SloppyJoe's Holiday Turkey Brine
Created by SloppyJoe on November 9, 2011
- Servings: 12
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Recipe #2260
Ingredients
- 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)
How to Make
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Step 1: Sanitize the five gallon bucket by washing and rinsing thoroughly.
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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.
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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.
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Step 4: Dump apple juice mixture in bucket and stir in remaining ingredients except brick and turkey.
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Step 5: Carefully place turkey in bucket and keep oranges from touching the presentation/breast side of skin as the citrus acid will
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (657.7 g)
- Calories 804.9
- Total Fat - 16.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 4 g
- Cholesterol - 379.9 mg
- Sodium - 7903.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 29.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.8 g
- Sugars - 3.3 g
- Protein - 130.5 g
- Calcium - 88.2 mg
- Iron - 6.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.4 mg