Oven-baked turkey breast is a versatile, dietary dish that will appeal to both adults and children. It is not difficult to cook it, there is only one subtlety - to choose the right temperature so as not to overdry the tender, white poultry meat.
Oven baked turkey breast - cooking options
This meat is universal, it can be cooked in almost any way, combined with any food. The whole breast is perfectly complemented with spices, garlic, aromatic herbs.
By cutting it into pieces, you can cook a delicious stew with potatoes, carrots, onions, asparagus, beans, mushrooms or cabbage of any variety. Or you can go all out and make a stuffed turkey breast roll stuffed with spinach, mashed potatoes, liver or minced meat. Poultry breast with dried apricots and prunes is also tasty.
The easiest, proven recipe
Cooked in this way, the turkey breast can decorate any table, and can be served for dinner or lunch every day as a hot meat dish. When cold, cut into thin slices, it can be used for nutritious and very tasty vegetable sandwiches. Products:
- one and a half to two kilogram turkey fillets in one piece;
- two liters of water and four tablespoons of salt;
- a small head of garlic;
- 1 teaspoon of ground red and black pepper, paprika, coriander;
- one tablespoon of mustard, dried herbs of your choice - rosemary, basil, marjoram, etc .;
- 3-4 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
The prepared fillet should be dipped in salt water for two hours. At this time, while the meat is marinating, prepare the mixture for coating: combine all the ingredients in a bowl, except for the garlic, and grind well. You will get a fairly thick, granular mass, it should not drain from the breast when you coat it with it. If it still turns out watery, add a little breadcrumbs.
Remove the turkey, dry it with a napkin, stuff with garlic cloves cut into slices. Then coat on all sides with a mixture of spices - the layer should come out quite dense and thick. You need to bake in a hot oven - 250 degrees - exactly without opening the oven and without taking out the bird, remove the fire and leave the breast to languish for another two hours. It won't cool down completely. But you will see what juicy, fragrant meat you get - without a hint of dryness and stiffness.
Important: do not be afraid of high temperatures and do not look into the oven ahead of time, do not pierce the meat so as not to break the crust that has formed, try to keep it in a warm oven for exactly two hours, despite the appetizing aroma that will lure all the household into the kitchen without a doubt.
How can I change the recipe
Try to cook the breast in the same way, but change the spices a little: for example, instead of paprika and dry herbs, take curry, turmeric, ginger, flavor the mixture with soy sauce and orange zest. You will get a completely new dish! And you can take ketchup, adjika, sour cream instead of mustard. A particularly piquant crisp will turn out if ground nuts are added to the sauce. Enjoy your meal!
Turkey meat is one of the most delicious, healthy and dietary types. The best dish is obtained from turkey fillet in the oven. It comes out tender, soft and nourishing, and its amazing aroma will attract the whole family to the kitchen.
Oven baked turkey - a classic recipe
Poultry meat is ideal both for a festive table and as a main dish for those who want to lose weight. Its taste can be varied with any ingredients of your choice.
But nothing can replace the classic, time-tested recipe. Usually a full carcass of a turkey is used for such a case.
You will need:
- turkey - 1 carcass;
- three oranges;
- three apples;
- a little soy sauce;
- ground pepper of different varieties;
- salt and garlic to taste.
Cooking steps:
- If you bought a ready-made frozen bird, it must be thawed and washed. If you are a happy owner of domestic turkeys, then it is recommended to carefully process the carcass, rid it of the liver and rinse it under the tap. The surface of the meat should be blotted with a towel.
- Now you can start the marinade. Its main ingredient is oranges. Squeeze the juice out of them into a separate bowl. Pour the soy sauce there and chop the small pieces of garlic.
- Remember to rub the prepared turkey with the salt and pepper mixture.
- Transfer the meat to a deep saucepan and pour the mixture of orange juice into it. Close the bowl with a lid and put in the refrigerator for a day.
- After the time is up, remove the carcass from the juice and stuff it with chopped apples and oranges.
- Line a baking sheet with foil and pour a little over the remaining marinade. Put the bird in the sauce and cover with foil on top.
- The oven temperature is 180 degrees Celsius. Baking time - 1.5 hours.
- After the time has passed, remove the foil and check the readiness of the carcass. After that, depending on the condition, you can continue cooking for another hour.
Turkey fillet baked in a sleeve in the oven
The sealed sleeve ensures that the poultry cooks in its own juice. Thanks to this, the dish will turn out juicy and fantastic in taste.
