pecan smoked turkey. In today's recipe I'll show you how to smoke a Texas-Pecan Turkey on the Pit Barrel Cooker. To keep this turkey in the true spirit of Texas. I love the sweet, nutty flavor that pecan wood chips give to a brined turkey.
Try this recipe for peach wood smoked turkey breast.
Pecan wood is actually part of the hickory family.
While it's not as strong as hickory (although stronger than fruitwood), it belongs in the strong.
You can have pecan smoked turkey using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of pecan smoked turkey
- 🢂 1 of turkey.
- 🢂 of turkey injector "cajun butter".
- 🢂 of garlic powder 2 table spoon.
- 🢂 2 of table spoons onion powder.
- 🢂 3 of table spoons Cajun seasoning.
- 🢂 1 teaspoon of black pepper.
- 🢂 of sugar and salt brine.
- 🢂 3 of habenero peppers.
- 🢂 3 of bay leaves.
- 🢂 of water.
- 🢂 1 of bag of ice.
When preparing a smoked turkey, brining before its smoked improves texture and moistness. Make Smoked Turkey That Looks Good, Tastes Great! When you create a succulent smoked turkey at. I like a hickory/pecan wood mix (pecan is smoother).
step by step pecan smoked turkey
- Brine turkey with 3 habenero peppers cut in half, one cup salt, one cup sugar and water to cover bird. Be sure to desolve the salt and sugar in the water. Add bird with a bag of ice allow to brine for at least 6 hours ir overnight.
- Rinse bird, season and inject bird. Be sure to hit breast, legs, wingband thighs..
- Smoke turkey for 6 hours.
Look, this smoked turkey is really for Thanksgiving and not your regular Sunday BBQ. The flavor is coming from the brine and the smoke. Spices that are less traditional are less likely to pair well with. Although it was good the smoke flavor wasnt as strong as i liked. Apple was pretty light on the chicken.
