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July 22, 2016 29 Comments

Famous Sanpete County Barbecue Turkey and Chicken Marinade

You guys this Famous Sanpete County Barbecue Turkey and Chicken Marinade is basically my family’s life blood.

Famous-Sanpete-County-Barbecue-Turkey-and-turkey-marinadeI seriously can’t think of one summer get together or reunion where this delicious barbecued turkey wasn’t served.

I come from a long line of people who love to eat so the fact that this is prepared so frequently among us should give you a pretty good indication of how ridiculously AWESOME it is.

So yes, it is famous among our extended family but it is also famous because it is served to thousands of people every summer during the Manti Mormon Miracle Pageant that is held in Manti Utah (Sanpete County) every June.

Manti is a small town and church groups, in an effort to fund-raise and feed all the people who flood the small city every summer, prepare this delicious marinade to make the turkey breast extra moist and flavorful.

The reason they use turkey is because Sanpete County is home to a GIANT Turkey Processing Plant and they can get the meat for a very good price.

Famous-Sanpete-County-Barbecue-Turkey-and-turkey-marinadeLuckily the marinade also taste great on chicken because out here where I live, boneless turkey breast can be really expensive. Chicken is a much more affordable and still delicious option.

My parents live close enough to the turkey processing plant that they buy turkey breast by 10 or 20 lb blocks. Just this past month when we were in Utah they marinated and barbecued about 20 lbs worth of turkey breast. There were 40 of us home and lets just say it didn’t last very long. It is sooooo good.

This marinade is also awesome because it is gluten free. We have a few people in our family that can not have gluten and this is a great thing to make when feeding them.

Famous-Sanpete-County-Barbecue-Turkey-and-turkey-marinadeMy mom, who I consider and expert in marinating turkey, saves and uses 5qt ice cream buckets to marinate the meat in. They have a tight fitting lid and are much easier to get meat out of than a Ziploc bag.

If there was one thing I could personally force you to make for your family or guests this summer, this is it. Barbecued Turkey or Chicken Breast marinated in this simple awesome marinade. Grilled.Summer.Perfection.

My dad and brother Matt have the grilling down to a perfected science.

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Famous Sanpete County Barbecue Turkey and Chicken Marinade
 
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Prep time
24 hours
Cook time
10 mins
Total time
24 hours 10 mins
 
Worlds easiest and most delicious marinade for Turkey or Chicken Breasts.
Author: Someone in Sanpete County
Recipe type: Meat Marinade
Cuisine: Barbecue
Ingredients
  • 2 cups Sprite
  • ⅔ cup soy sauce
  • 1 cup vegetable or canola oil
  • 1 tbsp horseradish, bottled or finely grated
  • 1½ tsp garlic powder
  • This is enough marinade for 5-10 lbs of meat.
Instructions
  1. Mix all ingredients together ( my mom likes to do this in a 5 quart ice cream bucket) a large bowl with a tight fitting lid works well too or dividing it up into Ziploc bags works well too, it is just easier to get the meat out of a bowl or bucket when grilling then out of a tipsy bag.
  2. Cut large turkey breast in thirds or Chicken breasts in half. Chicken tenders also work well
  3. Add prepared meat to marinade and refrigerate for at least 12 but preferably 24 hours. Stir or flip once or twice if possible during marinating time.
  4. Using an outdoor grill, grill meat until cooked through.
  5. We usually serve with baked potatoes, green beans or corn on the cob, rolls and jello salad.
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29 Comments

  1. Alberta

    July 26, 2016 at 6:35 pm

    What!? You were in Sanpete and didn’t come visit us? 🙁 We’ve lived here 2 years now and still haven’t tried the bbq turkey. I guess we’d better now! 😉

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    • Maria

      August 1, 2016 at 3:48 pm

      We actually weren’t in Sanpete this year, but if we ever are I will definitely drop in to say hi! Miss you guys.

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    • Joan

      April 9, 2018 at 11:44 pm

      How does this work on beef steaks?

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      • Maria

        April 18, 2018 at 7:37 pm

        Hi Joan, I haven’t ever tried it with Beef Steaks.

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        • Bonny Dansie

          September 30, 2018 at 2:40 am

          Really good with beef steaks. We don’t use the spices, just the marinade

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          • Maria

            October 17, 2018 at 3:01 pm

            Yum!

