Gas Grill-Roasted Boneless Turkey Breast

Name: Gas Grill-Roasted Boneless Turkey Breast
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 1 whole, bone-in, skin-on turkey breast (5 to 7 pounds) (see note); 4 teaspoons, kosher salt or 2 teaspoons table salt; 1/2 cup, wood chips, soaked in water at least 30 minutes (optional); 1 teaspoon, vegetable oil, plus extra for cooking grate; , Ground black pepper

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2009

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Turkey

Grilling & Barbecue

Notoriously dry turkey breast is tricky enough to roast indoors using a predictable heat source (the oven). So how do you keep it moist and tender on the grill?

SERVES6 to 8

TIME2 hours, plus 1 hour brining and 20 minutes resting

Gas Grill-Roasted Boneless Turkey Breast

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Boneless turkey breast easily dries out on the grill. We wanted to ensure that this wouldn’t happen with our grill-roasted turkey breast recipe, so we sprinkled the meat with salt and arranged and tied the meat so it had an even thickness. ...

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