Smoke-Roasted Turkey Breast with Pomegranate-Thyme Glaze
Recipe from myrecipes.com: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/smoke-roasted-turkey-breast
Total time: 2 hours, 10 min
Prep: 30 min
Cook: 2 hours, 10 min
Ingredients
- 2 cups cherry or apple wood chips
- 1 (6-lb) whole bone-in turkey breast
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme, divided
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 large shallot, finely chopped
- 1 1/2 cups pomegranate juice
- 1/4 cup sugar
- Cooking spray
Directions
- Soak wood chips in water one hour; drain well.
- Trim excess fat from turkey. Loosen skin from breast by inserting fingers and gently pushing between skin and meat. Combine two teaspoons thyme, one and one-half teaspoons salt, pepper, and garlic, stirring well. Rub thyme mixture under loosened skin.
- Heat oil in small saucepan over medium-high heat; swirl to coat. Add remaining one teaspoon thyme, remaining one-half teaspoon salt, and shallot; sauté for two minutes. Add juice and sugar. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes or until syrupy and reduced to about one-half cup. Remove from heat.
- To prepare turkey for indirect grilling, remove grill rack. Preheat the grill to medium-high using both burners. After preheating, turn the left burner off (leave the right burner on). Place one cup wood chips on heat element on right side. Place a disposable aluminum foil pan on heat element on left (unheated) side. Pour two cups water in pan. Coat grill rack with cooking spray and place on grill. Place the turkey on grill rack covering left burner. Cover and grill for one hour and 20 minutes or until a thermometer registers 165°, turning halfway during cooking time. Add the remaining one cup wood chips halfway during cooking time, and brush turkey with half of pomegranate mixture during last five minutes of cooking. Place the turkey on a platter. Let stand 30 minutes. Discard skin. Serve with remaining pomegranate mixture.
Nutritional Information
349 calories; 2 fat; 64g protein; 14g carbs; 176mg cholesterol; 3.5mg iron; 587mg sodium; 39mg calcium