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1. How Long Before Cooking Should I Inject My Turkey?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
I recommend resting your bird for between 3 hours to overnight in the fridge after injecting it. This is enough time for the meat to absorb the spices and seasonings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Does Injecting Turkey Make It Taste Better?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
As you know turkey meat is notorious for being bland and tasteless especially after you bite off the crust. This is because it is hard to get seasoning to penetrate the meat in the most dense sections like the breast and thighs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Injecting offers a simple solution and as a lover of all things meat, I’d say that flavor and extra moisture make injecting my turkey worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As I said, this recipe is quick and simple. It takes less than 5 minutes to whip up. This savory delight has the unmatched touch of Worcestershire sauce, a little citrus from the lemon juice, and spices like garlic and onion powder each adding their unique flavors to your grilled or smoked turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you like, tuck a branch of rosemary into the cavity before cooking to impart that extra aroma to your turkey. What more can we ask for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Simplicity and flexibility are the bases of the best seasoning recipes. My savory turkey injection checks both boxes and more. It is an aromatic mix of Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, chicken broth, and some basic seasonings like onion powder, garlic powder, cayenne, black pepper, and of course salt. Through the years, I have tried dozens […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15847"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15847"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15953,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15847\/revisions\/15953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15847"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=15847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}