Alton Brown Turkey Brine and Good Eats Roast Turkey Recipe

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Alton Brown's turkey brine recipe from Good Eats will give you a flavorful Thanksgiving turkey with juicy white and dark meat.

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Ingredients

• One 14-16-pound frozen natural, young turkey

• 1 gallon vegetable broth (homemade or canned)

• 1 cup kosher salt

• ½ cup brown sugar

• 1 tablespoon black peppercorns

• 1½ teaspoons allspice berries

• 1½ tablespoons candied ginger, chopped

• 1 gallon H2O, iced

• 1 red apple, quartered

• ½ onion, quartered

• 1 stick cinnamon

• 1 cup H20

• 4 sprigs rosemary

• 6 sage leaves

• Canola oil