Unbelievable Agave-Brined Herb Turkey Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Unbelievable Agave-Brined Herb Turkey
Add your photo!
Ingredients
17
Count
Nutrition
650
Calories
Total time
900
Minutes
Comments Print recipe

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. To make brine, combine all ingredients in a large pot and stir until the salt and sugar have completely dissolved. Line a large bucket or pot with a food-safe plastic bag, and add turkey to the bag. Pour brine over turkey, making sure it is totally immersed in brine and seal bag tightly with a knot. Place turkey in bag in bucket or pot and keep in a cool place (or refrigerate) for 6 to 12 hours, turning occasionally to evenly brine bird. (I do this right before I go to bed the night before and keep it in the garage.).
  2. On the day of serving, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remove turkey from brine, rinse and pat dray. (You can discard the bag and the brine.) Squeeze lemon halves all over turkey, top and bottom, as well as in the cavity. Add apple, onion, lemon halves, and herbs to the cavity. Gently loosen skin from breast and rub breast generously with butter, as well as outside of turkey. Season with salt and pepper, then truss turkey, pinning back wings.
  3. Using a large deep roasting pan with a rack, spray rack generously with non-stick cooking spray. Place turkey on rack breast-side down and loosely cover with foil. Add about 2 cups of chicken stock to the bottom of the roasting pan and cook for 1-1/2 hours, basting often.
  4. After 1-1/2 hours, remove foil and flip turkey over so it is now breast-side up. Continue cooking for another hour, basting often. After 1 hour, remove turkey and cut drumsticks loose so that when they are done, they will move loosely in their sockets. Cook for about another 1/2 hour, checking temperature for doneness (180 degrees for thigh and 170 degrees for breast). When turkey is done, remove from oven and cover with foil. Let stand for 1 hour (very important). Reserve drippings for your gravy, if desired.
  5. While turkey is standing, heat remaining broth and keep warm on low heat. After 1 hour, you may carve the turkey and arrange in a large roasting or baking pan. Pour a little chicken broth over all, cover pan with foil, and keep warm in a 250 degree oven until ready to serve. While the turkey is keeping warm, you can finish off your side dishes, etc. When ready to serve, arrange carved turkey on platter.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 649.92 Kcal (2721 kJ)
Calories from fat 70.97 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7.89g 12%
Cholesterol 139.51mg 47%
Sodium 4439.81mg 185%
Potassium 216.48mg 5%
Total Carbs 143.7g 48%
Sugars 140.41g 562%
Dietary Fiber 0.73g 3%
Protein 9.46g 19%
Vitamin C 6.4mg 11%
Vitamin A 1.6mg 52%
Iron 2.5mg 14%
Calcium 55.5mg 6%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 122.7 Kcal (514 kJ)
Calories from fat 13.4 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1.49g 12%
Cholesterol 26.34mg 47%
Sodium 838.21mg 185%
Potassium 40.87mg 5%
Total Carbs 27.13g 48%
Sugars 26.51g 562%
Dietary Fiber 0.14g 3%
Protein 1.79g 19%
Vitamin C 1.2mg 11%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 52%
Iron 0.5mg 14%
Calcium 10.5mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Search
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe
Analyze

Try this similar recipes

View More

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 13.5
    Points
  • 18
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

Also Try

Share Recipe

Recipes▼
Search
Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top