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I love the ease and convenience of a boneless turkey breast. However, I find that they can be quite dry sometimes. So, I decided to wrap one in bacon to see how it would turn out.  The results were fantastic. This was definitely one of the best turkeys that I have ever eaten. It was moist, flavorful and best of all, easy to make! It was so simple that it should almost be illegal. If you are looking for a delicious and easy way to serve Turkey on Thanksgiving or any holiday for that matter, then this is your recipe.
Bacon Wrapped Turkey Breast
Preheat your oven to 300 degrees.
As everyone knows, the perfect bacon wrapped anything starts with a good bacon weave.
To make the weave, lay out eight strips of bacon vertically on a piece of foil or plastic wrap.
Then, fold over every other vertical piece of bacon in the middle. Next, place a strip horizontally across the vertical bacon.
Then, unfold the folded strips and fold back the alternate row of bacon that you previously left flat. Place the next piece of bacon across the vertical strips directly adjacent to the first horizontal piece. Repeat this process two more times.
Once you finish the first half, repeat with the other half.
Season the top of the bacon with a little salt and pepper.
Now it is time to prepare the turkey breast. You can do this with a bone-in turkey breast, but it will take a lot more bacon. I prefer the ease of a boneless turkey breast. If your turkey breast was packaged with a net around it, make sure to cut the net off and dispose of it. There really won’t be a need for the net as the sweet bacon weave will take its place. Once you have the turkey breast unwrapped and de-netted, season with a little salt and pepper. Then, wrap in the bacon.  The foil/plastic wrap that you assembled your weave on will help you encase the turkey with the bacon.
Once you have the turkey wrapped, place it on a rack on a foil lined sheet pan.
Insert a probe thermometer into the turkey and then place the rack into the oven. Cook until the internal temperature of the turkey breast is 165 degrees Fahrenheit.  I trust and use Thermoworks products for taking the temperatures on all of my meals.  For this cook, I used my trusty Chef Alarm.  The Chef Alarm is affordable and easy to use. This took about 1 hour and 45 minutes for my 2.5 lb turkey breast. This time will vary based on the size of your breast. As always, make sure to cook based on temperature and not on time.
Once the breast has come to temperature, remove from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes before carving.
Serve and enjoy!
This is the best tasting turkey breast I have ever had!
- 1 boneless turkey breast 2-3lbs
- 1 lb bacon
- salt and pepper
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Preheat your oven to 300 degrees.
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Start with the bacon weave.
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To make the weave, lay out eight strips of bacon vertically on a piece of foil or plastic wrap.
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Then, fold over every other vertical piece of bacon in the middle. Next, place a strip horizontally across the vertical bacon.
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Then, unfold the folded strips and fold back the alternate row of bacon that you previously left flat. Place the next piece of bacon across the vertical strips directly adjacent to the first horizontal piece. Repeat this process two more times.
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Once you finish the first half, repeat with the other half.
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Season the top of the bacon with a little salt and pepper.
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Now it is time to prepare the turkey breast. You can do this with a bone-in turkey breast, but it will take a lot more bacon. I prefer the ease of a boneless turkey breast. If your turkey breast was packaged with a net around it, make sure to cut the net off and dispose of it. There really won't be a need for the net as the sweet bacon weave will take its place. Once you have the turkey breast unwrapped and de-netted, season with a little salt and pepper. Then, wrap in the bacon. The foil/plastic wrap that you assembled your weave on will help you encase the turkey with the bacon.
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Once you have the turkey wrapped, place it on a rack on foil lined sheet pan.
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Insert a probe thermometer and then place into the oven. Cook until the internal temperature of the turkey breast is 165 degrees Fahrenheit. This took about 1 hour and 45 minutes for my 2.5 lb turkey breast. This time will vary based on the size of your breast. As always, make sure to cook based on temperature and not on time.
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Once the breast has come to temperature, remove from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes before carving.
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Serve and enjoy!
The bacon weave is so not worth the bother. Just lay out the bacon strips closely side by side and wrap around the breast and bake. The breast can be stuffed with your favorite stuffing before wrapping in bacon.
Otherwise a great recipe.
Suki: anything that’s worth doing is worth doing right.
Greatness!!! Moist and juicy… Recipe was easy to follow and I loved learning how to lattice… Not to mention it’s quite the show stopper at the table!!!
can you make this on a pellet grill and if so what temp would you suggest?
would you wrap it with foil or not. should the turkey breast go in a salt/sugar brine the night before?
You can totally make this on the pellet grill. I would suggest that if you want a stronger smoke flavor to cook it at 225. If you just are cooking it outside to save space in your regular oven and do not care about smoke as much, I would cook at 375. I usually do not wrap my bacon wrapped meats as I like the bacon to be crispy. However, if you find that it is starting to get too done, you can always tent it with some foil. I find that this recipe does not need the brine since the saltiness of the bacon mixed with a brine is quite overpowering.