With Thanksgiving right around the corner its time to ask the age old question, should I brine or inject my turkey. Both methods can be great ways to get extra flavor and moisture down into your Thanksgiving turkey, or any protein for that matter. However, there are some differences In them that we'll go over today. To begin with the biggest difference is if you brine you will need a significant amount of time to perform that process. The brine solution in a turkey for instance will need about an hour's worth of soak time to penetrate deep into the protein. It does this through a process called reverse osmosis in which the salt in the brine draws out moisture from the protein, then as the protein draws the moisture back in it brings the salt molecules with it. This causes added flavor and moisture deep in the meat. Injections on the other hand can be done right before the protein goes on the cooker if you would like. This is due to the fact that most commercial injections have sodium phosphates in them. These phosphates will latch on to moisture and protein and help hold it there.
The other big difference between injections and brines is with a brine method, the only molecule small enough the penetrate the cells of the protein is salt. This means contrary to popular belief all of the extra ingredients like peppercorns, citrus and the like do not get down into the protein. They will be on the outside of the protein and their aroma will probably influence your taste, but as far as soaking into the protein, that won't happen. If you have specific flavors you want to get deep into the protein then injection is what you want to do. Because we are manually putting those flavors into the protein with a needle we are guaranteeing that they will be there in our final product.
All in all I think both methods are great and have their place, but here's how I would decide which method to go with. If you have the time and want a full proof super moist turkey, I would brine. If you have specific flavors you want deep in that protein or maybe you don't have 12 hours to brine your bird, I’d go with the injection. I hope all this helps and till next time, y’all take it easy
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