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Thanksgiving Turkey in the Slow Cooker with a delicious gravy Saving Oven Space
Oct 22, 2025
Thanksgiving Turkey in the Slow Cooker with a delicious gravy Saving Oven Space
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Hello everyone and welcome back. Today
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we are going to start the Thanksgiving
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season and we're going to gobble till we
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wobble till the very last show of
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Thanksgiving. Okay, we're going to start
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with the Thanksgiving turkey in the
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crock pot. Full of flavor, very juicy,
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and I'm going to show you how to make a
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delicious gravy like you've never seen
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before using the drippings from the
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turkey. Now, we're going to start with
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our butterball boneless turkey breast
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roast. Now, this is 3 lbs. I've pulled
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it out of the refrigerator for about 30
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minutes so it could just kind of sit out
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and be easy to handle. Now, I'm going to
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take it out of the packaging and we'll
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go from there. Now, I did thaw out the
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turkey breast for a few days in the
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refrigerator. Go ahead, take it out of
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its packaging. And what we want to do is
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leave the netting on the turkey. That
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way it holds its shape while it's
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cooking. I'm gonna do this in my sink.
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Okay, I have it out of the packaging. I
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kind of dried it off with some paper
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towels. Now, it comes with a gravy
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packet here. Now, I'm going to be not
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using that. I'm going to make my own
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homemade gravy using the drippings from
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the turkey in the crock pot. So, now
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we're going to go ahead and get our
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crock pot ready.
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First thing we want to do is prepare a
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crock pot. I'm going to spray it lightly
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with some cooking spray. That'll keep
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the turkey from sticking in there.
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Now, we're going to make a little bed of
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onion on the bottom. So, I'm just going
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to take two medium onions, chop them up,
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and we'll put them in the bottom of the
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crock pot. And that'll serve as a place
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for the turkey to sit,
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not just sit on the bottom.
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Super excited.
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Thanksgiving is right around the corner.
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Now, we're just going to rough chop
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them. I don't want small dices. We want
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rough chops.
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Now, I've done a ham in the crock pot
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for you guys. So, if you want to do a
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ham, you can do that in the crock pot.
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And I've done lots of side dishes in the
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crock pot. Just kind of gives you lots
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of ideas. Keeps your oven free, your
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stove top free.
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What's great is you can use this recipe
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year round. Make your own turkey at home
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for sandwiches, for recipes, and all of
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that.
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All right, let's place it into the
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bottom of our crock pot.
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Okay. Now, what we're going to do is
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make the basting for the top of our
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turkey so that it just drenches all over
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it and just oh, makes it nice and
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tender, juicy, and flavorful. So, we're
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going to start off with one stick of
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very soft butter. And I just put it into
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a medium bowl here. And we're going to
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flavor it up. We're going to start off
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with about a/4 teaspoon or
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about half a teaspoon of black pepper on
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top of that butter. Boop.
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And then we're going to add a whole
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bunch of garlic powder,
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maybe about a teaspoon. And then I am
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going to chop up
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some fresh thyme,
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sage, and rosemary. About a tablespoon
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each, and put it in there. Just chop it
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up really fine. Now, with the rosemary,
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I'm just going to take it at the stem
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here and peel off all the leaves.
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And then we'll chop that up. Oh, it
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smells like the holidays. It's a great
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way to start off my series. Now, if you
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don't have the fresh, you can use the
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dried. Let's wake up those flavors.
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We're just going to cut through them a
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little bit.
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Put in some thyme. Just going to chop
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them in there. Oh, yeah. That's smelling
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good, good, good. And then I have some
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sage. I'm just going to pull some leaves
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off and we'll chop those up.
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Oh.
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All right, that looks good there. We're
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going to mix that all up
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and we're going to add that to the
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butter.
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We're going to go in with a lot of
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smoked paprika or regular paprika,
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whatever you have. This will help give
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it a nice smoky flavor and give it a
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nice color to it.
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All right, let's mash this all together
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and then see what we need.
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All right, I'm going to add a little bit
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more paprika
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cuz that's going to be the color
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of your turkey on the outside there.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, you guys.
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All right,
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that smells good. Now, I used salted
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butter, so I did not add any salt to
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this. I'm going to put my kitchen gloves
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on and I'm going to rub the butter
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mixture all over the turkey breast
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roast. All right, be generous. That
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means take all of it
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and coat it very well
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on all sides. Just massage it in.
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We're leaving the netting on so that it
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can hold its shape while it's cooking.
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Slather it on there.
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This is going to help make the gravy,
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too. So, it's all flavor, all part of
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it. All right. What we're going to do is
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put it into the crock pot on top of the
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onions. And you want to do it with the
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fat side up.
