Turkey breast ideas?

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March 26th, 2009
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I've been charged (by my mother-in-law) with making dinner for me, my wife, and in-laws tomorrow night, as my M-i-L will be travelling all day. She bought six (6!) turkey breasts. I never cook with turkey. What should I do with them? Needs to be relatively healthy for my father-in-law, so no bacon-wrapping alas.

Any ideas?

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March 27th, 2009
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logged out Tracer Hand (not verified)

i didn't even know turkey existed after november except as a series of progressively dryer sandwiches.

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March 27th, 2009
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allyzay
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what about something like this?

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/herb-roasted-turkey-breast...

i've made turkey breast on a few occasions and my recipes have all invariably been some variation on the above-style recipe: a olive oil or butter based herb rub massaged into the breast, and then roasted. i made a good one with a molasses-butter-sage (? pretty sure) sweeter mix but can't for the life of me remember the proportions to really give out a recipe for it.

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March 27th, 2009
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Hmm...that does look good..and I think roasting's probably the best way to go. Except I've just actually looked at the fuckers, and have found that they're boneless *and* skinless. They're also cut into cutlets so they're about the size of large chicken breasts. So maybe a recipe for roasted chicken breasts, maybe cooked a bit longer?

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March 27th, 2009
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my fallback for making something with boneless/skinless chicken breasts is chicken piccata, described generally here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_piccata - where the idea is to make the breasts real flat, dust them in flour, fry em up and add some lemon and capers and sauce to them. i don't see why that wouldn't work for turkey!

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March 27th, 2009
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allyzay
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i would go with something like that too -- if they're the same size as a chicken breast for the most part, you'd be better off just using a chicken recipe. i feel like turkey gets drier than chicken so maybe add a little extra oil or cook a little less time?

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March 27th, 2009
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eh, I probably should have gone with the piccata or somesuch, but I've ended up doing something like this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/dining/121mrex.html?ref=dining

except without the turkey thighs, sausage, and celery (why is there no celery in Montenegro???). Basically turkey roasted on top of a bunch of soft vegetables. I'm guessing this will not be the most delicious meal I've ever had. We'll see.

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March 28th, 2009
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aaaaaand it was....pretty good! I didn't overcook the turkey, and the accompanying vegetables+broth was really good. I cut back on the pancetta, in deference to my father-in-law (who didn't even eat with us, as it turned out), and if I make this again I'll up the bacon content. Of course if I do make this again, it'll probably be without turkey. A mix of carrots, onion, leeks, and fresh mushrooms sauteed in bacon fat, then oven-braised in mushroom-soaking liquid is a really tasty thing--why not use it as part of a chicken thighs dish?

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June 23rd, 2009
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I like to do 'butterfly' style turkey tenderloins: I stuff them with fresh garlic, spinach, sundried tomato, roasted peppers, olive oil and then a light coating of 'Adobo' seasoning on top...Seal up in foil, put a little water - slow roast until no longer pink...
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November 12th, 2011
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Интересный вопрос, красивую тему подняли. Прямо скажем актуальную и разложено все.

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