Grilled Lemon-Garlic Turkey
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 14 cup olive oil or 14 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 14 cup chopped fresh basil leaf
- 14 cup chopped fresh parsley or 14 cup cilantro
- 12 teaspoon salt
- 14 teaspoon pepper
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- turkey, thawed if frozen
- 2 tablespoons cajun seasoning
- For the marinade, place all ingredients in blender.
- Cover and blend until smooth.
- Make Lemon-Garlic Marinade.
- Using meat injector, fill injector container to 1-ounce line.
- Inject marinade into turkey breasts, thighs and legs, every 1 to 2 inches, pushing plunger down slowly.
- Refill container and continue to inject turkey until marinade is used.
- (Or pour marinade over turkey in large glass dish.
- Sprinkle Cajun seasoning inside cavity and over outside of turkey.
- Fasten neck skin to back with skewer.
- Fold wings across back with tips touching.
- Tuck drumsticks under band of skin at tail.
- Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours but no longer than 24 hours.
- If using charcoal grill, place drip pan directly under grilling area, and arrange coals around edge of firebox.
- Heat coals or gas grill for indirect heat.
- Insert barbecue meat thermometer in turkey so tip is in thickest part of inside thigh muscle and does not touch bone.
- Cover and grill turkey, breast side up, over drip pan or over unheated side of gas grill and 4 to 6 inches from medium heat 3 to 4 hours or until thermometer reads 180F and juice is no longer pink when center of thigh is cut.
- Let stand 15 minutes before carving.
chicken broth, olive oil, lemon juice, fresh basil leaf, parsley, salt, pepper, garlic, turkey, cajun seasoning
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/grilled-lemon-garlic-turkey-144292 (may not work)