    • Scott Hansen

      November 10, 2019 at 11:34 pm

      So do you use this marinade for the large boneless norbest turkey loaf? I don’t know what else to call it but it’s about 12lbs of where and dark boneless turkey meat?

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      • Maria

        May 12, 2020 at 4:43 pm

        No, I use pieces of turkey breast. If you can’t find turkey breast, you can use chicken.

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    • Ken

      February 10, 2020 at 7:24 pm

      Soy sauce has gluten.

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      • Maria

        February 13, 2020 at 11:36 am

        Yes, if you need it to be gluten free you will need to use amino acids which have a similar flavor, In my experience you need less of the amino acids, about 2/3 of what you would use of soy sauce.

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  2. Jileen

    August 13, 2016 at 7:27 pm

    We tried this the other day and my family loved it! I’ve been to the Manti pageant (a very LONG time ago) but never knew this barbecued turkey was “a thing”. I made it with chicken and it truly was delicious…thanks for sharing!! Hope your summer has been fun 🙂

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    • Maria

      August 19, 2016 at 4:28 pm

      Yay! I am so glad you liked it! If you ever make it back to the pageant you’ll have to get some of the real deal. 🙂

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      • Rose

        June 2, 2019 at 3:04 pm

        FYI- Unfortunately, soy sauce does contain wheat and gluten.

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  3. Theresa

    April 13, 2017 at 9:22 pm

    Thanks for the recipe. I made it with chicken thighs and legs. It tastes great.

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    • Maria

      May 2, 2017 at 6:03 pm

      Awesome! I’ll have to try that sometime.

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  4. SherRee

    July 5, 2018 at 9:18 pm

    I’ve made it with steak, just used Dr pepper instead of Sprite. It was awesome!!

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    • Maria

      September 6, 2018 at 8:07 pm

      Yum!

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  5. Gringindio

    August 29, 2018 at 10:22 am

    I am going to try it with some rabbits the teachers quorum butchered this week… I’ll let you know how it goes! To be continued…

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    • Maria

      September 6, 2018 at 2:54 pm

      Yes, let me know. 🙂

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  6. Yori Ludvigson

    September 14, 2018 at 2:18 pm

    I was raised in Sanpete and Sanpete BBQ Turkey and it is awesome. But it is NOT Gluten Free as stated. Soy has Gluten.

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    • Maria

      September 17, 2018 at 2:18 pm

      Hi Yori, sorry, I should have stated that to make it gluten free you would need to use amino acids, or a gluten free soy sauce in place of regular soy sauce. Thanks for reminding me, I will update that to the post.

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  7. Jen

    September 15, 2018 at 3:41 pm

    Thank you for the recipe~!
    I’m from Emery County and lost my recipe a few years ago when I moved to Monroe. I was just in Gunnison and seen some turkey steaks at Gunnison Market, so tomorrow we’re having something we haven’t had forever.
    Thanks for posting this recipe – I needed a reprint and I appreciate you!
    Jen~

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    • Maria

      September 17, 2018 at 2:17 pm

      Yum! I wish I lived where I could find Turkey steaks! So happy for you, and ……a little jealous! 🙂

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      • Ron

        July 17, 2019 at 5:13 pm

        Maria, have you ever tried Maddox online? They are southnof Brigham city, in Perry, Utah, along Hwy 89. When I’m close because I live in Sandy in the Salt Lake Valley I stop in at Maddox and buy two boxes of 6, of their turkey burger steaks.
        Ron (“in (Sandy)) a Utah”)

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        • Maria

          May 14, 2020 at 6:23 am

          I love there Turkey Burger Steaks. When I lived in Logan I would get them at Sams Club. We haven’t lived in Utah since 2007 so I really miss them.

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  8. Gail LaFrentz

    September 17, 2018 at 11:27 pm

    I bought a frozen 5 pound Norbest turkey breast. So I cut it into individual servings before marinating?

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    • Maria

      September 25, 2018 at 1:07 pm

      Genius!!!!

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  9. Danny

    December 17, 2018 at 5:13 pm

    Im sure going to try this recipe for x mas sounds so good

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    • Maria

      February 28, 2019 at 10:53 pm

      Hope you liked it!

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