Brined and Roasted Turkey

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I will never make a turkey any other way! My family loved this turkey and claimed that they have never seen or tasted such a beautiful bird. I was very proud. Did not change a thing!

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I made this for Christmas dinner and my in-laws sent me thank you emails that said they never thought turkey was sooo good! Great recipe! I also cooked mine breast side down for the first half of roasting and also stuffed it with celery, lemon, apple, sage and thyme. Fabulous!

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I have made his recipe 3 times now, for 2 Thanksgiving get-togethers and one Christmas. The turkey was wonderful every time! I use a medium cooler in which to brine the turkey. I use an oven bag, too; just don't poke the holes in the top until after you have turned the bird over. For Christmas we had a smaller gathering, so I only cooked a turkey breast (just under 9 pounds. Six quarts of brine (about 3/4 of the recipe worked perfectly. I did not start the breast upside down since I didn't have to worry about dark meat getting done.

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I wanted to improve the usual Christmas turkey dinner and found this. The great reviews made it seem worth the effort. IT WAS!! It really isn't that much work either.

I actually made two 7 1/2 pound turkey breasts instead of one BIG turkey. No one seems to like dark meat so I wanted more white meat. I obviously couldn't stuff them as well as with a big turkey with the oranges, lemons, etc. but I just put some of it in and wrapped it up with foil (worked fine. I use Butterball breasts only (much better and easier product than other brands. I put them both in a 16 gallon stock pot with about 6 gallons of brine (3 times the recipe. It covered them perfectly.

Everyone RAVED about the turkey. I strongly recommend you try this reciped. You won't be disappointed.

Other suggestions for an awesome dinner:
- cut up any vegetables you can the night before, like all the potatoes (just pot them in cold water and refrigerate (HUGE timesaver
- to keep mashed potatoes hot if they are done before the turkey try putting them in a crock pot, works perfectly!!

Enjoy

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I am 18years old and love to cook, so when i was asked what i wanted to make for thanksgiving i jumped at the turkey. I was inspired earlier in the month from watching Emeril Live. He was making a thanksgiving dinner and I thought it looked fun enough to try. I followed everything to the letter except instead of 4hrs I baked it at 250 for 7hours.
I was told by everyone in my family (all 28 of us that it was hands down the best turkey they had EVER tasted. it was amazingly moist and perfectly browned. My family loved it so much i was asked to make it again for Christmas. I highly recommend this recipe and even though i baked it at a different temperature i'm sure it would have been just as good the other was.

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I used this recipe for Thanksgiving this year. It was the best tukey I ever made. Gorgeous brown skin just like in the magazines. Delicious, moist. Perfect.

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The turkey came out perfect but I followed the direction for a 10 lb turkey and it took 7 hrs to cook at 325 degrees. I could not explain it but I will never start cooking for thanksgiving at 1pm.

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My family raved about this moist and flavorful bird! I'll keep on doing this recipe because there were no left overs! Thanks Emeril

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I mean I've never made turkey before but for first time with no cooking experience it was absolutely delicious. Thanks Emeril your recipe saved our Thanksgiving.

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Thanks Emeril! This was my best Thanksgiving dinner, and I've been cooking
for a very long, long time.