Turkey breast baked in the oven in foil juicy

Juicy and healthy turkey breast in the oven quickly and easily! Try it! Turkey fillet is dense and dry, so every housewife who is going to bake such meat in the oven immediately faces the task of making it as juicy as possible. In such cases, a good marinade and baking in foil will help out.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 88 % 15 g
Fats 6 % 1 g
Carbohydrates 6 % 1 g
73 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 4 h
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    To bake juicy turkey fillet in foil, prepare the necessary ingredients. Take kefir fatter. The fatter the kefir, the softer the meat will turn out. If you use ready-made spice mixes, be sure to read the composition on the package. Often, salt and pepper are already present in such mixtures. Keep this in mind, otherwise you risk over-salting and over-peppering the dish.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Wash the fillets and dry them thoroughly with paper towels. With a sharp narrow knife, make incisions along the entire perimeter of the meat.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Pour kefir into the bowl in which you will marinate the turkey. Add lemon juice and spices. Mix everything well.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Put the turkey fillet in a bowl with the marinade so that the marinade completely covers the meat. Leave the turkey to marinate for 1-1.5 hours at room temperature, if longer, put the meat in the refrigerator. The longer the meat is marinated, the more tender it will eventually turn out. If possible, leave the fillets in the refrigerator overnight.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Remove the turkey fillet from the marinade and transfer to a double sheet of foil.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Carefully wrap the meat in foil so that the juice does not leak out during baking and transfer to a baking sheet.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Bake the breast in preheated to 200°With the oven on the "Top + bottom + convection" mode for about 40 minutes. Then unwrap the foil, grease the meat with the remaining marinade and return to the oven. Bake until golden brown for about 25 minutes, periodically greasing the meat with juice from the bottom of the mold. Determine the exact baking time and temperature according to the characteristics of your oven.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Transfer the finished turkey breast to a plate, cut into serving slices and serve to the table with any side dish. Enjoy your meal!

Since the degree of salinity, sweetness, bitterness, sharpness, acid, burning is individual for everyone, always add spices, spices and seasonings, focusing on your taste! If you put some of the seasonings for the first time, then keep in mind that there are spices that it is especially important not to shift (for example, chili pepper).

Keep in mind that everyone's ovens are different. The temperature and cooking time may differ from those specified in the recipe. To make any baked dish successful, use useful information about the features of ovens !

Turkey can be replaced with chicken or any other type of meat at your request. But keep in mind that in this case, the cooking time and calorie content of the dish will change.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Kefir fat - 62   kcal/100g
  • Kefir of 1% fat content - 38   kcal/100g
  • Low-fat kefir - 30   kcal/100g
  • Kefir "doctor beefy" 1,8% fat content - 45   kcal/100g
  • Kefir 2.5% fat content - 53   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Spices dry - 240   kcal/100g
  • Lemon juice - 16   kcal/100g
  • Paprika - 289   kcal/100g
  • Turkey fillet - 84   kcal/100g

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