Turkey breast - a great alternative to the already rather boring chicken. Turkey meat - low-fat and light, so perfect for the preparation of any dish. Turkey contains a large amount of nutrients and trace amounts of vitamins A and E, iron, calcium, phosphorus, sodium, sulfur, iodine, potassium, magnesium, manganese, and others.
Thus turkey does not contain large amounts of cholesterol and therefore have long been used not only for diet but also for clinical nutrition. Eating turkey has no contraindications (except for individual intolerance and illness limited the use of protein foods) that enables it, even in the daily diet. Many mothers appreciated the advantages of turkey, because it is a great meat and meat is recommended to start feeding.
Turkey - a universal dish. It can be the basis of first and second courses, the original recipe of salads, snacks and cakes.
Fillet of turkey can be boiled, fried, baked in a sleeve, and much, much more. We offer you the best recipes on how to cook a juicy turkey to surprise their loved ones for the upcoming holidays.
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Recipes for salads and snacks of turkey breast
Salad "fragrant". Ingredients: 200 g turkey breast, quartered cucumber, half of lettuce, 1 bell pepper, half a hot pepper, a tablespoon of soy sauce, a couple of tablespoons of olive oil, a teaspoon of honey, a tablespoon of lime juice, 20 grams of peanuts, a couple sprigs of cilantro, salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. Preparation: my turkey, cut into thin strips and put in a marinade of soy sauce mixed with pepper and honey for about half an hour. In a deep bowl, tear lettuce leaves, add chopped hot pepper (remove seeds necessarily) and cut into julienne cucumber and sweet pepper. All mix thoroughly. Fry on both sides of turkey fillet no more than 3-5 minutes, spread on a salad. For the filling: Mix the lime juice, olive oil, salt and pepper to taste. Pour salad dressing, sprinkle with finely chopped peanuts and coriander.
Turkey sandwiches. Ingredients: 1 kg of turkey breast, 200 ml apple juice 70 ml cream 35% teaspoon salt, half a tablespoon of sugar, 2 teaspoons paprika, 2 tablespoons cilantro, a couple of tablespoons black peppercorns, vegetable oil for greasing. Preparation: juice, sugar, half teaspoon salt and pepper, mix in a saucepan, bring to a boil and cook for about 5 minutes on medium heat. Add the cream, stir, cool. Breast gently pierce in several places, put the resulting marinade and leave for the night. The sleeve mix paprika and remaining salt.
Breast lightly dried, lubricating oil, put in a sleeve and a good shake to breast roll in spices. Harvesting for an hour in the refrigerator, then bake at 250 degrees for about half an hour (pierce with a toothpick to check availability). Ready breast cooled, cut into thin strips for sandwiches (perfect whole wheat bread).
Canape with turkey and cherry. Components: ready turkey fillet (baked or fried) - 200 g, 10 cherry tomatoes, cheese varieties - 100 g, 5 pieces of black bread (type "Borodino"), a few pickles sauce, a clove of garlic, mayonnaise to taste, herbs - dill and cilantro, butter for frying. Preparation of bread smear butter and fry on both sides until golden brown, then carefully cut away the hard edges and cut into four squares smooth.
Greens and finely cut pickles and mix with mayonnaise. The squares of bread (each) smear this sauce and put them on top of sliced (the width of the squares of bread), turkey, cheese and half a cherry on top. The resulting canapes skewer pierce.
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Recipes soups with turkey fillet
Soup with turkey and scrambled eggs. Ingredients: 500 g turkey breast, 5 eggs, 1 medium onion, 1 small carrot, vegetable cooking oil, herbs, salt and pepper to taste. Preparation: breast, cut into small pieces and cook until about half an hour to 3 liters of water. Each separately whisk the egg, salt and pepper and fry in vegetable oil on both sides (like pancakes).
Onions and carrots chopped, and then fry in vegetable oil until golden brown and add to the broth. Ready-made pancakes cut into strips and add to broth. Almost finished soup boil for another 5 minutes. Before serving, add the herbs recommended.
Soup with turkey and millet. Ingredients: half a kilo of turkey fillet, 200 grams of wheat, half a kilo of potatoes, 1 large onion, 1 large carrot, vegetable cooking oil, herbs, salt and pepper to taste. Preparation: in a 4-liter pan in vegetable oil fry finely chopped onion, shabby carrots, meat, diced, about 20 minutes, stirring constantly. Add the water, salt and pepper to taste. Cook another 20 minutes Potatoes cut into cubes and add to the soup. Millet is not to taste bitter, washed in hot water, add to the soup. Cook another 20 minutes before serving add the parsley.
