Brined Roast Turkey Breast

Name: Brined Roast Turkey Breast
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 180 min
Total time: 195 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 8 cups water; ½ cup kosher salt; ½ cup brown sugar (packed); 8 cloves garlic (smashed); 1 cinnamon stick; ¼ cup sage (fresh); 2 sprigs rosemary; 2 lemons; 1 orange; 4 cups ice; 2 medium onions (quartered); 4 cloves garlic (smashed); 5 pound turkey breast (bone in, thawed); 1 teaspoon salt (or to taste); 1 teaspoon pepper (or to taste); 8 tablespoon butter (melted); 1 cup chicken broth (low sodium or no sodium added); pan drippings; ¾ cup chicken broth (low sodium or no sodium added, or water); 1 tablespoon cornstarch (or more for a thicker gravy); 1 tablespoon water

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A brined turkey breast that's moist and flavorful, basted in butter and roasted until golden. Complemented by a pan gravy, it's a show-stopping centerpiece for holiday meals.

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Ingredients

6 SERVINGS

Brine

8 cupswater
½ cupkosher salt
½ cupbrown sugar — packed
8garlic — smashed
1cinnamon stick
¼ cupsage (fresh)
2 sprigsrosemary — sprig
2lemons
1orange
4 cupsice

Turkey Breast

2medium onions — quartered
4garlic — smashed
5 lbturkey breast — bone-in, thawed
1 tspsalt
1 tsppepper
8 tbspbutter — melted
1 cupchicken broth — low sodium or no sodium added

Gravy

pan drippings
¾ cupchicken broth — low sodium or no sodium added, or water
1 tbspcornstarch
1 tbspwater

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Method

3h 15m total

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Vitamins & minerals

Potassium: 1103mg
Calcium: 101mg
Iron: 3mg

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