan.
  4. Roast in the preheated oven for 30 minutes; baste with pan juices. If skin begins to darken too quickly, place a tent of aluminum foil over the bird. Continue roasting for 1 1/2 more hours, basting every 30 minutes. Turn the turkey over so it is breast side up; brush with remaining 1/4 cup melted butter. Continue roasting, basting every 30 minutes, until an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a thigh, not touching bone, reads 180 degrees F (80 degrees C), about 1 more hour (3 hours roasting time in all).
  5. Remove turkey and set aside while you make the gravy. Strain all the pan drippings through a mesh strainer into a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer. Whisk 2 cups water, 1 32-ounce carton turkey broth, and cornstarch together in a bowl until smooth. Whisk the cornstarch mixture into the hot pan drippings and cook until thickened, whisking constantly, about 5 minutes. Let gravy cool to thicken slightly. If desired, use a gravy separator to remove excess fat. Serve turkey with gravy.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 4448.18 Kcal (18624 kJ)
Calories from fat 1122.12 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 124.68g 192%
Cholesterol 589.26mg 196%
Sodium 27393.76mg 1141%
Potassium 9598.86mg 204%
Total Carbs 615.03g 205%
Sugars 459.93g 1840%
Dietary Fiber 47.68g 191%
Protein 127.85g 256%
Vitamin C 1649.5mg 2749%
Vitamin A 6mg 201%
Iron 18.2mg 101%
Calcium 1818.5mg 182%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 39.81 Kcal (167 kJ)
Calories from fat 10.04 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1.12g 192%
Cholesterol 5.27mg 196%
Sodium 245.15mg 1141%
Potassium 85.9mg 204%
Total Carbs 5.5g 205%
Sugars 4.12g 1840%
Dietary Fiber 0.43g 191%
Protein 1.14g 256%
Vitamin C 14.8mg 2749%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 201%
Iron 0.2mg 101%
Calcium 16.3mg 182%

* 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

  • 98.6
    Points
  • 107
    PointsPlus

Good Points

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

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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