A 2-Ingredient Thanksgiving · Number 10

Roast Turkey Breast

  • Two ingredients
A fork mashing soft butter with crumbled dried sage, salt and pepper in a small cream bowl, green flecks streaking through the pale butter as it softens
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You need

Good to know: For one or two; salt, pepper, oil, water and butter are free.

What to do

  1. Oven 350°F.
  2. Pat dry, skin up in a small pan.
  3. Mash 2 tbsp soft butter with the sage, salt and pepper; push half under the skin and rub the rest on top.
  4. Roast about 1¼ hours (small whole breast, nearer 2) until 165°F in the thickest part, away from the bone.
  5. Rest 20 min under foil.

Adapted from a recipe by Whole Lotta Yum.

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