Cajun Turkey Injection Recipe (2024)

Published: Sep 1, 2022 · Modified: Dec 27, 2023 by Melanie Cagle · 2 Comments

A delicious, flavorful Cajun Turkey Injection recipe that will spice up your turkey meat in the most perfect way.

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This Cajun turkey injection recipe is so simple to make you'll make it homemade from now on. Whether you're deep frying a whole turkey or baking a simple turkey breast this injection recipe will be your go-to for juicy meat.

Turkey naturally becomes a big deal around Thanksgiving holidays. Of course, everyone wants their Thanksgiving turkey to be perfect. If you're anything like me, it's a feeling of everyone judging your turkey cooking skills... it has to be perfectly moist. No dry turkey here. With lots of flavor.

Oh boy.

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❤️ Why you'll love it
🧅 Ingredients
🥣 Instructions
🔄 Substitutions and Variations
🔌 Equipment
📘 More Cajun Recipes
🧊 Storage
💡 Tips
Cajun Turkey Injection Recipe
💬 Comments

❤️ Why you'll love it

This recipe is pretty cost-effective, in comparison to a store-bought version. Plus you know what you're getting when you assemble it yourself.
Depending on how you like your meat to be spiced you can adjust accordingly for different flavors. If you like more zip then add more red pepper flakes, or hot sauce - and vice versa.
You could also add this marinade to a plastic bag that you can put the turkey into. Easy clean up.
An injected turkey gives the most juicy bird.
This injection recipe works for all type of meat and makes a delicious marinade too.

🧅 Ingredients

Hot Sauce
Lemon Juice
Olive Oil
Butter
Ground Thyme
Onion Powder
Crab and shrimp boil Seasoning
Garlic Powder
Spicy Creole Seasoning or Cajun Seasoning

See recipe card at the bottom of this post for quantities.

🥣 Instructions

Step 1: In a small mixing bowl, melt the butter. Add the olive oil, hot sauce and lemon juice.
Step 2: Add the remaining ingredients and stir together well with a small whisk, if you have one. If not, a small fork will do fine.
Step 3: Using a small injection tool (as it's the best way) inject this marinade into the deepest part of your turkey at different angles.
Step 4: Allow to sit at room temperature covered with aluminum foil for about an hour. Take any remaining marinade and inject back into the turkey (many times if you have to).
Step 5: Cook per your recipe instructions.

Hint: If you're using frozen turkey make sure you let it thaw 100% in the refrigerator before starting to prepare.

You will need to cook any cut of turkey until the internal temperature reaches 165°F.

🔄 Substitutions and Variations

Black Pepper - add for more spice flavor.
Cayenne Pepper - although there is some of this in the Creole Seasoning if you want to up the heat - add some cayenne.
Peanut Oil - instead of olive oil. Or Vegetable Oil.
Apple Cider - instead of the lemon juice.
Liquid Crab Boil - instead of the powdered version. You'll only need a little of this, it's quite potent.
Garlic Juice - Add a little of this for more garlic flavor.
Worcestershire Sauce - add a few tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce.
Chicken Broth - try adding a cup of the chicken broth to this Cajun Turkey Injection sauce.

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🔌 Equipment

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Due to the simplicity of this recipe, not much is needed. You will need a small mixing bowl to mix the Cajun turkey injection marinade in. Then you'll also need a cooking injector needle tool, I have a link to both of these in my recipe card below.

📘 More Cajun Recipes

Cajun Butter Sauce
Cajun Cornbread
Cajun Potato Salad
Cajun Green Beans
Cajun Turkey Breast
Cajun Turkey Brine

🧊 Storage

Once cooled any you might have leftover you should pour over the top of the turkey.

If you have purposely made more than 1 serving - it does store/freeze well. Keep in an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks and the freezer for up to 6 months.

💡 Tips

Expert Tip: If you do decide to make ahead some more portions of this and want to store in the refrigerator or freezer - when you come to use it again you'll need to run it through the microwave again - to melt the butter, as it will solidify.

If you like this recipe, you should try my pot roast seasoning recipe, it's really good.

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