Barbecue Ranch Turkey Steaks - Lean, Juicy, Tender, & Delicious!

Linda and I were asked to be cooks for our church's Girl's Camp next week (BTW, that means that I won't be posting while I'm there).  The camp is in a mountain wilderness area and we'll be cooking for around 200 people (teenage girls and their leaders) without kitchen amenities or electricity. The past few weeks have been filled with planning and the past few days with shopping.  One of the shopping stops took me to the Norbest Turkey Factory outlet in Moroni Utah.  The prices of their products at the outlet were good and I was getting everything fresh from the factory.  While I was there getting stuff for Girl's Camp I picked up a few pounds of fresh boneless/skinless turkey breast so I could experiment with making lean steaks to go along with the barbecue pork sausage burgers, veggie burger, and the smokey sweet potato burgers I've posted recently.  As I mentioned in the post about pork sausage burgers, lean meats often make for tough burgers and steaks.  The solution to keeping lean meats tender while you grill them is to either add fat or moisture.  For these turkey stakes I added a bit of both and they turned out succulent and delicious.

I mentioned in the post on pork sausage burgers that pork has 30% less calories and 60% less fat than beef which is good,  but turkey is better yet...it has 35% less calories and 95% less fat than beef.  In addition to being an amazing source of lean protein turkey has the following health benefits:

• Turkey is a great source of selenium which is essential for the healthy function of the thyroid and immune system and helps to eliminate cancer-friendly free radicals in the body.
• Turkey is a great source of all B vitamins are present in turkey meat, including B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12, folate, biotin, and choline.  These prevent birth defects, anemia, and enable a healthy skin and nervous system.
• Turkey has a number of trace minerals critical to good health including zinc, copper, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, and iron.

Here's how to make delicious and nutritious Barbecue Ranch Turkey Steaks:

• 2 lb Skinless Boneless Turkey Breast - fresh if it's available, frozen if not
• 1 cup Ranch Dressing
• 1/2 cup Barbecue Sauce
• Salt & Pepper to taste

Slice the turkey breast cross-grain in 3/4" - 1" thick steaks.  Mix together the rest of the ingredients and add the steaks ensuring that the marinade covers the meat (if not add more).  Marinade for at least 2 hours.  Cook the meat on a grill (mine is gas but charcoal would be even better) over low flames until lightly browned and tender (6 - 8 minutes per side but check sooner on the first side to make sure you're not burning it).  Baste the steaks periodically with the remaining marinade...the trick is to keep them moist so they will stay tender.  Take them off the grill when done and move them to a warming shelf to relax for a couple of minutes.

Serve these immediately with grilled vegetables and roasted potatoes.