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organic roast turkey

Organic Turkey Breast

Genevieve Jerome
Organic Turkey Breast is the turkey recipe for Thanksgiving. My easy perfect roast turkey is made with fresh ingredients like a high-quality turkey, butter, celery, lemons, Mandarin oranges, onion, fresh garlic, bone broth, spices, and some fresh herbs. My secret ingredient is mandarin oranges which make all the difference in keeping the turkey nice and moist throughout the cooking process.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Course Thanksgiving, Holiday, Recipes
Cuisine American
Servings 6 people
Calories 25 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 11-14 pounds Whole Turkey
  • 2 sticks Irish butter
  • 3 lemons Sliced one lemon, juice the second lemon, zest the third lemon
  • 2 orages sliced one orange and zest the other orange
  • 4 Madarain Oranges reserve two for zest
  • 1 tablespoon Himalayan sea salt 
  • 1 tbsp Black Pepper
  • 1 yellow onion, quarted
  • 3 cloves chopped garlic
  • 1 bunch celery, trimmed and halved
  • 3 sprigs fresh rosemary
  • 4 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 2 sprigs fresh sage
  • 3 sprigs fresh marjoram
  • 1 bunch fresh parsley

Instructions
 

  • Make sure your turkey to completely thawed
  • Preheat oven to 350-degrees farenheit
  • Remove the giblets from the turkey. Do not rinse your turkey unless it is frozen and needs more time to thaw.
  • Prepare your turkey by patting it dry with paper towels and removing any excess liquid.
  • Place the turkey in a large roasting pan.
  • Liberally salt and pepper the turkey and inside the turkey cavity.
  • Stuff the turkey with the orange sliced, halved lemons, mandarin oranges (reserve two for adding juice to the turkey), quartered onion, some of the celery sticks, and the rosemary, thyme, sage, marjoram, and parsley.
  • Brush the outside of the turkey with the herbed butter mixture.
  • Next, add the chopped garlic, and mandarin orange juice to the top and the outside of the turkey.
  • Add the remaining celery sticks, quartered onion, fresh herbs, orange and lemon slices to the bottom of the roasting pan. Add the chicken stock to the roasting pan. This will all help keep the turkey moist during the cooking process. 
  • Roast the turkey for 2-2/2 hours, depending on the weight. I'm using a 13-pound turkey for this recipe
  • Baste or brush the turkey with the herbed butter mixture each half-hour that the turkey is cooking. You can also baste from the juices in the roasting pan. 
  • Make sure to use a meat thermometer to gauge when the turkey is finished cooking. The meat thermometer should read 165-degrees at the meatiest part of the turkey. 
  • Let the turkey rest for 20 minutes in the roasting pan under tinfoil before carving. 
  • Slice the turkey and serve. 

Notes

Herbed Butter Recipe 

INGREDIENTS

Easy Herbed Butter
  • 1-stick Irish Butter 
  • 4-sprigs fresh rosemary 
  • 4-sprigs fresh thyme 
  • 1-sprig fresh sage
  • 1-sprig fresh marjoram 
  • 1-mandarin orange plus the zest from the mandarin orange 

INSTRUCTIONS

Easy Herbed Butter
  1. Add the Irish butter, rosemary, thyme, sage, marjoram, and peeled mandarin orange to a saucepan over medium heat. 
  2. Next, add the mandarin orange zest and combine all of the ingredients as they melt. 
  3. Bring the heat down to low and simmer. 
  4. Leave it on the simmer setting as the turkey cooks and use the easy herbed butter to baste the turkey throughout the cooking process. 
All images and text © Genevieve Jerome / Fitty Foodlicious 2022 

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 25kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 1gFat: 0.3gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.05gCholesterol: 0.1mgSodium: 1170mgPotassium: 154mgFiber: 2gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 883IUVitamin C: 43mgCalcium: 39mgIron: 1mg
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