Smoked turkey brine. Best brine for smoked turkey around. This recipe was given to me by my uncle. EDITOR'S NOTE: This recipe uses canning or kosher salt, not table salt.

Ingredients of Smoked turkey brine

1. You need 2 gallons of water.
2. It’s 1 1/2 cups of kosher salt.
3. Prepare 3 Tbsp of minced garlic.
4. Prepare 1 Tbsp of ground black pepper.
5. You need 1/4 cup of worcestershire sauce.
6. Prepare 1/3 cup of brown sugar.
7. You need 5 gallon of bucket.
8. You need 1 of turkey oven bag.
9. You need 1 of turkey weight doesn't matter.

Once removed from the stove, add. It turned out very tasty and moist. Give it a try and see what you think. The addition of ginger to the turkey brine was an experiment that went well.

Smoked turkey brine instructions

1. In large spaghetti pot over medium heat combine all ingredients one at a time to the 2 gallons of water..
2. Slowly stir till disolved and remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature. (Heating is only to help dissolve the ingredients).
3. Line the 5 gallon bucket with the oven bag and slowly pour in the room temprature brine over the turkey..
4. Allow turkey to brine for 24 hours before smoking..
5. Smoke turkey at 225 degrees at 35-40 mins per pound until the breasts are at 170-175. Allow turkey to rest in a turkey pan before serving..

You can use a turkey rub, if you prefer, but you can omit the salt. The brined turkey will already have enough salt. If you don't have enough space in your refrigerator, you can place it in a brining bag inside an ice cooler, covered with ice water. I brushed melted butter mixed with garlic and and Albanian Sage inside and outside as well as underneath the skin. Rub salt, pepper and paprika onto turkey skin.