Kitchen

[Toppers3]

I love turkey and will make it throughout the year, and not just at the holidays.

I no longer roast a whole turkey for us, as it's just the two of us so I buy either a small, boneless turkey breast, or a larger bone-in turkey breast.

I like the oven-roasted taste of it, so I like to roast it in the oven, but slow-cooking it in a slow cooker is also great for that fall apart juiciness, too. 

[Toppers3]

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@lovesrecess wrote:
How do you get any browning on it if you cook it in a crockpot?

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If you're just going to cook turkey parts/pieces in your cooker, you can brown them in a frying pan first, or in your cooker first if you have one that also has a browning option to get that browned skin.

Then you can put the pieces in your slow cooker with browned skin and let them finish cooking that way.

Or, some people like to use a browning agent on their meat to give it that browned look without actually cooking it.

They'll put some Kitchen Bouquet on their meat to give it that browned look. 

If I want to give my meat a browned look before I slow cook it, I'll brown it first in a frying pan for a few minutes per side, just to give it a bit of a browned look.

I'm not looking to actually cook it, but just to lightly brown it. 

[denisemb]

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@Toppers3 wrote:

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@cookie16 wrote:

I love turkey breast, tendeloin and whole turkey and make one about every month.  I would appreciate knowing how to cook it in a crock pot so any easy recipes  would be great.   I never thought of using a crock pot, especially in the summer.  Thanks in advance.

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Hi @cookie16 ,

Here is a link to an easy slow cokker recipe from the Butterball turkey website, using their 3 pound boneless turkey breast:

https://www.butterball.com/recipes/slow-cooker-turkey-breast

I often refer to their website for guidance. They have really great cooking tips there.

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Topper3:

I looked at that Butterball recipe and there is NO liquid added - I thought most recipes would add a little bit of some kind of liquid?  Have you made this?

Thanks!

[chrystaltree]

Now that it's just the two of us, I only have a big turkey dinner on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve.   When the girls were young, I always did a Thanksgiving in July dinner with turkey and the works and sometimes  turkey for daughter #2's birthday dinner.

[CelticCrafter]

I do not like turkey so I will have one slice of white meat on Thanksgiving day and I'm good to go til the next Thanksgiving dinner.

[Nightowlz]

Usually at Thanksgiving & Christmas. We also have them during the year. DH likes to put them on the smoker.

We have 2 butterball turkey breasts in the freezer. They had them on sale after Christmas/New Years.

I bought 3 of them but we already ate one of them. They are small about 6 lbs. I like the smaller ones since they seem more tender.

[ECBG]

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@lovesrecess wrote:
How do you get any browning on it if you cook it in a crockpot?

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@lovesrecess Generally, there isn't any browning or crisping in a crock pot because there isn't any drying out.  I always pull the skin off before I serve.  It's very moist, and off of a 9 lb breast, I get 2 + cups of broth.

If anyone wants a bite of browned turkey skin, at Thanksgiving I do have the big oven roasted turkey.  The crock one is extra to send home and for sandwiches.

[Toppers3]

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@denisemb wrote:

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@Toppers3 wrote:

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@cookie16 wrote:

I love turkey breast, tendeloin and whole turkey and make one about every month.  I would appreciate knowing how to cook it in a crock pot so any easy recipes  would be great.   I never thought of using a crock pot, especially in the summer.  Thanks in advance.

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Hi @cookie16 ,

Here is a link to an easy slow cokker recipe from the Butterball turkey website, using their 3 pound boneless turkey breast:

https://www.butterball.com/recipes/slow-cooker-turkey-breast

I often refer to their website for guidance. They have really great cooking tips there.

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Topper3:

I looked at that Butterball recipe and there is NO liquid added - I thought most recipes would add a little bit of some kind of liquid?  Have you made this?

Thanks!

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Hi @denisemb ,

I have not made this particular recipe, although I have made a small turkey breast like this in my slow cooker before.

It didn't requre any extra liquid, either.

It was also made with additional stuffing/dressing in the cooker, which did have some liquid added to it to make it moist.

The whole recipe turned out fine. 

If I recall properly, these small boneless breasts may already be injected with a sodium solution to keep them moist. 

I tend to buy these and make these for us over the larger-sized breasts.

[denisemb]

@Toppers3 

Thanks so much for for explanation/experience!  I have one of the little guys in the fridge to make today.

[shoptilyadropagain]

Turkey is probably my favorite protein but only have it at Thanksgiving.  I'm not sure how long that will even last as my niece now hosts our family meal and they all prefer ham. 

I never seem to think about it the rest of the year and don't remember even seeing it.  I'm getting groceries Friday morning and I'm going to look for a turkey breast.