I’ve been working on this ultimate turkey recipe for years. Even before we hosted Thanksgiving on our own, I ended up on turkey duty years back. Having volleyed the task back and forth between them over the years, my parents had long tired of the weighty responsibility and scrutiny that comes with masterminding the primo dish at the biggest food-centric holiday in America. Well, the white meat was so dry… Well, if someone hadn’t deep fried the entire thing… Well, if maybe the cook actually used a little salt now and again… Well, if maybe you hadn’t lit the entire thing on fire… Why’s the carpet all wet, Todd? I don’t know, Margo! You know, petty stuff. Back and forth between them, the non-cook never satisfied with their day of relaxation (Dear Thanksgiving Day of Relaxation, miss you always), always insistent on picking on the other out of defensiveness of their last year’s turkeys memories. So eventually I took over, an impartial third party immune to poultry critique. I started with a simple recipe but was unsatisfied. As the years went on, I researched and researched, integrating new techniques and more key ingredients to produce the perfect bird. The recipe is in my free ebook The Complete and Total Guide to Thanksgiving, which you can download by joining my mailing list here! It’s got absolutely everything you need to positively destroy Thanksgiving this year, from a weeks-out timeline to a minute-by-minute schedule the day of, what you can make ahead of time, what you need to make right then and there. Plus tried-and-true recipes for every single course, plus my epic turkey recipe. You’ve got to check it out!
What Makes This Recipe So Good
So when I wanted to make a Whole30 turkey breast with gravy (or perfect paleo turkey breast!), I knew I had to take what makes my regular turkey so special and make it compliant (and, hey, smaller, since there are usually fewer of us on a Whole30 at Thanksgiving!). Brine. Truss. Herb butter under the skin. Perfection. Every time. Don’t skip the brining with this Whole30 turkey breast and gravy! Poultry dries out when cooking pretty easily, since you cook it all the way through, and that’s especially true for larger pieces. And don’t skip the herb butter either! It imparts the entire breast with a moist and heady infusion, and the richness of the thyme is too good to pass up. It all goes perfectly with my Whole30 Thanksgiving recipes series, so check those out, too! To make this Whole30 turkey breast and gravy, I used…
