Turkey Brining

By Kcquigley

Brining helps the turkey stay juicy throughout the cooking process. This is done the night before the day you wish to cook your turkey.

Ingredients

• Defrosted Turkey
• Large pot
• Large plastic bag
• Fully defrosted turkey
• 1--1/2 cups kosher salt
• 1 gallon water
• 1 tbs. craked black pepper
• 4 dried bay leaves

Preparation

Step 1

1. Cover pot (or cooler big enough for the size turkey you have) with a plastic bag and add water, kosher salt, cracked black pepper and dried bay leaves.

2. Stir mixture completely to dissolve salt.

3. Place turkey in pot and completely submerge it. Close plastic bag around top of turkey.

4. The brining process take approximately 10 to 12 hours and is best done the night before the turkey is roasted or cooked.