List of ingredients:
- turkey thigh fillet;
- three tomatoes;
- a bunch of fresh herbs;
- salt and vegetable oil to taste;
- soy sauce;
- one lemon;
- vegetable oil of any kind;
- dried pepper.
Turkey meat is in special demand among housewives for its tenderness and dietary properties. Turkey breast recipes have many options, among which there is sure to be one that will appeal to all households.
If for some reason a novice cook overdried the fillet during cooking, then the situation can be saved by serving a creamy or sweet and sour sauce to the finished dish.
Turkey breast baked with potatoes in the oven
- 400 g of turkey fillet is washed, cut into small pieces and dried with paper towels. If the meat is frozen, then it is necessary to keep it in warm water until completely defrosted, not forgetting to periodically change the liquid.
- The prepared pieces are laid out in a bowl, sprinkled with salt, pepper and spices. Leave to marinate for ten minutes.
- Half a kilogram of potatoes is cut into rounds or pieces equal to meat. Then they are laid out in an even layer in a form, salted, peppered.
- A small amount of liquid is poured into the bottom of the mold so that the potatoes acquire a soft texture during the baking process and are saturated with the aroma of meat and spices.
- A large onion is peeled and cut into thin half rings, which are evenly distributed over the potatoes.
- A layer of turkey is laid out on top. The form is covered with a lid or foil and baked at 200 ° C for one hour. Ten minutes before the end of cooking, the lid or foil is removed to obtain a delicious crust.
- If desired, the dish can be sprinkled with grated cheese.
This recipe has step by step photos. Be sure to try this recipe, you won't regret it. I saw the recipe for such pastrami from turkey breast in many sources, including Yulia Vysotskaya (she cooked in the same way, with garlic and soaking in salt water, but the ingredients for smearing were slightly different: sweet paprika, salt, a mixture of different peppers: white, black, red and vegetable oil). I advise it so strongly because this is a recipe that I personally cook over and over again - everyone at home asks, and I myself want it. You know, there are dishes that sink into the soul, are remembered. Here is one of them. Even now, when I look at the photos of this turkey pastrami, I really want a piece.
Ingredients: 1.5 kg. turkey breast fillet, 2 liters of water for marinade, ground coriander - 1 teaspoon, coriander grains - 1 tablespoon, mustard - 1 tablespoon, red hot pepper - 1 teaspoon, oregano - 1 tablespoon, dried basil - 1 tablespoon spoon, red paprika - 1 tablespoon, garlic - 5 cloves, vegetable oil - 3 tablespoons, salt - 4 tablespoons.
Cooking method:
- Pour water into a saucepan, dilute salt in water, dip the washed turkey breast without skin into the water. Let marinate in this brine for 2 hours.
- After 2 hours of marinating, remove the turkey fillet from the water, blot lightly with napkins, stuff with chopped garlic cloves into plates. You can also use more garlic.
- Prepare a homogeneous mixture from all seasonings and vegetable oil. Rub the meat all over with this mixture.
- Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. Please note - it is very important to preheat the oven.
- Put the meat, laid out on a baking sheet, in a preheated oven and stand for exactly 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes, turn off the oven and, in no case opening the oven door, keep the turkey breast fillet in the cooling oven for 2 hours.
So, within 2 hours, the turkey will reach full readiness in the switched off oven. She will have a baked crust and inside she will be very juicy. Perhaps inside the meat will be pink, but this should not scare you - it should be - just try it, it's delicious.
Recipe number 2. Spicy turkey breast fillet baked in the oven in foil
This recipe is even simpler than the previous one, but it is only suitable for those who love spicy, because adjika, red pepper and garlic are involved here (just a nuclear mixture!). If you don’t really like spicy dishes, then instead of red pepper, take black, but smaller, and instead of adjika, you can take the usual non-spicy ketchup or tomato paste. Do not spare the garlic, stuff the turkey with it "up and down", making deep cuts with a sharp knife and pushing the pieces of garlic deeper inside.
Ingredients: 1.5 kg. turkey breast fillet, adjika - 2 tablespoons, garlic - 5 cloves, vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons, red hot pepper - 0.5 teaspoons, salt - 2 teaspoons (without a slide), water for soaking the turkey.
Cooking method:
- Pour water into a saucepan, dilute salt in water, dip the washed turkey breast without skin into the water. Let marinate in this brine for 2 hours.
- After 2 hours of marinating, remove the turkey fillet from the water, blot with a paper towel, stuff with garlic.
- Prepare a mixture of adjika, vegetable oil, hot red pepper, spread the meat properly with this mixture.
- Wrap the meat in foil and place in the oven for 30 minutes. The oven must be preheated to 200 degrees.
- After 30 minutes, the oven should be turned off, leaving the meat inside, without opening the oven door, let the meat stand for another hour and a half.
Recipe number 3. Turkey fillet in the oven with potatoes
Great recipe, very simple and very tasty. There are a minimum of ingredients (for simplicity of the recipe, I give here a very ascetic option - by and large, only turkey and potatoes, but in the next recipe I will show what other vegetables can be added to this recipe, except for potatoes). This dish is best cooked in a sealed baking bag.
Ingredients: 1 kg. turkey breast fillet, potatoes - 6 pcs., onion - 1 pc., carrots - 1 pc., salt, ground black pepper, 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Optional: 300 grams of whole mushrooms.
Cooking method:
- Chop the onion, grate the carrot.
- If there are mushrooms, just wash them, you don’t need to cut them, even if they are large champignons.
- In a saucepan, mix the turkey fillet, carrots, onions, potatoes, vegetable oil, salt and pepper the mixture.
- Put the mixture in a baking bag or in a thick cauldron, add a couple of tablespoons of water, put in the oven for 50 minutes at 200 degrees. The form in which the dish is baked should be hermetically closed (if a cauldron, then the lid should tightly cover it). The dish will turn out very juicy, soft. Water should not evaporate, the dish should not be fried, it should be stewed in its own juice.
Mushrooms - champignons, whole will look very good in this recipe. Just wash them and add to the mixture. The finished dish will have whole mushrooms. Cabbage will also look good in this dish. Ideally, a mixture of regular (fresh white) and sauerkraut.
Recipe number 4. Turkey fillet in the oven with vegetables
This recipe has a lot of ingredients. I love recipes that have a lot of ingredients, because they give a very, very rich taste, just an explosion of emotions, a real pleasure. It is clear that almost any vegetable in this dish can be neglected and cooked without their participation. It will just taste a little different, but nevertheless, it will still turn out very tasty.
Ingredients: 1 kg. turkey breast fillet, potatoes - 4 pcs., onion - 1 pc., carrots - 1 pc., chopped white cabbage - 200 grams, sauerkraut - 150 grams (handful), small zucchini - 1 pc., small eggplant - 1 pc., handful green beans, sweet pepper (preferably colored - red, yellow) - 1 pc., adjika or delicious Georgian tomato sauce - 3 tablespoons, salt, ground black pepper, 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, herbs: dill and parsley.
Cooking method:
- Wash the turkey fillet and cut into cubes (with a side of 2-3 cm).
- Peel the potatoes, wash and cut into fairly large pieces.
- Chop the cabbage, grate the carrots, chop the onion, cut the zucchini and eggplant into cubes (you can remove the skin), chop the red sweet pepper into strips. String beans do not require grinding.
- Mix all vegetables and meat in a large saucepan, salt and pepper to taste, add tomato sauce, vegetable oil, knead.
- Transfer the mixture to a baking bag or large cauldron, cover it with a lid, bake in the oven for 2 hours at 180 degrees. Let it languish and stew until fully cooked. Vegetables will give all the juices and flavors.
Recipe number 5. Turkey breast fillet in the accordion oven with soy sauce, cheese and tomatoes
This method of roasting meat is well known to experienced cooks. The meat is cut into slices along the entire length, without cutting to the end, that is, the piece remains intact, but repeatedly cut along the length. A slice of tomato and cheese is inserted into each incision (pocket). As a result, we get a very beautiful meat accordion, in each fold of which there is a red color of a tomato and browned cheese.Ingredients: 1 kg. turkey breast fillet, 2 medium tomatoes, 150 grams of cheese, soy sauce - 3 tablespoons, salt, ground black pepper, other seasonings to taste (for example, suneli hops, coriander, sweet red paprika or basil.)
Cooking method:
- Wash the turkey fillet, remove the skin, dip in saline for an hour (4 tablespoons of salt per 2 liters of water). You can keep the water with the marinating turkey in the refrigerator.
- Pat the meat with a napkin to remove excess water, sprinkle the meat with soy sauce, and season with spices.
- Cut the meat several times without cutting all the way through.
- Insert slices of tomato and cheese into the slits.
- Wrap the accordion meat in foil, bake in the oven for 30 minutes at 200 degrees.
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Turkey fillet in the oven can be baked in several ways. For example, use foil or a baking sleeve. Even more juicy fillet will turn out in a creamy or sour cream sauce. As well as potatoes, tomatoes and cheese.
