Yield on a Boneless Turkey
What will be the yield on an 8lb 15% added solution boneless turkey? I am catering for 700 hundred people next week. I would like to make sure I have as little waste as possible and I do not over order.
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Chicken breast, not overcooked, loses 10%-18% of it's weight during cooking.
Turkey will be similar.
As you can see, brining a bird, either wet or dry, results in less moisture loss.
Your 15% solution undoubtedly contains some salt but I doubt it is enough to be considered fully brined.
I would therefore, expect your yield to be around 80%-83%. Obviously, if you overcook the meat you will lose even more water.
Of course, these charts were made to demonstrate the effects of brining and not as an exhaustive study into poultry yields. For 700 people you would want to get this as close as you can. Personally, I would salt and cook one of them today, weighing before and after to give myself more confidence.
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The boneless breast averaged 32.5 percent of eviscerated weight for male turkeys and 30.3 percent for females. Thighs accounted for 14.6 percent in males and 15.2 percent in females. Winter and Clements (1957) reported a cooking loss of 24.0 percent for small turkeys and a loss of 32.3 percent for large turkeys.How many does a boneless turkey breast feed?
One (three-pound) half-breast will feed two to four people. A whole (six- to seven-pound) turkey breast (two breasts, still joined at the breast bone) will feed six to eight people.How much meat does a turkey breast yield?
the total meat yield per carcass was 4,016 grams (59.3%) (Table 1). The average skin yield was 509 grams or 7.5% of the carcass weight.How many pounds is a boneless turkey breast?
Quick rule of thumb to get you started: If you're buying a whole turkey, plan on 1 pound (uncooked) per person. For a boneless turkey breast, get \xbd pound per person.How much meat do you get from a turkey?
Of course, this cooks down to a far smaller portion (bones are quite heavy) - likely about a third to a half the weight of when you purchased it. (A 21.5 pound turkey yields about 8+ pounds cooked meat.)Boneless Whole Turkey for Thanksgiving - How to Bone, Stuff, \u0026 Roast a Whole Turkey
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