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Barbecue turkey recipes don’t come any better than this one. The beauty is that it’s marinated in a brine that really adds flavor to the bird as well as helping it stay moist through the barbecue cooking process.

I like to do this recipe brined as a whole breast and then sliced whilst raw into breast steaks before slapping the steaks over direct heat on the grill.

It's best to do it this way because the brine is quite strong so if you brined each turkey slice it would simply be too salty. Weaken the brine and it's then touch and go as to how much of the other flavors you get into the bird.

The brine needs about 4 hours to work its magic so whilst in the brine you will need to keep the brine bucket and its contents refrigerated and because it's a strong brine (about 45%) so you need to be careful not to overdo the brining.

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For the Brine you’ll need:-

• 200ml / 1 Cup honey
• 100g / 4oz salt
• 2 onions roughly chopped
• 2 cloves garlic roughly chopped
• 2 tablespoons dried mixed herbs
• 1 litre / 5 Cups cold water
• 100ml / 1/2 Cup White wine vinegar
• A handful of juniper berries (optional)

Method:-

Pour all the ingredients into a large pan and bring to the boil, keep stirring to make sure all the salt dissolves and get the flavor out of the onions and herbs. Then allow to cool.

Next drop in your turkey breast and allow to marinate for four hours. Keep the brine and turkey refrigerated during this process.

When the brining is finished remove the turkey breast and land it on a carving board. Take a carving knife and slice into steaks about 1cm or half an inch thick ready for the grill. If there's more than enough to go around you can at this stage freeze the raw meat (assuming it had not previously been frozen).

When your coals are medium hot ready you can slap the turkey slices straight on the grill (there's no need for additional seasoning). Depending on the thickness it’s going to take anywhere from 10 to 15 minutes for your sliced breast steak with one turn at the halfway point.

I like to serve with one of my barbecue sauces, click here for my favourites.

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