Combine all the brine ingredients in a pot large enough to hold the chicken or turkey; give the lemon halves a good squeeze as you add them. Place over high heat and bring to a simmer, stirring to ...
which may be wet or dry. In my family, in the 1970s, our jerk chicken was not always made with young chicken, but cleaning the meat by rubbing it with lemon, then brining, then marinating ...
If you wet brine, you want the turkey to be dry before ... many pan drippings—to keep from scorching, add 1 or 2 cups of chicken or turkey broth to the pan before roasting.