Amazing Turkey Brine
Created by tater on October 3, 2012
- Servings: 2
- Prep Time: 2d
- Cook Time: 0m
- Recipe #6680
Ingredients
- 2 gallons water (room temperature)
- 1 1/2 cups Kosher salt
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 8 garlic cloves, sliced in half
- 1 large onion, sliced
- 2 teaspoons coarse ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup Worchestershire sauce
How to Make
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Step 1: In a large food-safe container large enough to hold your turkey, mix together the room temperature water, salt and brown sugar. Mix until the sugar and salt are completely dissolved. Add in garlic, sliced onions, pepper and Worcestershire sauce.
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Step 2: Add in your turkey. Soak turkey for 2 days. (If the brine does not completely cover your turkey completely then you will have to turn the turkey several times during the 2 days of soaking)
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (4066.7 g)
- Calories 285.3
- Total Fat - 0.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.1 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 1107.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 70.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.5 g
- Sugars - 29.4 g
- Protein - 3.3 g
- Calcium - 244.5 mg
- Iron - 2 mg
- Vitamin C - 15.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg