Most everyone loves the taste of this salty-sweet cranberry turkey brine. I’ve been using brine for years when making turkey and chicken. After trying a number of recipes, I finally settled on this one — a combination of my three favorite recipes with all the wonderful flavors of Thanksgiving.
Preparation Details
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: Not available
Total Time: 10 mins
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 1 gallon water
- 1 (12 fluid ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate
- 1 (12 fluid ounce) can frozen cranberry juice concentrate
- 1 cup kosher salt
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 medium lemon, cut into wedges
- 1 medium orange, cut into wedges
- 1 medium red onion, cut into wedges
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon dried thyme leaves
- 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 (3 inch) cinnamon stick
- 4 large bay leaves
Steps
- Combine water, orange and cranberry juice concentrates, kosher salt, brown sugar, lemon, orange, red onion, garlic, thyme, pepper, cinnamon stick, and bay leaves in a large stockpot. Stir until salt and brown sugar have dissolved.