This meat is considered dietary and very useful. The calorie content of a turkey is on average 276 kcal. It should be borne in mind that the calorie content of the breast and, say, the thigh will be different. Therefore, if you are on a diet, choose less fatty parts of the carcass for a low-calorie lunch.
Those who often visit my blog know that we love birds and often cook interesting ones. Today we will analyze step by step the most delicious recipes for roasting turkey fillet in the oven. These dishes are suitable for the festive table and for every day. Choose what you like best and cook with pleasure.
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Oven baked in foil in the oven fillet of turkey breast - lick your fingers
This recipe works for both turkey breasts and thighs. We get amazing, juicy meat thanks to kefir marinade, cheese and tomatoes.
2. I pour kefir into a deep bowl and squeeze lemon juice into it. Salt, pepper and add Provencal seasoning. You can add curry, but I have run out) Stir so that the salt dissolves. I soak all the pieces of meat in this marinade. Marinated for an hour and a half.
3. The meat is marinated. I spread each piece of fillet in the middle of a sheet of foil. I also add a tablespoon of marinade. And I turn the corners up. I twist the foil a little on top like a candy wrapper and put it in the brazier. I send it to a warmed up to 200 deg. oven.
4. After 40 min. She took out a brazier and unwrapped the foil. For each piece of meat I laid out 2-3 circles of tomatoes and a pinch of grated cheese.
5. And so, in an open form, I bake for another ten minutes.
This is such a tasty treat. A lot of juice has formed in the foil. Serve on plates and drizzle with juice. Treat family and friends!
Turkey in the oven in tomato sauce with potatoes and vegetables
The longer the meat marinates, the juicier and more tender the finished dish will be. Keep this in mind when you are about to cook. I forgot to include garlic in the recipe. Take as much as you like.
How to cook:
1. My breast and dry it with a towel. Peel the garlic, cut into halves. And I stuff the meat with garlic, making cuts with the tip of a knife.
2. Mixed mustard, vinegar, oil, all spices and salt in a bowl. Prepared the marinade. I thoroughly coat the piece of meat with this marinade. I cover and leave in the refrigerator for 12 hours. If you can’t marinate for a long time, then at least at least two hours.
3. The meat is marinated. I spread the whole piece in a brazier and put it in heated to 200 degrees. oven.
4. Such a large piece will be fried for about an hour. Three or four times during frying, I pour the carcass with the released juice. After an hour I take it out, cool and you can eat. It's so simple, delicious and festive!
The next recipe for turkey with potatoes, onions and tomatoes from the Natali Li channel
Turkey meat in the oven with tomato sauce, potatoes and vegetables - video recipe
A very quick and easy recipe for a gorgeous roast turkey in the oven with vegetables.
Natalie showed and told everything so deliciously, and even served it wonderfully!
Turkey fillet baked in a sleeve with sour cream; fragrant and juicy
The following recipe is my favorite. In the sleeve, the meat is wonderfully saturated with juice and spices. I cook any turkey in my sleeve. It always turns out great!
I have a turkey thigh fillet. This meat itself is juicier than the breast. And when cooked in a sleeve, it just melts in your mouth. In addition, I added a little butter and sour cream.
This recipe can no longer be called low-calorie.
If you do not want extra fat, you can exclude both butter and sour cream. It will still taste - overeating
How to cook:
I cut the washed and dried meat in several places. I rub salt and pepper on all sides. On a fine grater, I rub the zest of an orange and squeeze out the juice. I mix orange juice, spices, mustard and olive oil in a glass. Leave the zest aside for now.
Now let's use the baking sleeve. I fasten one end of the sleeve. I put the meat there and pour the marinade right in the sleeve. I distribute the marinade over the entire surface of the meat. I tightly tie the second end of the sleeve.
I leave the meat to marinate. Once again, the longer the meat is marinated, the better the result. Got it after 2-3 hours. I open one side of the sleeve. Carefully, so that the marinade does not leak out, I take out the meat. Now, in those cuts that I made at the beginning, I put in a small piece of butter.
I coat with sour cream on all sides and put it back in a bag with marinade. Now I pour finely chopped garlic cloves and orange zest into it. I seal the bag again. I put it in the roaster and put it in the oven for 200 degrees. for half an hour. After half an hour, cut the bag and remove it, and let the turkey bake for another half an hour. Reduce the temperature to 160 deg.
The yummy is indescribable! Be sure to give this recipe a try.
Turkey fillet with apples and oranges in honey sauce
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