Smoked Turkey Breast...Very Pic Heavy...

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Gonna Smoke

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My turn to try it. Reading the recent thread by cansmoke cansmoke reminded me that I had one in my freezer that I needed to do something with. So a little bit of searching on here turned up this thread by Rich chopsaw chopsaw ...

Well the two threads pushed me to get busy so here we go...

The breast, about 6 lbs...
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Made up Pops brine exactly like Rich posted...
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Tied up and injected the breast as full as I could and then in the brine overnight...
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Next morning, drained and seasoned with a local salt free rub I had bought and back in the fridge while I go fishing...:emoji_grinning:
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The rub...
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Fired up the Joe Highland with some maple. Rolling ugly, dirty smoke...
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Finally it cleaned up and on the breast went at 250℉ for a few hours...
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Meanwhile, I had bought some of the fresh corn from Food Lion that I had posted about for 25¢/ear. I shucked them and removed the silk. Then folded the husks back around them and into a sink of water for a couple of hours...
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While they were soaking, I mixed up some butter...
  • 1 stick unsalted butter
  • Juice and zest from a lime
  • 1 T smoked paprika
  • 1 T dry cilantro
  • 1 T coarse pepper
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After a couple of hours in the water bath, I drained them and smeared some of the butter on the ears...
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Tied them all up with butcher's twine. The 2 with 2 pieces of string have only plain butter for the grands...
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On the grill for a couple of hours until the breast is ready. Breast is looking good...
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The breast came with a gravy packet so I decided to use it. It is supposed to be mixed with water, but I used unsalted chicken broth...
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Breast and corn are done...
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Removed each side of the breast from the bone and sliced. It was very juicy...
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Made some rice using chicken broth and some sweet peas for the grands. I had some more of the seasoned butter to put on the corn. Time to eat...
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If you've stuck with me through all of this, then you've got more willpower than me 🤣. The breast was very juicy and the gravy that came with it, is pretty good. Mashed potatoes would've been better than the rice, but I wasn't running to the store to get some potatoes. The seasoned butter needed a little more lime juice, but I could tell it was there.
 
Looks delicious Charles! I know I have one in the freezer as well! Need to get this done in near future !

Ryan
 
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That looks great. I have one on my bucket list.

I recently watched a video of a couple guys eating at Terry Black's in Texas and the smoked turkey breast made me want to do one.
 
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Really nice Charles . Great looking plate . Try the next one boned out .
I like the gravy packs that come with those , usually doctor it up a bit .
Thanks for posting .
 
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The meal looks delicious!
What I like to do is mix the turkey seasoning with some soft butter and rub it under the skin.
 
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Looks delicious Charles! I know I have one in the freezer as well! Need to get this done in near future !

Ryan
Thank you, Ryan. I usually do whole birds and I prefer dark meat, but this was pretty good and something I'll do again...
 
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