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Enjoy turkey all year long, not just on Thanksgiving, with this flavorful Crock Pot Turkey with Cranberry recipe. It's sweet and savory and so easy to make with only a few pantry ingredients. Don't wait all year to enjoy a juicy turkey breast with cranberry sauce and gravy! It's so easy to pop a small turkey breast into the crock pot and make it any time you're feeling the craving. I love that these 3 pound turkeys are easily found in the grocery store all year long!

Crock Pot Turkey Breast with Cranberry sauce

Enjoy turkey all year long, not just on Thanksgiving, with this flavorful Crock Pot Turkey with Cranberry recipe. It's sweet and savory and so easy to make with only a few pantry ingredients.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours
Total Time 3 hours 10 minutes
Servings: 4 servings

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 3 pound boneless, skinless frozen turkey breast thawed
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter softened
  • 1/2 cup orange juice
  • 14 ounce can whole berry cranberry sauce sub tart cherry jam, applesauce, or pineapple chutney
  • 2 tbsp pure maple syrup sub honey
  • 1 tsp ground sage
  • 1 tsp ground mustard powder
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 ounce envelope onion soup mix
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 2 tbsp cold water

Method
 

  1. Spray the crockpot with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. Add the thawed turkey breast to the crockpot, leave the netting on the turkey. Reserve the gravy packet that comes with the turkey for another use- or heat it later for an additional side of gravy.
  3. Spread the butter over the top of the turkey. Sprinkle over the seasonings.
  4. Add the orange juice, canned cranberries and maple syrup.
  5. Cook on low 5 hours or high 3 hours.
  6. Place the turkey on a serving plate. Remove the netting. Cut into slices.
  7. Strain the juices into a saucepan over medium high heat. Mix together the cornstarch and cold water to make a slurry and pour into the saucepan. Whisk together over medium high heat until the gravy is thickened.
  8. Pour over the sliced turkey.

Nutrition

Calories: 631kcalCarbohydrates: 59gProtein: 75gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 199mgSodium: 1278mgPotassium: 998mgFiber: 2gSugar: 41gVitamin A: 349IUVitamin C: 17mgCalcium: 78mgIron: 2mg

Notes

    • I'm using a skinless, boneless turkey breast. You can use a bone-in breast, you may need to cook longer depending on your crock pot. Just check your turkey with a meat thermometer to ensure it cooked thoroughly before eating.
    • Thaw your turkey a couple of days in the fridge beforehand.
    • 3 pound turkey breast will feed 2-4 people.
    • The "netting" is on the turkey meat, it's under the plastic packaging. Remove the plastic packaging before cooking. After cooking, remove the netting and discard.
    • If you don’t want to use cranberry sauce you could try apple sauce, tart cherry jam or pineapple chutney.
    • Replace maple syrup with honey 
    • Try pineapple juice or papaya juice in place of the orange juice.
    • I’ve never cooked a frozen solid turkey breast, I'm just not a big fan of cooking frozen meats. However many commenters write that you can cook the turkey from frozen for 6-8 hours on low- I cannot confirm if this works. If cooking from frozen just use a meat thermometer to ensure the turkey is at internal temp 165°F before eating.
    • Reserve the gravy packet that comes with the turkey for another use- or heat it later for an additional side of gravy.
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