Slow Cooker Turkey with Cranberry Sauce

Name: Slow Cooker Turkey with Cranberry Sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h 15 min
Yield: 15 servings.
Cuisine: Comfort Food Dinner Recipes, Comfort Food Recipes
Ingredients: 2 boneless skinless turkey breast halves (3 pounds each); 1 can (14 ounces) jellied cranberry sauce; 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons water, divided; 1 envelope onion soup mix; 2 tablespoons cornstarch

Try this tasty and easy way to cook a turkey breast using your slow cooker. It's ideal for holiday potlucks, and the sweet cranberry sauce nicely complements the turkey. —Marie Ramsden, Fairgrove, Michigan

Ingredients

2 boneless skinless turkey breast halves (3 pounds each)
1 can (14 ounces) jellied cranberry sauce
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons water, divided
1 envelope onion soup mix
2 tablespoons cornstarch

Directions

Place turkey breasts in a 5-qt. slow cooker. In a large bowl, combine the cranberry sauce, 1/2 cup water and soup mix. Pour over turkey. Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours or until meat is tender. Remove turkey and keep warm.
Transfer cooking juices to a large saucepan. Combine the cornstarch and remaining water until smooth. Bring cranberry mixture to a boil; gradually stir in cornstarch mixture until smooth. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Slice turkey; serve with cranberry sauce.

Nutrition Facts

1 serving: 248 calories, 1g fat (0 saturated fat), 112mg cholesterol, 259mg sodium, 12g carbohydrate (7g sugars, 0 fiber), 45g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 5 lean meat, 1/2 starch.

Originally published as Turkey with Cranberry Sauce in Taste of Home Freezer Pleasers

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kayepatt

Nov 2, 2011

Yikes! This Cranberry Sauce was awful. The onion soup mix was terribly overpowering. Yikes, again!
akvranish

Apr 3, 2011

We've made this recipe several times and it is excellent! The tukey comes out incredibly tender and the cranberry sauce is divine! We love to have this year round.