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Air Fryer Dry-Brined Crispy Turkey Crown
- Category: Family |
Every Christmas I have lots of BOL fans asking can they do a turkey in their air fryer, and while you certainly can, a crown is more suitable in terms of size with capacity.
SERVES
8
COOKING TIME
2 hours
DIFFICULTY
simple
Air Fryer Crispy Turkey Crown, deeeelicious. I dry-brine it so the inside is rich with flavour and a buttery zesty drizzle to help crisp up that skin. Gorgeous. For more delicious air fryer recipes like this, you can pick up a copy of my cookbook The Healthy Air Fryer on Amazon today.
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Method
Step 1
Combine the dry brine ingredients, then rub it all over the turkey and rest the bird on a plate on top of orange slices overnight in the fridge.
Step 2
On the day you’re planning to cook the turkey, combine all the butter ingredients in a bowl.
Step 3
Pat the skin of the turkey dry with kitchen paper, then cover the entire bird in the butter and cover with foil – if you want to be a bit ambitious you can put some butter under the skin, too.
Step 4
Add the turkey to an air fryer preheated to 180ºC (350ºF) and cook for 20 minutes per 450g (1 lb), plus an additional 20 minutes (my 2kg (4 lb 8 oz) crown took 1 hour 40 minutes). Remove the foil for the last 20 minutes of cooking and baste with some of the butter. Once cooked, cover with some foil and let it rest for at least 20 minutes before slicing. For quick and easy air fryer recipes, pick up a copy of my new air fryer cook book Air Fryer 30 Minute Meals today.
Ingredients
2kg (4 lb 8 oz) turkey crown or breast
1 large orange, sliced
Dry brine ingredients:
2 tbsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
1 tbsp brown sugar
2 sprigs of fresh rosemary, chopped
1 tsp each dried thyme and sage
½ tsp ground cinnamon
Zesty butter ingredients:
175g (6 oz) butter (I use half-fat)
4 garlic cloves, grated
1 bay leaf, chopped
pinch of pepper
2 sprigs of fresh rosemary, chopped
zest of 1 lemon
zest and juice of 1 orange
zest of 1/2 lime
1 tsp dried sage
1 tsp dried thyme
½ tsp dried oregano
