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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have cajun injected smoked turkey breast using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Cajun Injected Smoked Turkey Breast:
- Take For the turkey:
- Prepare 1 (7-8 lb) turkey breast
- Make ready 2 1/2 tsp chili powder
- Take 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- Get 1 tsp ground black pepper
- Prepare 3/4 tsp sea salt
- Get 1/4 tsp cayenne powder (1/2 for more heat)
- Take 3 tbs warm water
- Get 1 tbs honey
- Prepare 1/3 cup oil (vegetable or light olive is best)
- Prepare Other supplies
- Prepare 1 bag charcoal (if smoker/grill is charcoal)
- Get 1 bag hickory, mesquite or apple wood chips
- Prepare Injector syringe with needle
- Get Smoker or large grill
- Take Water
- Take Smoker box (for gas grills)
- Get Grill thermometer
- Get Meat thermometer
For a charcoal grill: Place a drip pan half filled with water in the center of the fire bed. Sprinkle half of the wood chips on the coals. Place the turkey breast halves on the grill rack over the drip pan. You will have to fill the syringe numerous times.
Instructions to make Cajun Injected Smoked Turkey Breast:
- Remove turkey breast from package, rinse and then pat dry with clean paper towels. Place on a large platter or foil lined cookie sheet, meat side up.
- In a mediun bowl mix together all the dry seasoning. Add the water and honey. Stir with fork to combine until honey is fully melted in. Slowly add oil while continuing to stir constantly.
- When everything is well incorporated set 1 tbs of mixture aside. Draw remaining mixture up into injector syringe and inject into turkey breast in several places all over until all of the mixture is used up. Rub reserved mixture all over skin.
- Soak wood chips in water for about 15 minutes while you prepare your smoker according to its user manual, or set up a grill for indirect heat if you do not have a smoker. Note: indirect heat means building your fire on one side of the kettle and placing meat over the empty space (usually filled with a "drip pan") on the other side to cook slowly.
- When the smoker reaches 300°F, place wood chips directly on coals (or into smoker box placed on flame for gas grills). Place turkey breast on grate and cover tightly with lid. Cook for 2 - 3 hrs, checking every 20 - 30 minutes, replacing coals and chips as needed. Turkey is done when internal temp reaches at least 165°f.
- When turkey breast is done remove from smoker, tent loosely with foil and let rest 20-30 minutes before carving.
- Note: If the turkey breast begins looking too brown but is not fully cooked you can either tent with foil while still on the smoker or transfer to a 300°F oven (again, tent with foil) to finish cooking.
If you're choosing to deep-fry your turkey or chicken, by injecting the flavors inside the meat, you won't have to worry about the hot oil washing them off. Best Chicken and Turkey Injection Recipes. Meat is typically marinated by allowing it to soak in a sauce to soften and add flavor. While it can have very tasty results, the unfortunate truth about this method is that most of that flavor stays in the top ¼ inch of meat. Deep-fried turkey actually started as a Cajun dish and the first step is a delicious injection marinade.
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