Leftover turkey ideas.

[Clarita]

I need ideas for using leftover turkey. If it makes a difference we only have dark meat left.

[El...]

Soup with rice!

Turkey pot pie!

[Slache]

Throw it in a flour tortilla with peperjack and BBQ sauce.

[marbel]

Make enchiladas with turkey, green salsa and sour cream. Tip with more salsa and cheese.

Turkey rice or noodle soup.

Mix with gravy and serve over mashed potatoes.

Those are ours anyway.

[Ali in OR]

Spicy white chili is our favorite. Though I think when the recipe was first printed it was with a finely diced jalapeno pepper (or maybe half a pepper) instead of the canned chiles. Anyway, that's what we do. We make this once a year with leftover T-Day turkey and several other times a year with a rotisserie chicken.

https://www.bhg.com/recipe/chili/spicy-white-chili/

[Frances]

Turkey stew with potatoes, carrots, celery, and onion is the big winner here.

[kbutton]

https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/hot-chicken-salad/
Something like this. This is close to the one I make, but mine has chopped hard boiled eggs and sliced black olives too. 

[ScoutTN]

Making mexican style stuffed peppers here. Poblanos stuffed with seasoned turkey mixed with salsa. Cheese melted on top.

 

[saraha]

Mixed with cream cheese and taco seasoning, rolled in tortillas and either baked or fried- our version of chimichangas

[gardenmom5]

Turkey soup,

turkey crepes - turkey filling and top with cranberry sauce

[Storygirl]

I use it for anything that I would use cooked chicken in. If the store has turkeys left this weekend at a reduced price, I will buy and cook more for the freezer.

But this weekend, I plan to make turkey tetrazzini and creamy turkey and wild rice soup. Yum!

[KidsHappen]

I always make either turkey pot pie or turkey a la king.

[SoCal_Bear]

Thanksgiving leftover casserole. 

I make sure I make enough gravy, mashed potatoes and stuffing. Easy enough to make more of this. Just layer mashed potatoes, shredded turkey, gravy, any leftover veggies (I just like using frozen mixed veggies, top with stuffing. Pour a little turkey or chicken stock to moisten. Cover with foil. Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes until hot. Uncover for last 15 minutes to let top crisp up.

It's what my son looks forward to the most.

Since I'm Chinese, we make turkey congee the morning after as well, and turkey pot pie shows up later in the week. 

Edited November 27, 2021 by calbear

[mmasc]

I found this recipe several years ago and now make it every single year! This year, I will freeze my pies (they feeeze beautifully) and we will eat them at Christmas, so win-win!

[scbusf]

I’m making turkey noodle soup with ours. 

[KungFuPanda]

Is it weird that I’m ridiculously happy that today is the day I make turkey stock? I love having it on hand. 

[Zinnia2]

Our favorite is gumbo with turkey and andouille.

[ktgrok]

I've been making a hash from left over turkey for breakfast. I slice or dice some red onion, and if I had other veggies on hand would use them too, and then the turkey and a bit of precooked bacon. Then I fry up a patty of leftover mashed potatoes, and top it all with a fried egg. 

I'm also going to make pasta tomorrow, with turkey and a basic white sauce and some mushrooms. 

Edited November 28, 2021 by ktgrok

[Clarita]

We ended up doing chili for lunch (which turned out soupier than I was going for, my bad for not reading the recipe closely and just winging it) and congee for dinner.  

[HS Mom in NC]

My leftover turkey was made into 2 pot pies yesterday. One for dinner last night and one for the freezer. I expect I'll pick a very cold day in January to eat the other one.

Another option is to dice up the turkeyand put it in a skillet with chorizo or packaged taco/fajita/carnita seasoning and any combination or all of the following diced:

onions
corn
squash
bell peppers
chillis
potatoes
garlic

Then put scoops of that in a tortilla, taco shell, bowl of rice or bowl of lettuce and top with cheese and/or salsa.
 

[theelfqueen]

I did a turkey tetrazini in the instant pot last time I had leftover turkey.