Leftovers!?

Question

I have a half, smoked turkey left over from xmas and I am trying to find some good recipes (soups/casseroles) for the leftovers. Any easy/good suggestions?

Answer 1

THIS IS TO DIE FOR:

Turketti recipe

1 1/4 cups spaghetti, not thin
2 cups cooked turkey or chicken
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
1/2 cup turkey broth or water
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 3/4 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
Break spaghetti into 2-inch pieces. Cook, drain and rinse.
Place turkey and onion in casserole.
Mix soup, broth, salt and pepper. Pour over meat.
Add 1 cup of the cheese and the spaghetti.
Toss lightly. Sprinkle remaining cheese over top.
Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes.

Answer 2

My mother eats leftovers until they are either gone or grow hair prettier than mine. I take the leftover whatever it is, place in zip lock bags - serving portions - and freeze to use later. Then I can haul it out when I really am in the mood for the item.

But, for your smoked turkey, it would go good in Navy Bean Soup, Split Pea soup, Turkey Noodle Casserole (your tuna noodle casserole recipe with turkey instead of the tuna - containing the egg noodles, sauteed onions, cream of mushroom soup - not diluted - peas, hard boiled eggs - chopped, and your turkey. Place in a casserole dish, sprinkle with bread crumbs and dot with butter. Heat at 350º for 25 minutes or until all nice and bubbly.

Another idea is a Turkey Waldorf Salad - the turkey - diced, fine chopped onion, fine chopped celery, chopped apple, cranraisins, red grapes - halved, and the dressing being mayonnaise, curry, black pepper and just a little mustard. Mix all together and place on a lettuce leaf. Dust again with black pepper.

You could also put your smoked turkey - in pieces - into an Alfredo sauce with fettuccine noodles.

A nice turkey noodle salad would be good too - with elbow macaroni, diced onions, diced celery, diced carrots, diced cheese (either cheddar or cojack), diced hard-boiled eggs, chopped tomatoes, your turkey in bite-sized pieces, and the dressing being mayonnaise, a little mustard, black pepper and a little salt, some pickle relish (sweet or sour - your choice) and a little milk to thin it. Mix the dressing until well mixed and gently mix into the salad.

Almost forgot!! And the best is turkey soup - either with just the broth or some cream added to the broth at the last minute for a wonderful mouth-feel. I make my turkey soup with the trinity (onions, carrots and celery), then throw in any kind of veggie I have in the house - bok choy, cabbage, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, pea pods, spinach, even leftover lettuce would go nicely in the soup - sounds strange but it will taste like a mild spinach - and if you put in leftover radishes, they taste like a mild turnip.

Enjoy!

Answer 3

Turkey pot pie is easy. Get an All Ready Pie Crust 2 pack (in the donut section at the supermarket). Drop pieces of turkey meat into the bottom of the crust. Add some frozen peas and carrots. If you have left over baked potatoes or scalloped potatoes, you could add them. You could also add onion. Pour in some left over gravy and put the other pie crust on top. Crimp the edges to keep the filling inside. Bake until the top crust is nicely browned.

Answer 4

Turkey Bolognese


1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 onion, chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 carrot, peeled and finely chopped
1 celery stalk, finely chopped
1 pound shredded cooked turkey (preferably dark meat)
3 cups marinara sauce
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 pound spaghetti
Freshly grated Parmesan
Heat the oil in a heavy large frying pan over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and saute until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the carrot and celery and saute until the vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes. Add the turkey and saute 1 minute. Add the marinara sauce. Decrease the heat to medium-low and simmer gently for 15 minutes to allow the flavors to blend, stirring often. Stir in the basil. Season the sauce, to taste, with salt and pepper. (The sauce can be made 1 week ahead. Cool the sauce completely, then transfer it to a container and freeze for future use. Bring the sauce to a simmer before using.)

Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti in a large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring often, about 8 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup of the cooking liquid. Add the pasta to the sauce and toss to coat, adding enough reserved cooking liquid to moisten as needed. Serve with the Parmesan.

Answer 5

You could try a turkey bake
Debone you turkey
add some chopped onion, celery, carrot.
Add your choice of pasta( I prefer penne or rigatoni) what ever fresh herbs you like.
I like ragoo pasta sauce add equal amounts of sauce and water place the dry ingredents in a baking dish then pour over the sauce cover with plastic wrap then foil and bake. Use plastic first because the acid from tomatoes will eat the foil.When done uncover add some cheese place under the broiler to caramalize the cheese to your liking then enjoy.
you can also add italian sausage if you like.

Answer 6

chop the meat with some onion, celery, dill pickles and mayo...sandwiches! take meat from bone, cook with beans, onions, diced tomatos, a few diced potatoes, broth.... bean soup. Since the turkey is smoked, beans will go great with it. Take it off the bone, brown with onion, green peppers, celery. Add a can of black beans, 1/2 cup rice, a can of ro-tel spicey diced tomatoes and some spices, (cayenne pepper, garlic, cajun seasoning) and you could hav a great invented supper dish called what ever you want!

Answer 7

yuck dont eat leftovers!