Smoked Bacon Wrapped Turkey Breast Recipe
Ingredients
1 bone-in turkey breast (2.7 – 3 kg) 450 g bacon
MARINADE
230 ml apple cider vinegar
120 ml pure honey
¼ tsp. cayenne pepper
GLAZE
2 Tbsp freshly cracked pepper
230 ml pure honey
Preparation
- Preheat smoker to 135°C
- Separate the back of the turkey breast and remove the ribs.
- De-skin the turkey breast.
- Whisk marinade ingredients in bowl or shake together in apple cider vinegar bottle.
- Using a marinade injection syringe, Inject turkey breast with marinade (20ml per kg ).
- Make a bacon weave
- Place turkey breast upside down in the center of the bacon weave. Pull sides of the bacon weave around turkey breast and flip over onto rack.
- Place turkey on middle rack in smoker. Smoke for 2 hours.
- While turkey is smoking, blend glaze ingredients.
- After two hours, drizzle ½ of the glaze over bacon wrapped turkey breast. Smoke for an additional 1 hour or until internal temperature reaches 75°C (This total cooking time is for a 2.7 – 3 kg bone-in turkey breast. Based on the weight of your turkey breast and if it is bone-in, you will need to adjust the total cooking time. Make sure your internal temperature reaches 75°C).
- Remove turkey from smoker and slice. Drizzle the rest of the glaze over the top of turkey.
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