Homemade Turkey Lunch Meat Recipe
Making turkey lunch meat at home is easier than you might think.
Servings: 8 servings
Cost: $7
Ingredients
- 1 turkey breast, 2-5 pounds Be sure it is thawed if you bought it in the freezer section
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Remove the turkey from the fridge and bring it to room temperature.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Remove the plastic packaging from the outside of the turkey. Do not cut through the webbing that holds the turkey breast together. Pat the turkey dry. Place on a small cooling rack on top of a sheet pan.
- Mix the spices in a small bowl and sprinkle over the turkey, pressing the spices in to ensure they stay in place.
- Pour 1 of water into the bottom of the sheet pan. This will be refilled as needed through the baking process.
- Move to the oven and bake for 50-70 minutes, depending on the size of your turkey breast. The real determining factor is the temperature. The turkey needs to be baked to 165 degrees.
- Remove the turkey from the oven once it is baked. Let it cool at room temperature.
- Once it is cooled, store in an airtight container overnight before slicing. This is nor necessary, but makes it so much easier to thinly slice the turkey.
- Once the turkey is sliced, it can be held in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 5 days.