What can I do with my leftover turkey?

Question

I hate to waste. Any good recipes to try with lots of leftover turkey?

Answer 1

Boil the bones and remaining meat in a pot with lots of salted water and some celery, onions, and carrots. After it boils for a couple of hours, strain the broth through a strainer into another pot. Now rinse off the turkey meat and discard the bones and boiled veggies.
In a new pot, saute some garlic in olive oil, then add a cup or 2 of fresh chopped celery, carrots and onion ans saute for about 6 mins. Now return the strained stock to the new pot. boil for a few mins while you chop up the boiled turkey meat. Add the meat to the pot, and you have great soup. I like mine with rice or pasta.

Answer 2

We solved the leftover turkey question years ago thanks to a cookbook by James Barber, also known as The Urban Peasant. He did one of those TV cooking shows.
His suggestion is trim off and freeze the big meat chunks you are not using in the next day or so and put everything into the stock pot. Add water, boil and simmer and you have yourself some fine soup stock. After big meals like the xmas turkey dinner he puts all the leftovers in the stockpot with the turkey carcass, that includes the stuffing, gravy, potatoes, carrots, peas, cranberry sauce, salads, everything except the deserts are candidates for the stock pot. Every year is a new taste experience, depending on what leftovers you have.
After you have prepared your soup stock, add some of that left over turkey, onions,. carrots and whatever you usually use in soups and enjoy. A quick and safe way to clear up a lot of leftovers.

Answer 3

Freeze it in portions , in either freezer bags or plastic containers. This is after u pick it away from the bone.

I make creamed Turkey sandwiches, or same over buscuits, a little thinner gravy for that. a fav of my kids is a homemad pot pie. Make or buy a double crust, get some mixed veggies, make or buy turkey gravy, mix meat and gravy, cook awhile, add veggies, season to your taste. Pour in pie shell, add top crust, bake in med oven till crust is done. U can also save some of the gravy/turkey mixture to pour on slices for added gravy. It has always been a hit at my house.

Good Luck and don't let it go to waste!!!

Answer 4

--Turkey Tettrazini.
--Soup with lots of veggies. I recommend that after you prepare the soup, you go ahead and put in the fridge so the 'fat' will solidify and float to the top - Remove the hardened fat and reheat/serve
--Turkey Chili (instead of Chicken Chili): Shred the turkey or cut in cubes. Set aside or freeze until ready to use. Fry for about 5 mins onions in olive oil[don't overdo the oil]. Add some cumin, hot pepper flakes+red chili pepper (if you don't care for hot/spicy food don't add the flakes nor pepper). Add some of the turkey gravy and/or broth (or swanson chicken stock). Season to taste. Next add some of northern beans (drained and washed). Warm up. Taste. Add turkey. Continue to cook so flavors blend. Best if cooked day before. You can cook on stovetop or crockpot. To thicken, mash some (not all) of the beans. Just before serving, add monterey jack cheese (shredded) and stir until it melts and is warmed thru (do not boil). Adjust seasoning. At this point you can refrigerate or serve. Toppings: sour cream; diced/chopped onions or scallions/green onions; shredded cheese; jalapeno; diced avocado; diced tomatoes; shredded lettuce, etc. Serve in bowls with corn bread or hot rolls.

Answer 5

turkey a'la King
turkey gumbo
turkey tetrazzini
turkey salad
fried turkey sandwich
cold Turkey sandwich
fried eggs and turkey for breakfast
turkey meatloaf
turkey chili
spaghetti and turkey meat balls
turkey sausage
turkey cakes (mix chopped turkey with bread crumbs and fry)
turkey and noodles soup
turkey tamales
turkey taquitos
turkey burritos
turkey taco
Turkey enchiladas
turkey fried rice
turkey chop suey
turkey and dumplings
turkey potato balls (chopped turkey wrapped with firm mashed potatoes and fried.)
turkey pot pie
turkey casserole
turkey and helper. (sub turkey for tuna in Tuna Helper)
I think that enough. First I got hungry,now I think I going to up-chuck. Good luck Happy new year

Answer 6

you can freeze it and use it later.

A good recipe is 2 cans evap milk, 1 bag peperage farms stuffing, 2 cups celery chopped, 1 cup onion chopped, 2 cans cambels cream of chicken soup, 4 tbs parsley, 1/4 tsp pepper, and enough turkey to eaqual around 4 chicken breasts. Put in slow cooker and cook for aprx. 3-3 1/2 hrs or until celery is tender. you can also do this in a roaster at around 320 degrees for about 2 hrs.

Answer 7

i've got given you a link to Kraft meals' revamped chicken Tetrazzini recipe that I made final Thursday with leftover turkey. it somewhat is impressive. I observed the recipe different than for including a can of sliced water chestnuts to characteristic some crunch and sprinkled bread crumbs on the ideal. they have lots of different chicken recipes additionally.

Answer 8

I don't know any recipes for left over turkey but was thinking that maybe you could find one for making turkey pot pies. You could freeze them and have them at a later date.

Answer 9

Freeze some for later.

I like to make turkey pot pie. Use some leftover gravy,turkey veggies and cook in a pie crust.

Answer 10

Did this go into the frig/freezer within 2 hrs. of coming out of the oven? If not, throw it out. It could cause salmonella or worse. Otherwise, I make turkey enchiladas with mine..Yum.