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Rinse the turkey inside and out under cold
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Line a big picnic cooler with a food grade plastic bag.
Boil water and salt together until all salt is dissolved and cool in fridge several hours.
Wash turkey inside and out and place into cooler. Add your optional add-ins to the cooled brine and cover turkey with ice and pour brine over all. Let turkey brine overnight making sure the cooler stays closed and adding ice if needed.
Rinse bird and continue with your recipe . Your turkey will be moist, flavorful and tender!
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Thaw your turkey completely, if frozen.
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fresh turke in the chilled brine solution, and then refrigerate for
o hold the brine and the turkey. Pour the brine over the ice
stirring occasionally.
Remove the brine from heat, add the ice
Thaw turkey as directed on packaging.
ce into brine.
Place turkey into brine, filling cavity with brine. Add enough
alt and sugar.
Remove brine from heat and let cool
Rinse the turkey, inside and out, and set
Reynolds or the generic turkey roasting bags. Do not use
Cover a large pot or bucket with a plastic bag and add water, kosher salt, cracked black pepper and bay leaves sage and thyme.
Stir mixture completely to dissolve salt.
Place fresh turkey in pot and completely submerge it. Wrap plastic bag around the top of turkey.
Place in the fridge or a cool area such as your cellar or garage.
The brining process takes approximately 10-12 hours and is best done the night before the turkey is roasted.
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Place turkey in bag, add 1 cup
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place turkey in bags, pour brine and remaining
One day before roasting turkey, bring 1 quart water, the
oom temperature.
Wash the turkey inside and out with cold
ou will need 2 gallon turkey size oven roasting bags.