Cured Turkey

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solaryellow

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My last adventure of the weekend was to try Pops' cured turkey recipe. So I picked up a 12 lbs bird and started brining it last Tuesday following Pops' instructions in this thread:

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/forum/thread/98333/lo-salt-cured-and-smoked-turkey

I went with the original recipe instead of the low salt version. It turned out pretty damn good! I think I am going to play with this recipe a bit more to suit my tastes. As a stand alone protein I found the meat just a little too salty and sweet for my palate. However, it made for some incredible turkey salad. The meat was very tender and moist. I brought some leftovers into work today and everyone that tried it really liked it. It seemed like it got even better while refrigerating over night.

Thanks for the recipe Pops!

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Looks good I've got to try doing one
 
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Yes Joel your turkey looks and sounds awesome and I know it was tastey too. Now I have cured turkey legs in the ast but never a whole bird. Did you cure it in a brine or dry cure. I would think that a brine cure would be the way to go.
 
It was brined Mark. I used Pop's ingredients in his thread per every gallon of brine. It took me about 1 3/4 gallons of brine to get the turkey fully submerged and then I left it in the fridge for 4 1/2 days before patting dry and smoking.
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Yes Joel your turkey looks and sounds awesome and I know it was tastey too. Now I have cured turkey legs in the ast but never a whole bird. Did you cure it in a brine or dry cure. I would think that a brine cure would be the way to go.
 
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