What’s your favorite turkey injection?

I use Tony's.

I have actually injected a beer can chicken with plain butter and Dale’s Low Sodium. Not sure why I didn’t think of it for turkey. Thanks

I always inject night before and leave in fridge at least 12+ hours:

Mix the following:
2 cups of water
1 tbsp. liquid garlic*
1 tbsp. liquid onion*
salt to taste (1 tbsp)
1 tbsp. worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp. lemon juice
Tabasco or Crystal to taste (3 tbsp)
*use liquid items because powder or grind items will not mix and clog up needle. If you can't find liquid garlic/onion, make your own with blender/food processer

Key to this is inject turkey from inside, do not puncture skin. Any skin puncture allows moisture to escape and oil to creep in. Sprinkle Tony’s on skin as soon as it comes out the fryer. I fry mine at 275 at 4.1 min/#. This lower temp takes longer but your oil will be good for 5+ turkeys

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to those who inject, when do you do it?

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When frying, I like the idea of injecting the night before to let any excess liquid drain out. But I also will do it right before and it's not that big of a deal. I say either the day before or the day of, doesn't really matter.

One of these days, I need to learn how to make my own or improve it like some other guys posted. But I love Tony’s Creole Butter. Not a fan of his other flavors. I put a bottle and a half in a 19 lb fried turkey last week for maybe 24 hours. (I poured the other half of the bottle over the outside.) It was good but came out a bit salty. I would use a bit less injection next time (or change my brine recipe).

Best I ever had was simple..

butter, maple syrup, hot sauce.

simple is good.

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Inject the birds and put them in a fridge overnight

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Why inject that far ahead? Won't it run out over night more than if you injected just prior to cooking?

I’ve used that a bunch. I see no one has suggested Cajun Injector. Is that because McCormick bought Zatarain’s or is Cajun Injector Creole Butter is not good?

I will say that Tony’s is much more prevalent in stores.

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The solids in regular butter leech out and burn to black, acrid crisp in short order. Most carbs do the same thing

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Has never happened with my homemade injections.