Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Yield: Makes 1 1/2 gallons of brine
Ingredients:
- 1 cup salt (1 1/2 cups Kosher or coarse salt)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- peppercorns
- 1 onion
- 1 carrot
- bunch of scallions
- one hot pepper
Preparation:
Thoroughly rinse all the brine from the turkey before cooking. Otherwise there will be a salty flavor to the turkey. For a more detailed explanation, see my article on brining turkey.



