Grill-Roasted Boneless Turkey Breast with Herb Butter

Name: Grill-Roasted Boneless Turkey Breast with Herb Butter
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon, fresh thyme; 2 medium, garlic cloves, minced; 1/4 cup, fresh tarragon leaves; 1/4 teaspoon, black pepper; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 4 teaspoons, kosher salt or 2 teaspoons table salt; 1 whole, bone-in, skin-on turkey breast (5 to 7 pounds) (see note); 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, America's Test Kitchen TV

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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

Grill-Roasted Boneless Turkey Breast with Herb Butter

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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