I love turkey, but I usually only have it once or twice a year because of how much work it takes to prepare. That’s why I was excited to try the 44th Street Slow Cooked Turkey Breast Roast from Costco, it makes getting a turkey dinner on the table in just 30 minutes incredibly easy. I was a bit skeptical about how good a fully cooked, ready-to-heat turkey breast could really taste, but this one turned out to be a pleasant surprise!
Location in Store
The turkey roast is located in the refrigerated section at Costco, near the 44th Street Beef Pot Roast and the Rana Tagliolini Seasoned White Chicken & Creamy Lemon Sauce. The item number is 1856067.
Taste
Surprisingly the turkey breast was quite tasty! It’s extremely moist which makes it taste a bit processed because most home cooked turkey breast I’ve had is a bit dry. The meat is very soft and tender and cuts very easily.
The gravy that comes with the turkey breast is nice, it’s a very plain, simple gravy with some subtle parsley and onion flavors. Neither the turkey nor the gravy is too salty.
It also seems like the quality of the turkey is pretty good. If you love thanksgiving / Christmas dinner but don’t want to go to the effort of making a turkey or turkey breast, this definitely hits the spot.
Cost
The 1.10 kilogram box comes with two 550 gram turkey breast roasts and costs $22.99 Canadian which seems really reasonable. One turkey breast roast isn’t huge but if you cook up both you’d for sure have enough for at least four adults with leftovers. It’s also a very convenient main dish!
Convenience
This turkey breast is a breeze to heat, all you do is place the breast/gravy in a covered oven safe dish and bake it for 25 to 30 minutes. The turkey breast roast needs to be kept refrigerated and the best before date is about a month from when I purchased it.
I think if you weren’t going to use it by the best before date you could easily freeze it then thaw it before cooking. I recommend serving this with all the Christmas/Thanksgiving sides! Buns, stuffing, mashed potatoes and roasted vegetables would complement the turkey breast perfectly.
Nutrition
Calories
One quarter of a turkey breast of a 140 gram serving contains 120 calories, one and a half grams of fat, one gram of carbohydrates, zero grams of fibre, zero grams of sugar, 26 grams of protein and 370 milligrams of sodium. That’s quite a bit of protein for only 120 calories and one and a half grams of fat! The sodium isn’t too high either.
Ingredients
Unfortunately, there are a bunch of ingredients that wouldn’t be in a home cooked turkey breast. Such as soy protein, corn syrup solids, dextrose and some additives/preservatives. The turkey breast roast contains both milk and soy.
Scoring
Taste: 8/10
Cost: 7.5/10
Convenience: 9/10
Nutrition: 6/10
Overall
Give it a try!
I don’t love the ingredient list; a turkey breast roast should just be turkey and homemade gravy but I guess that’s the price we pay for convenience and packaged foods. I did quite enjoy the turkey and the flavor of the gravy though.
FAQ
In Canada.
It contains soy which some individuals following a gluten-free diet may not tolerate.
A 140 gram serving or about one quarter of one turkey breast contains 120 calories.
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This is awful. Will never buy this again. We returned it back to Costco. The return counter employee agreed they didn’t like the roast turkey either.
This turkey roast was a major disappointment, partly because of the poor cooking instructions that made the food nearly impossible to eat. A few of us tried the different ways to cook it, and none of them worked out except for the boil in the bag.
The microwave instructions were especially bad. They were just plain wrong, and following them made the chicken, I mean turkey very dry, with the gravy almost burning and sticking to the dish. This made no sense because we’ve had good luck with this brand’s roast beef, which uses a similar microwave steam-in-bag method and turns out perfectly. For some reason, they changed a method that worked, and it made things worse for this turkey.
The oven method was no better and made the roast dry and unappetizing. The only way that cooked it right was boiling it in the bag. However, I really don’t like that method because of the known dangers of plastics and chemicals getting into the food. It’s not a good or safe way to cook.
On top of the bad cooking experience, the turkey itself didn’t taste like turkey at all. It had a strong, nasty, fake-processed taste. Cooking it in the bag seemed to make that processed taste even stronger, making the whole thing pretty nasty.
Because this product is so bad, I wouldn’t be surprised if they stop selling it, just like they did with the roast pork. The only thing from this company that is always good and easy to make is the roast beef. They should just stick to what they’re good at. We almost returned the uneaten portions back to Costco but chose not. We won’t buy it again
I tried this a few months ago on the basis of the beef pot roast made by 44th Street. I thought it wasn’t bad for a quick and easy meal without going through all the fuss of roasting a turkey. But it didn’t even come close to the same quality and flavour. I think the gravy had quite a commercial (not homemade) taste to it. The addition of some pepper, thyme and sage helped a bit. Not sure if I would buy it again.
I was wondering about that. The same manufacturer also produced a pork version, but it was a total flop in our region and Costco ended up pulling it. These ultra-processed meats aren’t really designed for stovetop or oven cooking—they’re meant to be microwaved, otherwise they turn out too dry. It’s interesting how Natalie always uses the oven or stove and seems to get good results, but in our experience, it’s been quite the opposite.