Thought I’d roast a turkey breast for sandwiches instead of buying the deli stuff.  Made a batch of rice stuffing to bake underneath the turkey.

Drizzle turkey with olive oil and season with salt, pepper, garlic powder and paprika.

Rice Dressing
3c cooked rice
1/2 c chopped celery
1/3 c grated pecorino romano or parmasean cheese
1egg, beaten
1/4 c chopped parsley
salt and pepper to taste

Combine all dressing ingredients and place in the bottom of a baking dish. Top with seasoned turkey breast and bake at 350 until internal temp. reaches 160. This was a fairly large turkey breast so cooking time was nearly 50 minutes. Take out of oven and let turkey rest–it should reach a temp of 165.

I left the skin on for cooking but removed before slicing. I also bought the breast still on the bone so I could remove the meat for roasting and use the rib bones for making stock.

Had a few slices of the the meat and some stuffing for dinner and will use the rest for sandwiches this week. I’ll use some of those super-fresh tomatoes from the market along with a crusty slice of sourdough bread, no mayo needed.

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