How to Brine a Thanksgiving Turkey | Williams-Sonoma

In this interesting video from Williams-Sonoma, you get to see how to brine a turkey and how brining turkeys is ideal for ensuring a flavorful and moist dish. Williams-Sonoma Culinary Expert Amanda guides every step of the way. The brining process uses salt for providing extra moisture and is useful when you have to roast the turkey for a long period of time.

If you are using a liquid brine, you can submerge the turkey for 24-36 hours. The advantage of a liquid brine is that it allows every small portion of the turkey to absorb the salt water, leaving behind a juicy, extra flavorful taste that is not very salty.

You can either dissolve salt in water or use a brine mix of salt and spices. A mix for brining turkeys involves first boiling a gallon of water and then adding the brine mix and stirring so that the salt dissolves completely. Bring the brine mix to room temperature before you submerge the turkey.

To brine the turkey, you first rinse the turkey and use a brining bag. Fill the bag with the mix. Close the bag to prevent excess air entering in. You can refrigerate the bag. Flip the turkey once or twice in 24-36 hours. Later, discard the brine and rinse the turkey. Dry the bird. You are now an expert in brining turkeys and ready for the perfect turkey recipe!

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[phoe30]

Thanks for the info. Going to cook this year for the 1st time. This was great help.

[Ho3sRuS]

Why would you put this on youtube?

[ObamaisbestPOTUS]

I'm surprised you can't stuff it if you rinse it well. If too much salt goes into the stuffing, it must also go into the drippings.