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Recipes of the turkey breasts for the second
Rolls of turkey breast. Ingredients: turkey fillet - 500 g of any cheese of medium hardness - 100 grams, ham - 100 g, a clove of garlic, a sprig of dill and parsley, 2 tablespoons sour cream 15%, vegetable oil for frying, salt to taste and pepper. Preparation: fillet carefully cut so as to get a long and thin layers. Layers slightly repel, then salt and pepper. Prepare the filling: finely cut ham and greens, three cheese on a grater, forced through a garlic press. All thoroughly mixed, add sour cream, salt and pepper. Prepare the filling spread on layers of turkey and wrap rolls. Rolls fasten with a toothpick and bake in a deep pan for one hour. The finished dish is ideally combined with rice or mashed potatoes.
Turkey with broccoli in a creamy sauce. Ingredients: half a kilo of turkey breast, the packaging of frozen broccoli (400 g), 500 ml cream (10%), 1 tablespoon butter, half a medium-sized onion, 1 tablespoon flour, vegetable oil for frying, salt and pepper to taste. Preparation: breast, cut into pieces of 2x2 and fry in vegetable oil until golden brown.
Onions finely cut, lightly fried in butter and add flour. Very gently, stirring constantly, pour a thin stream of cream. Salt, pepper to taste. In preparing the sauce add the broccoli, stir and simmer for another five minutes. Add the turkey, stir, simmer another 10 minutes garnish for this dish well suited boiled potatoes and long grain rice, is ideal - a mix of wild and brown rice.
Turkey breast in a pot. Ingredients: half a kilo of fillet of turkey, pumpkin - two small pieces, 1 small carrot, a couple of apples, plums 6-7, juice of 1 lemon, a couple of cloves of garlic, 3 tablespoons soy sauce, red pepper and ground cinnamon to taste. Cooking will start with the marinade: mix the lemon juice, soy sauce and pepper. Put the marinade resulting in a bird cut into cubes and put them in the fridge for an hour. Pumpkin slice, cut the plums in half and cleaned from seed, carrots - slices, apple cleanse, cut into slices and mix with cinnamon.
Garlic is pressed through the press. At the bottom of the pot (you can use the same deep dish) spread layers of carrots, meat, pumpkin, plum, once again the meat, apples. Pour the marinade and ship remains in the oven, preheated to 170-180 degrees, about forty minutes. The resulting dish does not require a garnish, but goes well with fresh vegetable salad.
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Baking recipes with turkey breast
Delicate baked turkey and white wine. Ingredients: ready-made dough (preferably without yeast) - 4 sheets, half a glass of dry white wine, 500 grams of turkey breast, vegetable cooking oil, 100 grams of mushrooms, 1 tablespoon flour, 4 tablespoons of sour cream, 1 large onion, salt to taste, tomatoes cherry for decoration. Preparation: poultry, onions and mushrooms scrolls through a meat grinder and fry in vegetable oil for about 5 minutes. Sprinkle with flour, pour the wine and simmer another 15 minutes. Add the sour cream and simmer until boiling liquid. The dough is cut into squares (you should get 6 pieces), spread the stuffing on them and fasten the corners of the squares so to get cakes in the form of bags. Bake cakes in the oven at 180 degrees for about 20 minutes (until cooked dough).
Layer Cake with turkey and potatoes: a very simple recipe. Products: ready puff pastry - 2 sheets, turkey fillet - 300 g, seven medium potatoes, 1 large onion, sprigs of dill and parsley, two tablespoons of mayonnaise, vegetable oil for frying, salt and pepper to taste. Preparation: a turkey and onions scrolls through a meat grinder or finely cut and fry until cooked. We boil the potatoes and mash into a puree. Finely chopped greens. All components of the mix, dressed with mayonnaise, salt and pepper, stir again. Bakeware lubricating oil and spread it one sheet of dough so that the dough is completely covered form. We spread the stuffing. Cover with second sheet and bake at 180 degrees 45 minutes.
All offers recipes from turkey breasts are delicious and can be prepared easily and quickly, and your loved ones will be surprised by new and unusual flavors.
Bon Appetit!
