{"id":1557,"date":"2011-11-23T16:37:21","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T22:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dmentd.com\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2024-11-13T17:49:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T23:49:41","slug":"turkey-brine-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/turkey-brine-1","title":{"rendered":"Poultry Brine &#8211; MTM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>4 QT hot water<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 QT cool water<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5 LB ice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 LB kosher salt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 LB dark brown sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NOTE:<\/span><\/strong> This brine is a good amount for turkeys. For chickens use \u2153 of the volume for one chicken, \u00bd if doing two, in an appropriately sized container.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Combine the hot water (you don&#8217;t have to boil it, just get it hot enough to easily dissolve the salt and sugar &#8211; just before simmering), kosher salt and brown sugar and stir until the salt and sugar dissolve completely.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add the cool water and stir.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add the ice and stir until the ice is dissolved and the mixture is cool.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pour into your brining vessel of choice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gently lower the poultry into the container.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If necessary, weigh down the bird to ensure that it is fully immersed in the brine. Cover and set in a cool dry place for approximately 1 hour per pound of poultry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove the bird from the brine, rinse and pat dry. Allow to sit at room temperature for at least 1 hour prior to cooking.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Suggestions for brining vessels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A 5-gallon bucket placed in an ice-chest surrounded by ice, or in a large fridge works very well.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Doubled-up disposable turkey oven bags (or 13 QT garbage bags) will fit the 5-gallon bucket perfectly and avoid the need to scrub and sanitize after. If you triple-up the garbage bags, it\u2019s strong enough to put the whole thing in a cooler without the 5-gallon bucket and cover directly in ice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOTE: This brine is a good amount for turkeys. For chickens use \u2153 of the volume for one chicken, \u00bd if doing two, in an appropriately sized container. Suggestions for brining vessels:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1557"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2359,"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions\/2359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}