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Then we can all render into the turkey
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there.
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There.
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Got a nice little home.
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Just going to add a little more paprika
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on top
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for that color. Yeah.
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We're going to place a lid on.
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That's it, you guys. We're going to cook
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this on low for about four to five
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hours. If you need it speedy, then you
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can put it on high maybe for 3 to four
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hours. You want to make sure it's cooked
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all the way through to the center of the
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turkey breast and make sure it's nice
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and tender. Now, yep. I am going to make
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a delicious gravy for this turkey
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breast. And we're going to serve it over
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mashed potatoes and have some green
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beans with it. That's to get our
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Thanksgiving season off to a great start
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so that we can gobble until we wobble.
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Can y'all see that?
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All right, I'll be back. Okay, so our
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turkey breast is fully cooked through. I
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did a thermometer check on it and it was
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over 165°. It was in the 170s, which is
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perfectly cooked. Now, what I did 30
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minutes before this was done, I put in
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some fresh green beans and let them cook
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beside
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the turkey. So, those are done. And
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we've already got the mashed potatoes
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going. So, what I'm going to do is
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remove the turkey breast onto a platter.
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And then I'm going to take off that
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netting that is on the turkey that you
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can see like right there. We'll take
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that off, slice it up. I'm going to make
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a delicious gravy using what's on the
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bottom of the crock pot here. The juices
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from the turkey there. It's got the
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butter and all the herbs and the
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seasonings in it. So, we'll do that.
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Y'all look at how moist and delicious
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this turkey looks.
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I'm going to finish cutting this. We're
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going to pour the gravy over it. I'm
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going to give it a try for you. All
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right. What we're going to do is place a
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sieve into a medium pot. And I got
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Thomas over here. He's going to pour all
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of that liquid from our crock pot
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through the sieve.
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I'll just put these onions right here in
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with the onions that are in the green
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beans right here.
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There we go.
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We're going to put this on a high heat.
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Now, what I'm going to do is add one cup
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of chicken broth. Now, I'm not using
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that turkey gravy that came with the
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turkey breast. I'm making my own. Now,
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I've got two packets.
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I've got a ranch seasoning mix and I've
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got a brown gravy mix. We're going to
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add those in.
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All right, that's the ranch. It's 1 oz.
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And the brown gravy mix 87 oz. And this
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has 33%
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less sodium in it right there. All
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right, we're going to get a whisk. We're
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going to blend this together. And the
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gravy mix. And that ranch will help
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thicken up the gravy.
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We want to get all the lumps and bumps
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out of the gravy mix.
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Y'all got to get Thomas out of the
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turkey over there.
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Oh, sorry.
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We've tasted it. It is so delicious.
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It'll make the best turkey sandwich.
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Yes, it will.
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All right. Once you get a boil going on
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and you've cooked it for about 30
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seconds to an extra minute, see how it's
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thickening up? We're going to turn it
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off.
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And you know it's the holidays when you
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bring out a gravy boat. Let's fill it
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up. Let's pour it over the turkey. Let's
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bring on the gravy. Woo! Look at that.
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And then we have plenty
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for our mashed potatoes.
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Just a pop of color with some fresh
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parsley.
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All right, you guys. There is my crockot
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or slow cooker turkey breast for
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Thanksgiving.
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I cooked the beans in there, pulled them
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out with the onions, made the gravy with
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the turkey drippings and that ranch
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packet with the brown gravy mix. And
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then Thomas, you know, Thomas made these
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homemade mashed potatoes using
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the potatoes I grew.
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He did not grow these.
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Just kidding.
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These are honey gold bite-sized
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potatoes. We left the skins on. Yeah,
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there we go, you guys. Happy
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Thanksgiving. I'm going to grab a plate.
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Give that turkey a try for you. Though,
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you know, we already did, but
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Okay, we're going to gobble till we
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wobble. The first show of our
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Thanksgiving season.
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Oh, look how tender that was.
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Don't forget that gravy.
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Wow.
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That is delicious. Now, if you want to
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crisp the skin of the turkey, like if it
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came out of the oven, put it in the
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oven. Right after you take it out of the
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crock pot, you can line a sheet pan and
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just place it on there. Pop it in your
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oven on high heat for a few minutes
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until you get that crisp desired texture
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that you would looking for for your
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turkey. All right, you guys. Don't
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forget the beans. Oh.
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Mhm.
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Sauté them up in the crock pot with your
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turkey
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and that gravy.
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That's something to write home about.
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That's good. All right, you guys. Happy
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Thanksgiving. Stay with us. We are going
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to be doing lots of Thanksgiving food
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items coming your way. So, we'll see you
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on the next episode. Bye.
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