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Slow cooker turkey with veg on a plate

Slow cooker turkey

Name: Slow cooker turkey
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h 10 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 turkey breasts skinless; 1 medium carrot chopped; 1 onion peeled and quartered; 6 peppercorns; 1 bay leaf; 1 rosemary sprig; few thyme sprigs; 125ml white wine (optional); roast potatoes carrots and greens, to serve

Samuel Goldsmith

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Serves 2

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 3 hrs - 4 hrs

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Streamline the usually long process of making Christmas dinner with this slow cooker turkey. It will free up oven space for roasting your sides

Gluten-free

Healthy

Low fat

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Ingredients

Nutrition

Units:

MetricUS

2 turkey breasts

skinless
1 medium carrot

chopped
1 onion

peeled and quartered
6 peppercorns
1 bay leaf
1 rosemary sprig
few thyme sprigs
125ml white wine

(optional)
roast potatoes

carrots and greens, to serve

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal370
fat3g

low
saturates1g
carbs0.5g
sugars0.4g
fibre0.3g
protein85g
salt0.4g

Method

step 1

Season the turkey all over and put in the slow cooker with all the remaining ingredients, along with 1 litre of water. Set your slow cooker to low and cook for 3-4 hrs until no pink meat remains, or a meat thermometer reads 75C at the thickest part of the breast.
step 2

Remove the turkey from the slow cooker and serve, or cover with foil and leave to rest while you make gravy using the stock that remains (see tip, below). Serve the turkey with the gravy, roast potatoes, carrots and greens.

Recipe tips

This recipe works for a turkey crown but you’ll need to cook on high for 3-5 hrs depending on the size of the turkey. If you have a meat thermometer, the thickest part should reach 75C.

Use the leftover stock to make our three-ingredient gravy.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2022

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