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SloppyJoe's Holiday Turkey Brine

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  • Servings: 12
  • Prep: 30m
  • Cook: 30m
    • The following recipe serves 12 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 5 pounds ice
  • 2 quarts apple juice
  • 1 pound brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup kosher salt
  • 3 quarts water
  • 3 oranges, quatered
  • 10 cloves
  • 5 bay leaves
  • 1 whole turkey (15 pounds)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Sanitize the five gallon bucket by washing and rinsing thoroughly.

  • Step 2: In a large pot, bring apple juice, brown sugar and kosher salt to a boil. Skim off any foam and let cool completely.

  • Step 3: Dump some ice in the bottom of the cooler, stand the bucket in the cooler and pack any open spaces with remaining ice.

  • Step 4: Dump apple juice mixture in bucket and stir in remaining ingredients except brick and turkey.

  • Step 5: Carefully place turkey in bucket and keep oranges from touching the presentation/breast side of skin as the citrus acid will

Tips & Variations

Don't forget the following tips and variations.
  • 1 five gallon bucket
  • 1 cooler
  • 1 brick or weight (I use a landscape stone sealed in two zipper bags)

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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