Since there were no fresh turkey breasts anywhere at my store I picked up a Butterball Seasoned Stuffed Turkey Breast over the weekend to make for Thanksgiving.
Inside the box you will find a sealed turkey breast.
Before putting it in the oven you need to let warm water run over it for a minute. Then you can open the bag.
For Thanksgiving I invested in a bottle of Naked Grape Chardonnay, my favourite wine to cook with.
The box said to place the turkey breast on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. I wanted to use this small casserole dish so I would have space in the oven to bake other things so I used a lot of veggies on the bottom to create a makeshift rack.
I also added some of the chardonnay, fresh thyme and broth to hopefully make a little gravy, although I was warned on Facebook that this probably would not happen.
As directed, I brushed with oil to prevent from drying. I used grape seed oil because of its high smoking point.
I also added some salt and black pepper.
I had it in the 325F oven for four hours.
The turkey was so lean, there was no way in hell there was going to be any gravy. Thankfully I decided to make my own mushroom gravy!
I did not find it to difficult to remove the netting after letting it rest, thank goodness.
The exterior had a wonderful crunch to it and carving it was a dream.
I love that the turkey breast was stuffed to the max!!! It was a very traditional stuffing of bread, onion, celery and parsley.
The turkey was phenomenal! Soft, moist, fabulous… The stuffing was wonderful too which rocked because I forgot to pick up a box when we were shopping.
The meat was done perfectly and on time, according to the directions. I paid $14.99 for it and will get some leftovers for dinner tonight. I could not have asked for more.
It really made our Thanksgiving and allowed me to focus on making fabulous side dishes and dessert. No, it did not give me gravy but my roasted mushroom gravy was delicious so no worries there.
I give this product five out of five wooden spoons.
Good to hear. I have always wondered what it was like. It would work well for us as we don’t like dark meat.
Reg doesn’t like dark meat either Tammy so there was zero waste in that department too!
I cooked it for 4 hours at 325 and overdone – I did it again for 3 hours and it was just right – thermometer showed it was cooked after 3 hours
Glad it was good! I have always wondered what this product would be like. Now I know!
Yay!!! I say go for it!
Glad you enjoyed it! It’s the perfect size for 2-4 people rather than cooking a big bird.
Exactly! Don’t think I’ll ever cook a full turkey ever again. This was very affordable and we get to have two dinners from it.
Ok… now I’m going to have to go look for one of these. It looks yummy. Good tip on it being to lean to expect to get a gravy from it. Love the review!
Thank you so much John! Yes, make your own gravy on its own because the pan ended up totally like scorched Earth.
Thank you for the review Suzie. I am going to try it as well next year.
Wonderful! I think you and Uncle M. will love it Auntie Laima!
I have bought both the stuffed and the unstuff…love them both, Ron and I are alone now so for us it is less waste..
Good to know that both the stuffed and unstuffed are good Gayle, thanks!
Just had it yesterday and yes was delicious !!!! Great idea for 2 people but now looking for ideas on how to reheat it for today . Any successful ideas so it doesn’t dry out ?
Thanks
My Mom’s trick was to reheat the leftover turkey INSIDE the gravy slowly over medium low heat Chris! So glad you also enjoyed this product and I hope you have a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend.
under the netting is a fine plastic, is that suppose to be there, ?
Gail, I don’t remember there being a fine plastic on mine, that would freak me out!
I think that fine plastic is actually a casinging like what is on sausages.
I had no idea Gerry!!!
I’m cooking this right now and I noticed it as well and it has me in a panic did you just leave it on? You can’t get it off unless you take off the netting…
It came off after it rested. Hope it turned out OK for you Tam!
My turkey has plastic under the netting as well. I decided to remove the plastic and then put the netting back on the turkey. Hope it still works out!
Oh wow! Well I think it should be find and great idea to put the netting back on Judy. I think that’s a great approach.
Butterball says the wrap under the netting is edible.
Maybe it just looks like plastic but is the sheen on the Turkey. The plastic is on the outside
Do you cook this product in the middle of the oven or on the bottom rack?
I believe it was the middle.
my turkey is not browning on top isn’t it going to?
Shaw, you can always turn on the broiler towards the end of the cooking process to help it brown. 🙂
I discovered this stuffed turkey breast a few years ago and have not looked back since. My husband and I get 3 meals out of it. I cook it exactly as it says on the box. Its delicious and moist. I notice the thin plastic yesterday for the first time and was a bit disturbed. Now that I know it’s just a casing I can relax and continue to enjoy this delicious product.
Good for you Babs! So glad you like it too, what so little work for such a great payoff. Yes, enjoy!
Where can you find the Best before date or the date packaged and how long is it good for in the freezer
I sadly assume I had to thaw it. How long should I cook it .. probably not the four hours if it’s been thawed but no idea
Any idea of how long it should be cooked if it’s been thawed
That would iayer is called carrageenan-its edible, I put my turkey roll in a crock pot and it just melted off it became like gleatin.
Ingredients: Turkey, water, salt, sodium phosphate, sugar, natural flavour, spice. Wrapped in an edible carrageenan film.
Thank you Maria!!! That is so very helpful, I had no idea. So happy to hear it is edible and natural. Missed that! LOL.
Many thanks for the info. I bought one two weeks ago. Sadly the price has skyrocketed. I paid $22.99 which is in my opinion, way too much. I had trouble browning the roast and found it quite tough. Also, contrary to the picture posted, mine had less stuffing than what is shown.
Ok, I’ve seen this last month & I just bought it because there was no turkey at Safeway for over 2 weeks. I will use my air fryer. Wish me luck, I will keep you posted on the results.
Marilyn, I think your thawed turkey is ready now.
I be making this stuffed turkey breast tomorrow. I have me some baby tats to go with asparagus. Just throw the batch in da oven and go on a 3 hour hike. Then come home for a delicious turkey meal with no fuss. Make some packaged gravy while resting the old bird. When she wake up, we gonna eat.
Hope it was good!!!
I bought me 4 more stuffed turkey breasts after it went on sale. Stocked me up good. Got 1 every 1-2 months til they go on sale again. No packaged gravy again though. Too much sodium already in that bird.
Bought the stuffed turkey breast for Thanksgiving. Roasted it in the oven on middle rack for 4 hours.
It is delicious! Moist, with a tasty stuffing 👍.
Will definitely buy this again! There is just the 2 of us, and we have had 2 meals from it. And we still have just over half to go!
It’s that time of year again when we all start to plan our Thanksgiving dinners. Butterball has a new product this year: Seasoned Stuffed Turkey Breast.