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    Thanksgiving Spatchcock Turkey

    Ingredients

    Gear

    • Brine bag
    • Kitchen sheers
    • Large container that can fully submerge your turkey (stock pot, 5 gallon bucket. etc)
    • One durable, sharp ass knife

    Brine

    • Brine bag
    • Brine solution (nothing fancy: go for the salt & herb mix)
    • 1 gallon of apple cider
    • Other aromatics (crushed garlic, bay leaves, thyme, rosemary, fresh cut apples, oranges, or whatever you want)
    • Ice (5lb)

    Turkey

    • Any sized bird
    • Mirepoix (carrots, onion, celery)
    • Unsalted butter
    • Thyme
    • Rosemary
    • Sage
    • Salt & Pepper

    Instructions

    Thaw the Turkey (fridge)

    The preferred method. Set it and forget it.

    ⏲️ Thaw Timing

    Allow 1 day for each 4-5 pounds.

    Steps

    1. Put the turkey with plastic wrapping still on into a large enough baking dish (must be at least 3” tall)
    2. Put the whole setup into your refrigerator
    3. Allow for 1 day of thawing for each 4-5 pounds of your turkey

    Panic Thawing (water)

    You done goofed and don’t have time to fridge thaw. All good, though. You can water thaw and brine your turkey at the same time.

    ⏲️ Thaw & Brine Timing

    Here is how long you should brine and thaw your turkey. You can go up to 16 hours total.

    Turkey Size
    Time
    12 pounds
    8 hours
    13 pounds
    8 ½ hours
    14 pounds
    9 hours
    15 pounds
    9 ½ hours
    16 pounds
    10 hours
    17 pounds
    10 ½ hours
    18 pounds
    11 hours
    19 pounds
    11 ½ hours
    20 pounds
    12 hours
    22 pounds
    13 hours
    25 pounds
    14 ½ hours

    Steps

    Brine

    1. Heat the gallon of cider of the stove
    2. Add brine solution and aromatics once lightly boiling
    3. Take off the stove and let sit until room temp (couple hours)
    4. Once the turkey is thawed, put it into the brine bag
    5. Put the turkey and brine bag into the large container
    6. Pour the brine solution over the turkey until it is submerged
    7. Add 4-5lb of ice

    Turkey