pecan smoked turkey. Pecan-Smoked Turkey I love the sweet, nutty flavor that pecan wood chips give to a brined turkey. Use the grill or a smoker to bring out this marvelous flavor. —Wendy Gales, Jacksonville, Florida Turkey Basics. Before we jump in to making this smoked turkey, I want to cover a few of the basics:. pecan smoked turkey

You can have pecan smoked turkey using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of pecan smoked turkey
  1. Prepare of turkey.
  2. You need of turkey injector "cajun butter".
  3. Prepare of garlic powder 2 table spoon.
  4. It’s of table spoons onion powder.
  5. You need of table spoons Cajun seasoning.
  6. It’s of black pepper.
  7. It’s of sugar and salt brine.
  8. Prepare of habenero peppers.
  9. It’s of bay leaves.
  10. Prepare of water.
  11. It’s of bag of ice.

That's because these birds are slowly smoked over real puh-can, uh we mean pee-can hardwoods until they are golden brown and sizzling with perfection. Pecan Applewood Smoked Turkey Breast With very little effort required, this pecan applewood smoked turkey breast is rubbed with a simple poultry seasoning, smoked over a pan of cranberry infused water for a moist smoking environment, with smoky coals, pecan wood chunks, and wet applewood chips. Tender, juicy turkey like no other! Texas-Pecan Smoked Turkey with Bourbon-Sage Honey Glaze.

pecan smoked turkey instructions

  1. Brine turkey with 3 habenero peppers cut in half, one cup salt, one cup sugar and water to cover bird. Be sure to desolve the salt and sugar in the water. Add bird with a bag of ice allow to brine for at least 6 hours ir overnight.

  2. Rinse bird, season and inject bird. Be sure to hit breast, legs, wingband thighs..

  3. Smoke turkey for 6 hours.

In today's recipe we are smoking a Texas-Pecan Turkey with a Bourbon-Honey glaze on the Pit Barrel Cooker. Pecan Just like cherry, pecan is a sweet-tasting wood. But unlike cherry, pecan is far richer in flavor and adds a slight nut-like layer of flavor to your turkey. I find that it's a bit more powerful than cherry, so if cherry isn't sweet or sharp enough for you then pecan is a great alternative. Smoked turkey: For a show-stopping Thanksgiving dinner, try smoking a whole turkey with pecan wood to give it a sweet flavor.