Turkey Recipes
White Cranberry Brined Turkey
Roast this delicious turkey or cook on the grill - your choice!
Prep: 10 min + marinating | Cook: 3 hr
Ingredients
Turkey
- 2 (64 ounce) bottles Ocean Spray® White Cranberry Juice Drink
- 1 gallon water
- 2 cups Kosher salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons whole black peppercorns
- 8 cloves garlic, crushed
- 8 bay leaves
- 1 (8 to 12 pound) whole turkey, neck and giblets reserved for another use
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients, except turkey, in a 13 1/2 quart stockpot until salt and sugar are mostly dissolved.
- Submerge turkey in brine. Refrigerate turkey in covered stockpot for 12 to 18 hours.
- Discard brine. Dry turkey with paper towels.
- Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Roast unstuffed turkey for 2 3/4 to 3 hours or until internal temperature of the thigh reaches 180 degrees F.
- To grill: Grill turkey over medium indirect heat with a drip pan under the grill. Grill an 8 to 12 pound turkey for 2 to 3 hours or until internal temperature of thigh reaches 180 degrees F.
To brine one turkey breast, up to 5 pounds
- 4 cups Ocean Spray® White Cranberry Juice Drink
- 1/4 cup Kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 teaspoon whole peppercorns
- Place turkey breast in 2-gallon resealable food storage bag with brine ingredients. Marinate for 4 hours in refrigerator.
- Grill over medium indirect heat for about 1 hour or until internal temperature reaches 180 degrees F. Or roast turkey breast in an open foil-lined roasting pan at 325 degrees F for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until internal temperature reaches 180 degrees F.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from:
Ocean Spray