Grilled Cranberry Stuffed Turkey Breast
This grilling recipe really received a wow from the BBQ family recently and it only took a few minutes to make, which makes me very happy. Turkey Breast are very inexpensive, taste great and grill to perfection, if you don’t over cook them and that’s a big if.
I prefer to marinade them and grill them butterfly style, that cooks really fast on the BBQ grill. But they are sooo much better when you can stuff them with stuffing and that is what this recipe is all about!
Grilled Cranberry Stuffed Turkey Breast
Ingredients
4 Turkey breasts – butterflied
salt & pepper
1 box of Stouffer’s Turkey stuffing mix – prepared
1/2 cup dried cranberries – diced
1/2 cup pecans – diced
1/2 teaspoon dried sage
1/8 teaspoon driend ginger
2 tablespoons honey
Your favorite rub – I used Pepper Pilot’s, Peri-Peri “African Hot Pepper & Citrus Rub” (They are May 2010 Newsletter contest sponsors)
Cotton string for tying Turkey back together
Preparation
Wash, dry and lay out your Turkey breast. Butterfly them carefully so as to not cut all the way through. Prepare Turkey stuffing as per the box instruction (or make you own). Salt and pepper the butterflied Turkey breast lightly. Mix together the stuffing, cranberries, pecans, sage, ginger and honey. Place a heaping mound of this mixture on one side of the opened 
butterflied Turkey breast and then fold over the opposite side. Now tie the breasts closed so none of that stuffing comes out. (See picture) Apply your rub all over the Turkey breast and let site for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
Grilling
You will be cooking this over direct coal/heat for about 5 minutes on each side to brown then more off to the side for indirect heat and cook till the internal temperature of the Turkey reaches 165° F. I don’t turn mine at this stage – helps keep everything together. With the “Peri Peri wet rub I applied a little more at this point to help keep it moist. You could do a spritz of water and apple juice if you want to at this time also. Turkey breast will dry out fast if your not careful.
Options
Prepare everything up to the point of grilling, vacuum seal and freeze it to take camping. This will grill up to perfection over a campfire!
Our Grilled Cranberry Stuffed Turkey Breast were served with Coucous and Grilled Asparagus with Panko.
I just want to take a line and thank Pepper Pilot for sending me their rubs to share with everyone and for sponsoring May 2010 Newsletter drawing contest so one of you can be a lucky winner and receive a couple of their incredible rubs also.
You can view some more pictures over at my Fickr photo’s page. I always take more photo’s that I can fit in a single article!
If you try this or have any comments about my recipe, please take a moment to leave a comment below. Thank you!
Gary House, The “Outdoor Cook”
“Get out of the kitchen! Light the fire! Start cooking outdoors”
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