turkey breast

Thanksgiving main course

Turkey breast is the meat from the chest of a turkey, sold as a cut for roasting or slicing.

It's the leanest part of the bird, popular for sandwiches and holiday meals when a whole turkey is too much: I'm just cooking a turkey breast this Thanksgiving.

Deli turkey breast is processed and sliced thin for everyday use.

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white meat · Thanksgiving · carved · juicy · stuffing · gravy · sandwich · cold cuts · oven · basted · cooking time · meat thermometer · crispy skin · leftover · day after · drumstick · poultry · tender

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poultry cut/anatomy

turkey breastturkey leg

Poultry thigh portion

turkey wing · dark meat · turkey neck

meat characteristics

turkey breastdark meat

Poultry leg portions

pork belly · bacon · chicken thigh · duck breast · lamb shank

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G