Herb Roasted Turkey Breast

Turkey dinner without the hassle of cooking a full turkey! This Herb Roasted Turkey Breast recipe produces a moist, full of flavor turkey breast – perfect for a smaller family.

It’s the week before Thanksgiving. You had planned to spend the holiday with your extended family, but plans fell through, and now you are at home, just you and your small family. You’ve never cooked a Thanksgiving meal before, but it’s not like you can skip out just because you’ve never done it before!! So, what do you do?

You don’t want to cook a full turkey. Your family is much too small for that. And let’s face it – a full turkey is kind of intimidating! But a turkey breast is totally doable!

If you’ve never cooked a turkey breast before, you will find out it is so super simple. So simple, in fact, you don’t really need to wait just for a holiday to make one! It takes only minutes to prepare, then into the oven it goes to roast for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

This frees up your time to make the other goodies, like stuffing and bread, or it gives you the extra time to spend doing things with your family!

As much as I love turkey for Thanksgiving, this Herb Roasted Turkey Breast recipe needs to be made year round. In fact, this has become a go to recipe for Sunday dinner. Turkey breasts are easy enough to find year round, now, there’s no reason not to have it more often!

This recipe does use a turkey bag, which I think is key to make a moist turkey breast. You should be able to find them at any grocery store pretty easily, but if not, you can also order them online.

What to Serve with this Herb Roasted Turkey Breast:

Lion House Rolls Dinner Rolls or Butterhorns
Apple Cranberry and Sausage Dressing
Sesame Green Beans
Scalloped Potatoes Recipe
Cranberry Salad

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Herb Roasted Turkey Breast

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• Author: Deborah Harroun
• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cook Time: 2 hours
• Total Time: 2 hours 30 mins
• Yield: 6 servings 1x
• Category: Main Course
• Method: Bake
• Cuisine: American

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Turkey dinner without the hassle of cooking a full turkey! This Herb Roasted Turkey Breast recipe produces a moist, full of flavor turkey breast – perfect for a smaller family.

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Ingredients

• 1 (6-8 lb) bone in turkey breast
• 4 tablespoons butter, (softened)
• 2 tablespoons fresh flat leaf parsley, (chopped)
• 1 tablespoon fresh sage, (chopped)
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, (chopped)
• 1 apple, (quartered)
• 1 onion, (quartered)
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup chicken stock

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Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350F.
2. Rinse and dry the turkey breast. Gently pull the skin up from the breast, creating a pocket.
3. In a small bowl, combine the butter and the herbs. Mix together completely. Using your hands, press the butter in between the skin and the breast meat. Place the apple and the onion in the small cavity under the bone.
4. Place the tablespoon of flour in an oven-safe turkey bag. Shake to distribute. Place the turkey breast in the bag and set in a baking dish that is at least 2 inches deep. Make sure the onions and apple are on the bottom. Pour the chicken stock over the turkey. Tuck the edges of the bag under the breast and cut a few slits in the top of the bag.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until a thermometer inserted in the breast reads 170F, about 1 ½ to 2 hours. Let sit for 10 minutes before slicing.

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