Skillet Roasted Boneless Turkey Breast

Name: Skillet Roasted Boneless Turkey Breast
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 65 min
Ingredients: 3 pound boneless turkey breast, trussed; 2 tablespoons of olive oil; 1 teaspoons of dried Italian herbs; 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt; 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder; 1/2 teaspoon of onion powder; 1/2 teaspoon of cumin; 1/2 teaspoon of chili powder; 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper

November 7, 2023

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Turkey becomes quite popular as Thanksgiving approaches, but this lean meat is a healthy protein that I keep on rotation year round. If you are imagining me roasting up a huge full bird for hours on a hot summer day, don’t worry, I am not that crazy, because I have found a super easy way to put juicy roasted turkey on the table in about an hour. No roasting pan or carving skills required.

Let’s get started…

Begin by letting your turkey breast sit out at room temperature for about 45 minutes. This will give the turkey time to relax before roasting, which will result in a much more juicy texture than if you had put a cold turkey breast straight into a hot oven. Cold meat seizes up when it is shocked in a piping hot oven and this is easily avoided by tossing the turkey onto a cutting board to relax before you start cooking.

After 45 minutes, remove the plastic wrapping and rinse the turkey in cool water. Leave the mesh trussing on the turkey breast until after it has been roasted. This helps to keep everything in the right shape to roast evenly. When you remove the trussing, the turkey breast spreads out to its natural shape leaving thicker and thinner areas than will cook through at different times. The trussing helps to prevent this, so leave it on until the turkey is fully cooked and rested. It is super easy to remove at that point.

Once the turkey has been rinsed clean, pat it completely dry with paper towels and then rub the exterior surface with olive oil.

Set the turkey breast skin side up into a deep skillet. You can definitely do 2 at a time like I am doing today in this 12″ cast iron skillet.

Generously season the turkey breast with dried Italian herbs, garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, chili powder, black pepper and salt.

Thats it. We are ready to roast this turkey. Roast it uncovered in a 450 degree oven for 25 minutes and then reduce the heat to 350 degrees and leave the door closed so the ovens temperature slowly begins to reduce.

Roast for an additional 30-45 minutes or until the turkey breasts internal temperature reaches 160 degrees.

Crispy skin, juicy interior and loads of flavor. This whole process is so easy and once the turkey has rested for 15 minutes, you can remove the trussing and use it in so many delicious ways.

This roasted boneless turkey breast is the perfect way to prepare turkey when you are short on time, don’t need an entire birds worth of turkey or simple just don’t want to deal with roasting a full sized bird.

If you are roasting this turkey breast up for a holiday dinner, use the browned bits and drippings left behind in the skillet to make a batch of my favorite turkey gravy. Just because a boneless turkey breast is lean does not mean that you cannot use what is left behind to make something truly delicious.

I hope you love this skillet roasted boneless turkey breast as much as I do. Use it to keep turkey a part of your recipe routine year round, because there are so many delicious things you can do with a juicy roasted turkey breast.

Cheers!

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