Chicken stew recipes and beef casseroles are very nice to come home to at the end of a busy day, but what about the times when you fancy something a bit different? Turkey breast makes a welcome change from the more common meats and it is very nutritious.
Unless you are cooking a thanksgiving dinner for the whole family you will probably not want to buy a whole turkey, so choose a turkey breast instead. Turkey breast can be fried, baked or poached, but crockpot cooking makes it really juicy and flavorful.
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Tips for Making Slow Cooked Turkey
A small or medium sized breast is preferable to anything too thick because it will cook better and more evenly. A frozen turkey breast can take four days to thaw so you might want to plan your easy crockpot recipes with turkey breast well in advance. The turkey needs to be defrosted before you start cooking it.
Sometimes when you buy turkey breast, there will be a package of gravy inside, which you will need to remove before adding the meat to the slow cooker. Rub butter all over the turkey breast before you add it to the crockpot, and then add vegetables and some kind of liquid. A can of chicken or turkey broth would work well, or some turkey stock with herbs.
Turkey takes about nine hours to cook in the crockpot so as well as planning several days for it to thaw out, you will need to plan a whole day to let it cook. The size and weight of the turkey breast affects the exact cooking time. Cooking turkey is similar to cooking chicken. When the turkey breast is white all the way through with no pink juices, it is done.
Other ingredients which go especially well with turkey include cranberries, bacon, pineapple and all kinds of vegetables. You can use turkey in lots of different easy crockpot recipes, whether you want to make something hot and satisfying, something exotic and international or a traditional family favorite meal. Turkey is not expensive and it is lean and healthy. Most people very much enjoy the flavor.
You can use leftover slow cooked turkey to make turkey salad recipes or turkey sandwiches. You can even make easy appetizer recipes with any leftovers you might have after the meal.
Other Turkey Crockpot Recipes
Instead of cooking a whole breast, you can make other easy crockpot recipes with it. Dice it into pieces and combine it with your favorite sauce and vegetables. This cooks quicker than cooking a whole breast at once. If you have favorite crockpot chicken recipes, you can usually substitute the chicken for turkey in most of them, for a different flavor.
There are a lot of chicken recipes which you can make in a slow cooker so switching the chicken for turkey should not be a problem. If you have some to use up, why not find some tasty and easy crockpot recipes and draw some inspiration from them?
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