Easy Crock Pot Turkey Breast With Fail Proof Gravy

"This is so simple and quick to do and you will have the most moist turkey breast to just slice and serve. The skin even browns in the crock pot. I like to make gravy and serve this as hot turkey sandwiches. This includes a simple tasty way to make the gravy."
 
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Ready In:
7hrs 10mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
10
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ingredients

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directions

  • Place onion and celery in cavity of turkey breast.
  • Sprinkle turkey with salt and pepper and place in 5 to 6 quart slow cooker.
  • Pour broth over turkey, cover and cook on low for 7 to 8 hours.
  • Remove turkey to serving platter, cover with foil to keep warm while making gravy.
  • Place liquid in saucepan after straining out veggies, and add 1 to 2 cans chicken broth- depending on how much gravy you want to make.
  • In a covered jar, shake together the flour mixed with about 1/2 to 1 cup of water until smooth- or you can whisk it in a bowl.
  • When liquid comes to a boil, slowly stir in flour mixture, adding just enough to thicken it to your liking.
  • Cook until it bubbles and thickens, stirring often.

Questions & Replies

  1. Do you put the breast in the crock pot skin up or down?
     
  2. How long to cook split turkey breast
     
  3. I have a split breast approximately three and a half pounds would there be a time adjustment? Thanks
     
  4. What temperature
     
  5. Can you stuff the bird?
     
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Reviews

  1. We loved this way of cooking a turkey breast. It came out so very tender. I did make a little mixture of olive oil,minced garlic, onion powder, Rosemary, Basil, Thyme, Sage, sea salt and fresh ground black pepper. I love a lot of seasoning on my turkey. Rubbed the mixture under the skin and all over the turkey. The gravy was really good, added Kitchen Bouquet Browning & Seasoning Sauce to the gravy to give it a nice brown color. Will be using your recipe many times.
     
  2. I am so happy to find this Great way to cook a turkey breast - can't believe it took me 9 years from when you posted this to finally find and try it! The little Butterball breast I threw in my basket was only 3.5 lbs, so I cut back the cooking time to 3 hours. We like lots of herbs, so I used SlickChick's suggestion of creating an olive oil/herb rub. Thankfully, Butterball included a bag of gravy starter inside the breast, so I had nice caramel colored gravy. I'll be sure to get a bigger breast next time so we have some leftovers! Thanks for sharing, Marie!
     
  3. EAT! DRINK! NAP! (Oh, fine...but without the explanation points.)
     
  4. The turkey was great. I didn't need to make the extra gravy as I had about 4 cups of good flavored broth from cooking the turkey, it seems my crockpot make a lot of liquid.
     
  5. Moist and delicious !!!!!
     
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Tweaks

  1. What a great way to cook a turkey breast! I decided at the last minute to do mine this way, so I had to cook it on high instead of low. For a 7-lb turkey breast, I cooked it for about 4 1/2 hours on high and then turned it to low for another 30 minutes or so. Mine didn't brown, but I stuck it in the oven for 30 minutes or so to get it a little brown. That didn't make it quite as brown as I'd like, but I was afraid to cook it any longer and dry it out. As it was, it came out very good--it was flavorful and moist, and the gravy was good, too. I used 1/2 cup of vermouth in place of part of the broth. It was so nice to have a delicious turkey without tying up the oven (and heating up the house) for hours! I'm going to make it this way from now on. Thanks for posting!
     

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