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Sliced roasted pork tenderloin and turkey breast on a white plate, garnished with fresh herbs, with a white gravy boat in the background.

Turkey Breast 🍗

It is a tradition I host Thanksgiving for my family and friends every year. Coming from an Italian background, I am always worried there will not be enough food. So, I started making a turkey breast to serve along side my traditional turkey. This easy delicious turkey breast ensures there’s enough turkey for everyone and there is plenty of leftovers for my guests to take home!
This year, make this turkey breast recipe for your annual Friendsgiving celebration, office party, or even a family dinner! Your friends and family will be begging you to bring this dish every year! Make It!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 10 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 8 people
Calories 18 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 3 pound Butterball turkey breast
  • Salt & pepper
  • 2-3 tbsp sage rub
  • 1 stick of salted butter sliced
  • 1 onion roughly chopped
  • 2-3 stalks of celery with leaves roughly chopped
  • 2-3 carrots roughly chopped
  • 2 oz fresh sage

Instructions
 

  • Butterball turkey is my absolute favorite! Turkey breast.
  • Leave the netting on the turkey and sprinkle liberally with salt and cracked black pepper. Season the whole turkey with rubbed sage, and pat it in really good.
  • Slice up one stick of salted butter. Leave it on the counter, so it becomes room temperature and then shove the pats of butter inside the netting of the turkey breast again, pat it down, press it with your hands to push it into the turkey breast.
  • Use an oven bag when you’re baking the turkey; this is the number one trick to a moist turkey breast on Thanksgiving.
  • Add the turkey breast into the bag; then rough chop, one large onion, a few stalks of celery with the leaves, a few carrots, and fresh sage. Add all of the veggies on top of the turkey breast in the bag. Then, sprinkle some more salt and pepper over top, use the zip tie to tie up the bag and make one slit at the top.
  • Move your oven rack to the middle or lower space in the oven so the bag does not pop. Bake at 325°F for 20 minutes a pound but the 20 minute a pound track usually works because you have to let a turkey breast rest and it will continue cooking while it’s resting. Cook until internal temperature of 160°F, then rest until it gets to 165°F

Nutrition

Calories: 18kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 0.5gFat: 0.3gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.05gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.03gSodium: 11mgPotassium: 86mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 2577IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 35mgIron: 1mg
Keyword easy, holiday, Thanksgiving, Turkey
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