This pineapple-orange turkey breast recipe is all about flavor and convenience. Using frozen, bone-in turkey breasts you get the convenience of frozen poultry with the moist flavor that boneless, skinless turkey breast options lack. The turkey breast is roasted in a foil pouch for seriously easy clean up.
Ingredients
- 1 (4- to 6- pound) frozen bone-in turkey breast, thawed
- 1 2/3 cups pineapple-orange juice or orange juice
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar, packed
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 (11-ounce) can orange sections, drained
- Salt, to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Methods
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Gather the ingredients and preheat oven to 450 F.
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Sprinkle turkey breast lightly with salt and pepper.
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Place turkey breast lengthwise in center of sheet of heavy-duty aluminum foil. Close foil loosely by overlapping ends, turning up short sides to hold in juices. Do not seal airtight.
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Place foil-wrapped turkey in roasting pan at least 2-inches deep. Insert meat thermometer through foil into thickest portion of breast, being sure not to touch the bone (doing so would throw off the temperature reading).
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Roast turkey breast in oven for 45 minutes.
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After first 45 minutes, open and turn back foil. Continue roasting 30 to 45 minutes or until meat thermometer registers 170 F and turkey is nicely browned.
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Remove from oven and let turkey breast stand, loosely covered with foil for 10 minutes before carving.
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Meanwhile, begin the sauce by stirring together the pineapple-orange juice, lemon juice, cornstarch, brown sugar, and ginger in a 4-cup microwave-safe measuring cup or medium microwave-safe bowl.
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Microwave mixture, uncovered, on high power for 3 to 5 minutes until thickened and bubbly, stirring after every minute.
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Remove sauce from microwave (using an oven mitt as the bowl may be extremely hot). Stir in the orange sections and allow sauce to stand for 1 minute.
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Serve the turkey breast with the sauce.
Tip
- If you prefer not to use the microwave, you can easily pull together the pineapple orange sauce on the stove. Simply stir together the pineapple-orange juice, lemon juice, cornstarch, brown sugar, and ginger in a medium saucepan over medium-low to medium heat. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly being sure not to burn the sauce. Cook and stir 2 minutes more. Stir in orange sections; heat through.
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