Corned Turkey Dinner with Cabbage Recipe

2 Freestyle Points 276 Calories

Leave the same old Corned Beef behind for this Corned Turkey and Cabbage Dinner made with all the same pickling spices and roasted vegetables.

There are some amazing corned beef recipes here on the blog including Crock Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage and Corned Beef and Cabbage Soup which use the classic beef brisket in them.

 Corned Turkey and Cabbage Dinner

Instead of using brisket today, we use turkey breast in this recipe using all the same pickling ingredients. And instead of boiling the vegetables along with the beef we roast it along with the turkey in the oven.

Hi everyone its Sabrina again from Cooking with Points, a recipe blog dedicated to Weight Watchers friendly recipes!

Corned Beef is a delicious traditional springtime favorite recipe we all love but it’s also made using brisket which is higher in points than most people can manage.

We’re changing things up a bit, using turkey and roasting our vegetables to get the best and more bold flavors out of all of our ingredients.

The results are nothing short of DELICIOUS. Yes, nothing will fully replace the flavors of corned beef, but you can still feel like you’re taking part in all the fun with this delicious recipe.

OR, if you want an even more fun way of roasting off the potatoes in this recipe you can try including my Rotisserie Roasted Potatoes which taste like that delicious rotisserie chicken skin but on potatoes and without the added fat of chicken skin. They’re one of our favorite side dishes!

Plus, since we are using turkey we only have to count the points in the potatoes, oil and small spoonful of brown sugar, so you can enjoy the classic flavors without stressing the points!

Corned Beef Pickling Ingredients:

Corned beef gets it’s flavors from a salty brine and a handful of pickling ingredients including allspice, mustard seeds, coriander, cloves, peppercorns, cardamom and cinnamon.

In this recipe we use the ground versions of these spices with just a hint of brown sugar to recreate the flavors. Roasted at a high temperature allows for us to brown the outside of the turkey while maintaining a juicy interior.

For our purposes since we aren’t brining and we are using the spices directly on the turkey we also add a small amount of brown sugar to temper all the spices. Don’t worry the corned turkey won’t taste sweet, just balanced.

How to Roast a Juicy Turkey Breast:

We chose a boneless turkey breast with the skin on. Since we aren’t eating the skin we didn’t want to waste it by crisping it on top, we wanted the turkey breast to get some good browning. We instead flipped the meat skin side down onto the baking sheet.

By keeping the skin on the bottom it gave the bottom of the turkey breast a fat barrier to keep it from drying out while the top was browning. We then just discard the skin and enjoy the turkey with the browned top.

This method also lets us roast at a higher temperature than we normally would, giving the top a chance to brown with just a bit of olive oil sprayed on top.

And, if you’re worried about the pan you can line it with parchment paper or a silicone mat first. I was able to wash the pan easily, but this baking sheet is from Williams-Sonoma and it’s the best.

How to season a turkey breast:

We created a pickling spice dry rub and rubbed it on the top of our turkey as well as between the skin and the bottom of the turkey. Even though we are discarding the skin, the turkey benefits from being seasoned on all sides.