1st bone in turkey breast (pic heavy)

MusicMan78

Since I could not do a turkey for Thanksgiving (logistics of going to both mine and wife's parents in same day prohibited it) decided to try my first foray into the realm of turkey. I took an 8.5lb bone in turkey breast out of the package and left in the fridge yesterday to let it dry out.

First I deboned it (thirdeye style). Then rubbed with EVOO and rosemary garlic/greek seasoning.



Trussed it up and put it back in the fridge so the skin could dry a bit more.



Here it is pre-egg. Used the same seasonings as the inside but added a bit of paprika



The bones that I removed were placed in a pot with carrots, onions, celery, salt and pepper and allowed to simmer for a few hours.



Here it is in the drip pan



This is the whole setup: indirect, pan with stock and bones, 350 degree dome, pecan and cherry wood.



The finished drippings, had to add about 2 more cups of water during the cooking process to keep it from drying out. Shredded the meat from the bones and strained the broth and added both to the gravy.



Finished product, pulled at 160F and allowed to rest.





After slicing. The meat had a good flavor from the herbs/smoke and was still really juicy





On the plate with my favorite comfort foods; green bean casserole, mashed potatos with skins, stuffing and GRAVY!



The dogs were in top begging form... (as usual!)

Mikee

Demm Dawgs made me laugh. :laugh:

Hoss

YESSIR,YOU are a WILEY WRABBIT! I buy Turkeys at Tgiving when they are $.10 per pound. :woohoo: Cut the breast off and either make stock or use the scraps for bait.....Don't ask! :evil:

Grillin & Chillin

Dat Is Vety NICE! & Welcome!

cocktails42

Nice, nice, nice, Dave!

You make me want to try that.

And I love your little guys.

eenie meenie

Dave, the turkey breast looks delicious!

After looking at your and Celeste's posts with a deboned turkey breast, I'm going to debone one the next time. I'll have to pull up Thirdeye's site again for the prep. Thanks for sharing.

BTW, love the dogs!

Mud Pig

Wow, next time you need to send out an invite. I'd come over for Thanksgiving any day. Looks awesome, nice way to get soem turkey in without having to do a whole bird.

thirdeye

Man, that is a picture perfect pictorial.

MemphisQue

Looks like it came out very moist..I am going to try my first turkey on the egg soon.