Roasted Turkey Breast

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Learn how to cook a moist and flavorful boneless turkey breast. A heart-healthy and lean protein option for your meals.

Turkey Breast

Turkey is an excellent source of lean protein, which is essential for building and repairing tissues, maintaining muscle mass, and supporting overall body functions.

How to Cook Boneless Turkey Breast

It’s not difficult or complicated to cook a boneless basically skinless breast. The key is keeping it moist. 

You want your skillet (a deep one) or Dutch oven to a have tight lid so evaporation doesn’t consume all the water and/or bone broth (chicken or vegetable) that you put in the pot. 

When you remove from the oven, you can always add more broth or filtered water. If you want to enhance the flavor melt more butter into the liquid. 

Turkey Breast Bake

Boneless turkey is low in fat, especially saturated fat, making it a heart-healthy choice compared to fattier cuts of meat.

And, baking the turkey keeps it on the healthy side.

The breast is particularly high in B vitamins like niacin (B3), which supports energy production and skin health, and vitamin B6, which is important for brain function and neurotransmitter production.

Boneless Turkey Breast

While the bone-in turkey breast can be more nutritious and the broth more flavorful, the boneless is a close taste winner. 

Turkey breast is a nutrient-dense food, meaning it provides a high level of nutrients with relatively few calories, making it a good choice for weight management.

Turkey Breast Oven

Lean turkey is full of nutrients and is heart healthy. 

Low levels of cholesterol and saturated fats make turkey breast a heart-healthy protein option.

Best Turkey Breast Recipe

What makes this breast and the broth most flavorful is the fresh herb bundle plus the stalks of celery with the leaves. All of those aromas bake into the broth. And, this broth can be used for making gravy also. 

You can increase the amount of broth by adding more bone broth and/or filtered water. 

Roasting a Skinless Turkey Breast

You’re gonna get some major nutrients with your turkey . 

B Vitamins: It is particularly high in B vitamins like niacin (B3), which supports energy production and skin health, and vitamin B6, which is important for brain function and neurotransmitter production.

Minerals: Contains selenium, which supports thyroid health and has antioxidant properties, as well as phosphorus for bone health.

For some of my favorite side dishes with that bird dinner, click here!