Has anyone ever tried to marinate a whole turkey?

I did see how my friend marinated the Turkey on last thanksgiving. Kinda simple. Buy some stuffings for the turkey inside and its ass. Marinate the body with honey will be great

Yes, I have brined turkeys several times. My favorite is a salt brine with sugar, apple juice, lemons, fresh rosemary, thyme and sage. The bird gets beautifully brown from the sugar and the salt helps the meat stay really moist. This year I am going to try brining in seasoned buttermilk. I usually try to get my hands on a five gallon bucket for the salt brine.

I was thinking of a marinade with white wine and herbs and such. Is brining a turkey considered a marinade?

oh yeah…. herbs will be a good choice !.
I don’t know about white wine tho. Why not you try it out and let us know . :)

Sure, anything that imparts flavor and/or enhances the texture of the meat is considered a marinade.
This sounds really good. http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/sleuth/0699/dad.html

Thanks SoapChef
I guess any marinade I concoct should contain a good amount of salt?

That marinade sounds wonderful Soap. Thanks for the link!

You can also inject the turkey, seems to work well…

The salt does do something scientific that allows the meat to take on the other flavors. The sheer size of a turkey and the skin covering it are why a brine (where the turkey is submerged) imparts more flavor that a marinade, which has a hard time making its way through the skin to flavor the meat. In general, yes, you will use a fair amount of salt to succeed in really adding some serious flavor.
Here is some info about brining.
http://bbq.about.com/cs/turkey/a/aa110103a.htm
http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Brining-Turkey/Detail.aspx

Thanks Soap!

Marinating Turkeys can work well as with injecting. Good Luck and what time is dinner again.

Don’t leave it in brine too long, or it gets too salty.

I’ve seen these turkey brining bags in my food store. It is a strong plastic bag to hold the turkey and the brine.. Sine it is close to the turkey, you need less brine. You can let it sit in the five gallon pail, or in a food cooler.

Inside the egg or out?

Always brine my bird in Buttermilk and a spice mixture. Put it in the bag (I found huge brining bags at a local gourmet shop), pour in the mixture and leave in the fridge for 24–48 hours. I always rinse it after I remove it though, and then let it rest before baking. I do bake mine in an open roasting pan although my neighbor does hers in an electric roasting pan and it’s also wonderful.

Ask a native American. They’ll tell you what you can do with your fuck’n turkey!

I’ve done the Alton Brown marinated turkey. Boy now I marinate all my turkeys before cooking. Well worth the trouble.

Just a jive turkey.

Never knew you could marinate a jive turkey, Astro!! Then again I guess you could marinate anything if you really wanted to!

how do you marinate a turkey in stroganoof mixture

I don’t know. How?