Make Your Turkey Melt in Your Mouth Turkey Brine

This brine is super simple and makes your turkey so moist and delicious you'll be asked to make it again and again.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 44 Calories

Ingredients

• 4 bay leaves
• 2 tablespoons ground black pepper
• 6 sprigs fresh thyme
• 6 sprigs fresh rosemary
• 1 (64 fluid ounce) bottle apple juice
• ½ cup kosher salt
• 9 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth
• 4 oranges, halved
• 7 stalks celery, cut into large chunks
• 3 onions, cut into large chunks
• 2 fresh sage leaves
• ¼ cup poultry seasoning

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine chicken broth and apple juice in a food-safe container large enough to hold your turkey and the brine ingredients. Squeeze juice from orange halves and drop spent orange halves into the broth mixture; add celery, onion, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, and sage leaves to the mixture. Stir salt, poultry seasoning, and black pepper into the liquid to dissolve.