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Cajun Injected Smoked Turkey Breast When plain ole roasted turkey just won't do kick it up a little! To make the injection, place beer, butter, garlic, Worcestershire, Creole seasoning, liquid crab boil, hot sauce, salt, and cayenne pepper in the jar of a blender and puree until completely smooth. Smoked turkey will have a different color than roasted turkey.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have cajun injected smoked turkey breast using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Cajun Injected Smoked Turkey Breast:
- Make ready For the turkey:
- Get 1 (7-8 lb) turkey breast
- Make ready 2 1/2 tsp chili powder
- Get 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- Prepare 1 tsp ground black pepper
- Make ready 3/4 tsp sea salt
- Prepare 1/4 tsp cayenne powder (1/2 for more heat)
- Get 3 tbs warm water
- Prepare 1 tbs honey
- Get 1/3 cup oil (vegetable or light olive is best)
- Get Other supplies
- Take 1 bag charcoal (if smoker/grill is charcoal)
- Prepare 1 bag hickory, mesquite or apple wood chips
- Prepare Injector syringe with needle
- Prepare Smoker or large grill
- Get Water
- Get Smoker box (for gas grills)
- Make ready Grill thermometer
- Make ready Meat thermometer
With a mix of herbs, this dry rub recipe is an easy way to switch up the flavor of your typical turkey. Dry brining your turkey and leaving it uncovered in the refrigerator overnight allows the brine to really penetrate the skin and get into the meat. This process also dries out the skin, giving you a crisp, deep amber color colored. These can more or less be used interchangeably between chicken and turkey.
Steps to make Cajun Injected Smoked Turkey Breast:
- Remove turkey breast from package, rinse and then pat dry with clean paper towels. Place on a large platter or foil lined cookie sheet, meat side up.
- In a mediun bowl mix together all the dry seasoning. Add the water and honey. Stir with fork to combine until honey is fully melted in. Slowly add oil while continuing to stir constantly.
- When everything is well incorporated set 1 tbs of mixture aside. Draw remaining mixture up into injector syringe and inject into turkey breast in several places all over until all of the mixture is used up. Rub reserved mixture all over skin.
- Soak wood chips in water for about 15 minutes while you prepare your smoker according to its user manual, or set up a grill for indirect heat if you do not have a smoker. Note: indirect heat means building your fire on one side of the kettle and placing meat over the empty space (usually filled with a "drip pan") on the other side to cook slowly.
- When the smoker reaches 300°F, place wood chips directly on coals (or into smoker box placed on flame for gas grills). Place turkey breast on grate and cover tightly with lid. Cook for 2 - 3 hrs, checking every 20 - 30 minutes, replacing coals and chips as needed. Turkey is done when internal temp reaches at least 165°f.
- When turkey breast is done remove from smoker, tent loosely with foil and let rest 20-30 minutes before carving.
- Note: If the turkey breast begins looking too brown but is not fully cooked you can either tent with foil while still on the smoker or transfer to a 300°F oven (again, tent with foil) to finish cooking.
The only difference is that turkey requires slightly more marinade than chicken, thanks to how easily it can dry out. Instead of rubbing your turkey with butter, herbs, and spices, try injecting the flavor right into the meat. Injecting turkey is a method that flavors meat from the inside, tenderizing it while slowly spreading the flavors through the bird. Injection marinades can be used with traditional turkey marinades, turkey rubs, and even turkey brines. With an injector, basically a large syringe with a.
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