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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Combine the brine ingredients in a 5-gallon bucket and stir until the salt and sugar are completely dissolved. Put the gel packs in the brine. Completely submerge teh turkey pieces in teh brine and weight with a lid and a foil-wrapped brick to keep it under the surface. Marinate for 4 hours - no longer! | 2. Make the marinade: Chop the garlic to a paste with the salt and chipotles. Stir in the oil, soy sauce, and lime juice. Add the ground chile, cumin, oregano, and granulated garlic. Stir in the orange juice and cilantro to make a paste the consistency of sour cream. Thin, if necessary, with a little more orange juice. | 3. After 4 hours, remove the turkey from the brine and pat dry. Rub the marinade all over the turkey. | 4. Heat the grill to medium hot. Grill the turkey pieces on all sides for about 30 minutes (total) until you have nice grill marks and the spices are cooked. I used my grill pan for this step). Turn off one side of the grill and move the turkey pieces to a disposable aluminum pan on the cooler side. Brush with more of the marinade, close the lid, and cook with the burner on medium (325 - 350 degrees) for about 1 hour, or until an instant-read thermometer registers 170 degrees when inserted into the thickest part of the breast.(Alternatively, transfer the turkey to a 350 degree oven.). | 5. Brush the turkey with the marinade twice more during cooking. If the turkey starts to turn black, cover with foil. Discard the marinade. | 6. Let the turkey rest for 20 minutes before carving. Reserve the pan juices for sauce. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
kosher salt	4	cups		176.5167	0.0	39.27	0.9917
water	2	gallons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
brown sugar	2	cups		1672.0	431.596	0.528	0.0
sugar	1	cup	granulated	319.8	60.008	10.01	4.992
coriander seed	1/2	cup	crushed	128.736	23.7557	5.3438	7.6766
black peppercorn	1/4	cup	crushed	176.5167	0.0	39.27	0.9917
bay leaf	6		crumbled	-	-	-	-
garlic clove	8			176.5167	0.0	39.27	0.9917
kosher salt	1	tablespoon		176.5167	0.0	39.27	0.9917
chipotle chile adobo	7	ounces		176.5167	0.0	39.27	0.9917
olive oil	1/2	cup		954.72	0.0	0.0	108.0
japanese soy sauce	1/4	cup		176.5167	0.0	39.27	0.9917
lime juice	1/3	cup	squeezed	20.1667	6.7921	0.3388	0.0565
chile	1/2	cup	ground	145.08	29.8896	3.0108	1.4508
cumin	1/2	cup	ground	189.0	22.296999999999997	8.9762	11.2241
oregano	1	tablespoon	dried	7.95	2.0676	0.27	0.1284
garlic	1	tablespoon	granulated	12.665	2.8101	0.5406	0.0425
orange juice	1/2	cup	squeezed	55.8	12.895999999999999	0.868	0.248
cilantro	1 1/2	1/2	stemmed chopped	5.52	0.8808	0.5112	0.1248

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.