Another EGG success

EggcitedinNJ

Before I went food shopping yesterday my daughter asked me to buy turkey breast. When I went to the deli counter the least expensive real, non extruded stuff, was $9.00 a pound. I picked up an already packaged half pound. Moving onto the protein section of the market I noticed that there was a sale on frozen turkey breast for $.99 a pound. Guess what came home with me? Yes, there was a bone and giblets, but even if my yield is 75% I'm way ahead of the game price wise and I know it's healthier.

Earlier today I cranked up my LBGE and cooked the 7 pound breast to an internal of 150. Given the duration of the cook, there was no need to use my Flame Boss 200, but after manually stabilizing I did anyway just so I could watch the progress while I worked upstairs. As always my FB and EGG worked like a charm; once the bird was on the temperature did not deviate by more than 2 degrees.

I took the bird off the EGG, saved the drippings for what is now becoming a gravy, and after the breast cooled I placed it in my refrigerator. Tonight I'm going to rough cut some of the poultry to make turkey salad for dinner and then thinly slice the rest for sammies in the days to come. Minimal effort, healthier eating, and my wallet is happy. Triple win. :-)

Ivanhoe

Good thinking!

Hotch

Looks good, Oh wait no picture!!

Good call, probably tasted better.

Hotch

Looks good, Oh wait no picture!!

Good call, probably tasted better.

JohnnyTarheel

That sounds like a dream....  No pics????

EggcitedinNJ

Ivanhoe said:

Good thinking!

Hotch said:

Looks good, Oh wait no picture!!

Good call, probably tasted better.

JohnnyTarheel said:

That sounds like a dream....  No pics????

I know I'm quite lame when it comes to posting pictures. The irony is that I'm a avid amateur photography. Go figure.

Tonight's turkey salad dinner ingredients are in the refrig marrying and cooling. There's enough leftover for many sandwiches in the days to come and about a quart of gravy is in the midst of being made for some to be determined future use. IOW, nothing goes to waste.

EggcitedinNJ

Dinner was a hit and this morning both my son and daughter, who are spending their respective days going on road trips with friends, made sandwiches for lunch. There's still about 12 ounces of turkey meat left and, of course, the quart of gravy so there are more good eats to come. Also, I was asked this morning to make another breast so I'm going to make a trip to the market to score another one while they're still on sale.

I've been an EGG owner for five years and I still marvel at what a wonderful cooking device it is.  

THEBuckeye

Didn't happen

EggcitedinNJ

  THEBuckeye said:

Didn't happen

LOL! Yes, I've fabricated the entire story.

Ozzie_Isaac

Sounds awesome!  I struggle with breasts.  I do whole birds.

Maybe time to try breasts again.

MeTed

Great post, thanks for sharing!

EggcitedinNJ

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sounds awesome!  I struggle with breasts.  I do whole birds.

Maybe time to try breasts again.

MeTed said:

Great post, thanks for sharing!

@Ozzie I've done a few on my EGG with various seasonings, sometimes with additional smoking wood and sometimes not and they've all come out fine. IMHO, the key is to monitor the internal temperature. Good luck with your next cook.

@MeTed Thanks for your kind words.

THEBuckeye

EggcitedinNJ said:

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  THEBuckeye said:

Didn't happen

LOL! Yes, I've fabricated the entire story.

"A" for creativity! 

EggcitedinNJ

Another $.99 turkey breast is on its way to becoming future meals. After it's done I'm going to throw some shrimp on my EGG and then use them in rice paper wrapper summer rolls served with a peanut dipping sauce. Credit for the latter goes to my daughter. 

Once again no pictures, so either I'm making it all up, we're going without dinner, or what I wrote is really happening. :-) 

Good eats to all my fellow Eggers!