All Purpose Basic Brine Recipe
Back to basics.
Servings: 2 quarts
Ingredients
- 2 quarts water
- ½ cup kosher salt or other coarse-grain salt
- ½ cup firmly packed light or dark brown sugar
Instructions
- Add the water, salt, and brown sugar to a large pan over medium-high heat. Stir to combine. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar and salt. Remove from heat and let the liquid cook down to room temperature.
- After the liquid cools down, I put the brine into one of those plastic containers with a tight-fitting lid and refrigerated it to 40°F. You want the meat and the brine to be close to the same temperature while brining. This helps with the infusion of flavor.
- Add your meat or poultry to the container and brine together in the refrigerator for the allotted time. Simple. You just have to plan to do it beforehand.