The Best Roasted Turkey Breast for Thanksgiving

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Are you looking for the best roasted turkey breast recipe to serve on Thanksgiving? This recipe is super easy to make and it tastes amazing too!

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Are you planning your menu yet? We usually have a pretty simple menu because we tend to have Thanksgiving with just our small family due to the remote nature of living in the mountains.

One year when my girls were little, my husband was traveling on Thanksgiving and it was just me and the girls on our own for Thanksgiving. Rather than cooking a large turkey for just the 3 of us, I decided to roast a turkey breast.

I figured it wouldn’t be much harder than roasting a chicken, but better than cooking a whole turkey that would probably end up going to waste. My roasted turkey breast turned out so delicious that I had to share my recipe with you in advance of this Thanksgiving!

If you’re on your own or just have a small group for Thanksgiving this year, try making an Oven Roasted Turkey Breast. That way you can still enjoy the tradition of turkey without needing to cook a whole turkey and figure out what to do with the leftovers.

Delicious roasted turkey breast in a pan over veggies

The Best Roasted Turkey Breast for Thanksgiving

3.81 from 119 votes

Course: Entree

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 2 hours 30 minutes

Total Time: 2 hours 45 minutes

Servings:

Ingredients

6 pounds fresh turkey breast on the bone rinsed and patted dry
3 tablespoons butter room temperature
Sea salt to taste
Black pepper to taste
Garlic powder to taste
2 stalks celery chopped
2 small carrots peeled and chopped
1 onion peeled and quartered
12 garlic cloves

Equipment

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
Rub the turkey breast with the butter, both on the outside and inside the cavity.
Next, sprinkle sea salt, pepper and garlic powder all over the turkey breast.
Place the chopped veggies, including the garlic cloves, into the bottom of your roasting pan. You want a pan that doesn’t have a lot of extra space – it should hold the turkey breast just right.
Once you have your veggies arranged, place the turkey breast on top, breast up.
Roast the turkey breast for about 2.5 hours. If you check the temperature, it should read 165 degrees F.
Once the turkey breast is cooked, transfer it to a heat-resistant cutting board (I use a bamboo cutting board). Using aluminum foil, tent the turkey breast for 30 minutes, then serve.