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This Thanksgiving I decided to do something a little different with the turkey. We’ve always baked the turkey in the oven every year, so I decided to smoke it instead. I’m the only one that eats turkey here, so I only did a split breast.
Rather than brining, marinating, or injecting like I usually do with poultry, I just kept it simple and rubbed it down with my favorite spice rub. A nice simple spicy crust on juicy tender turkey breast. And let me tell you, it turned out fabulous! A great Thanksgiving dinner to go with the football game!
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 3 hours
Ingredients
- 1 split turkey breast with ribs (app. 2.5 lbs.)
- Your favorite dry spice rub
Preparation
- Thoroughly rinse the turkey breast. Remove all of the skin and rub the entire surface with an ample amount of your favorite spice rub.
- Start your smoker and get it settled in at around 250° F. Place the turkey breast on the rack and maintain the 250° in the smoker until the internal temperature of the breast reaches 155° F. using a digital thermometer.
- Note: This will be completely done, but still on the tender and juicy side. (I used plum wood for mine).
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http://www.smokedngrilled.com/spice-crusted-turkey-breast/Here’s what the turkey looked like just before I pulled it off the smoker.
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What *is* your favorite dry spice rub?
Hi Lydia. Actually, my favorite right now is the one I’ve created and have still been tweaking. It’s almost ready to call perfect, but it’s still missing something. But it’s basically a rub on the sweet side based mostly on powdered honey and molasses. Then balanced out with flavors like lemon and celery.
where can you find powdered honey? I’ve never heard of that… must try!
I got it from “The Great American Spice Co.” I’ve seen it other places too. It’s very affordable. http://www.americanspice.com/honey-powder/
Great crust on the turkey, so nicely browned!
It looks fabulous,Curt! And so were those Packers!
Thanks Liz. And so were those Texans! They even had to go third string for the QB and still pulled it out! Woo-Hoooo!
Actually, I love to see the Texans and the Packers in the Superbowl.
Guess who I’m rooting for!
Hi Curt, That looks awfully good. Will try it on the next cook out. Oh by the way Go Packers!
Sorry about that…
Thanks for sharing, Regina
Before I moved into my condo, we had a gas grill w/a rotisserie. The turkey breast we cooked on that rotisseries was to die for! I sure miss it! We often have 2 to 3 turkeys for Thanksgiving: baked, smoked and fried. I love smoked and this is definitely when I treat myself to something fried!
This turkey breast looks terrific…thanks for sharing!