jgsugden Thank you for the Brine recipe

[KnowTheToe]

jgsugden, thank you it was very yummy. I also gave it to my sister who lives in CA and she and her family loved it as well.

Anybody else reading this, I suggest you copy it down.

1 Gallon Water
1 cup kosher salt
3/4 soy sauce
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup each of white sugar, brown sugar and honey
4-6 cloves crushed garlic
3-4 tbsp. whole pepper corn
1.5 tsp. all spice or a dash or two of nutmeg & cinnamon and 8 whole cloves


Mix everything in a pot and heat until it is good and steamy and all sugars are dissolved. Let cool completely before putting with turkey. Completely submerge turkey in brine and let soak for about 12 hours. I lined a 5-gallon bucket with a garbage bag and put the turkey in that. You squeeze out as much air as possible from the bag to minimize the amount of brine required. I used 2 batches. I then put the bucket with the turkey in the garage (I live in Chicago area) and packed it with ice. Take the turkey out, (rinse it if you want) and let it drain for a few hours. Stick it your oven and cook.


Trust me this was an excellent recipe.

 

[der_kluge]

Mmm, yummy. No doubt that would work on pork chops as well, I imagine.

Any idea how Kosher salt is different from sea salt? I have sea salt, but no kosher salt. Does it require kosher salt, or just regular ol' sea salt?

 

[tarchon]

This works generally with meat. The basic formula for a marinade is an acidic (usually acetic, citric, or tannic) brine solution. The rest of the stuff is just flavor and can be altered to taste.

 

[Henry]

Mmm, yummy. No doubt that would work on pork chops as well, I imagine.

Any idea how Kosher salt is different from sea salt? I have sea salt, but no kosher salt. Does it require kosher salt, or just regular ol' sea salt?

Sea Salt is coarser than kosher salt, which is in turn coarser than table salt.

http://www.davidscooking.com/ingredients/koshersalt/koshersalt.html

 

[KnowTheToe]

doublepost

 

[KnowTheToe]

I edited the title of the thread because I figured out it was jgsugden who provided the recipe

 

[Aeolius]

And here I thought the post was going to be about brine shrimp cocktail.

 

[jgsugden]

You're more than welcome. That brine has convinced more than one person that I am a culinary genius.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm burning water in the kitchen.

 

[TiQuinn]

Mmm, yummy. No doubt that would work on pork chops as well, I imagine.

Any idea how Kosher salt is different from sea salt? I have sea salt, but no kosher salt. Does it require kosher salt, or just regular ol' sea salt?

It's a matter of taste, but you can use either. Sea salt usually has a very different flavor depending on the mineral content of the water it was collected from. The granules are a little bit larger than kosher salt, so you'll want to use a little bit less.

 

[Henry]

Just a quick addition to the "thanks list."

This week I cooked this recipe (with a few small changes like table salt instead of kosher, and no cloves) for my family, and for my workplace. Everyone who has tried it has loved it so far, and I have already had more than one request for the recipe!

I am telling them a friend online recommended it to me, because the extra 15 minutes of explanation of how I got it from a D&D messageboard just isn't worth it.

I am however saving that story for the next time someone rags on D&D.