Cajun Roasted Turkey Breast - The Keep At Residence Chef

It is a turkey breast with all the flavour! This recipe is ideal for many who need massive taste with out the fuss of a full turkey—whether or not it’s for a smaller vacation gathering or a weeknight deal with. Turkey breasts are really easy to make, they usually take a lot much less time to cook dinner, too. We additionally completely love the flavour that you simply get from our Cajun twist on the standard roasted turkey breast.

Serve your turkey breast with our slow cooker jalapeno scalloped potatoes, jalapeno cranberry sauce, and bacon gravy for an unforgettably flavorful meal!

Why Our Recipe

A daring mix of Cajun spices ensures this turkey breast can be extremely flavorful.
Minimal prep and hands-off roasting retains all the pieces good and easy.
Juicy meat and completely crisped pores and skin each time!

Minimal prep and hands-off roasting make this recipe as straightforward as it’s scrumptious. A bit of butter on prime retains the turkey juicy whereas uncovering the turkey for the previous few minutes provides you a crisp, golden pores and skin that’s irresistible with all these Cajun spices on it. You would possibly by no means return to common turkey after attempting this!

Ingredient Notes

An overhead view of the ingredients needed to make a cajun roasted turkey breast.

Turkey Breast: These are available various sizes, and you may as well select to get it bone-in or boneless. All of those elements simply rely in your finances and your choice. Each will work nice in our recipe!
Spices: You would possibly see Cajun spice mixes within the shops, however we suggest utilizing our home made spice combine to get that excellent stability of taste. These store-bought choices will not be all the identical!
Salted Butter: The butter helps maintain the meat juicy and provides taste because it melts over the turkey. Unsalted butter works too.

Bone-in or Boneless

For this recipe, a bone-in turkey breast is beneficial for the very best taste and juiciness. Bone-in turkey breasts are typically bigger and include each side of the breast and the bone helps it cook dinner extra evenly.

Boneless turkey breasts may also work with this recipe, although they could cook dinner quicker. In the event you go together with boneless, verify for doneness sooner—sometimes round 15-18 minutes per pound.

Cooking Time

It may be irritating to have a look at a recipe and see that there isn’t a precise cooking time, however relating to cooking meats, particularly poultry, it’s actually all about temperature and never time! That is very true with poultry since it might dry out simply. And since all turkey breasts will differ in measurement and form, you’ll positively need to use a meat thermometer to verify the doneness of your turkey breast.

Servings of sliced cajun roasted turkey breast on a plate.

Thawing Your Turkey

Turkey breasts are typically between 4 and 6 kilos and are sometimes offered frozen so bear in mind to plan forward. The overall recommendation is to plan on 24 hours of thawing within the fridge for each 5 kilos of turkey, however we really suggest planning on 2 days within the fridge for a turkey breast to completely thaw. Why? We’ve merely discovered that 24 hours simply isn’t dependable for us and we need to make sure our turkey doesn’t have any frozen spots for even cooking.

To Baste or To not Baste

Basting requires you to open the oven door repeatedly, dropping a ton of warmth! You don’t want to baste, and we really suggest not basting with this recipe. In the event you do resolve to baste, you will want to plan on some further cooking time.