jennyema
Chef Extraordinaire
I like brimming my Turkey 1/2 cup salt and 1 cup sugar add your spices and herbs but do not use garlic i tried it the whole smelled like a dead skunk. But in a pot of boiling water let cool until cold. Get a clean bucket you need one that food cane in put Turkey in bucket pour fixture over Turkey cover Turkey put plate over Turkey put brick on plate to hold Turkey down leave in bucket for 24 hrs wash Turkey off it you do not you will end up with a salty Turkey here is a recipe: Or you can use this one
Best Turkey Ever!! (Brined)
Ingredients
Best Turkey Ever!! Brined) Recipe - Food.com - 142563
- 15 lbs turkey (not self Basting or kosher)
- 2 cups table salt (do not substitute equal amounts of kosher salt)
- 2 gallons icy cold water (*)
- 4 cups brown sugar
- 1/2 cup dried rosemary leaves
- 1/2 cup dried thyme, leaves
- 1 small onion, peeled and quartered
- 1 carrot, peeled & cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 stalk celery, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 4-6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- as needed fresh fruit (to garnish)
The correct salt/water ratio for a brine is 1 cup KOSHER salt to one gallon of water. Since table salt is finer grained you will have a lot more salt in your brine than you need. Plus 24 hours is a very long time to brine a 15 pound turkey.
Additionally, most recipes call for half as much sugar as salt.