Happy Thanksgiving Eve to everyone! I wanted to post a couple of recipes for you to use that yummy leftover turkey. Really, any recipe that calls for chicken you can use your leftover turkey. Here are a couple of my favorite recipes and a couple of ideas to get your creative cooking juices flowing.
Oh So easy Chicken or Leftover Thanksgiving Pot Pie
You can leave the meat out and double the veggies
1 package of 2 frozen Deep Dish Pie Shells
1 big can of canned white meat chicken (by the canned tuna or you can use leftover chicken or turkey)
1 can of cream of chicken soup (or your favorite cream of anything)
1 can of mixed vegetables or veg-all or 1 cup of leftover veggies (corn, green beans, etc)
salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 350. Mix chicken, soup and veggies together. Pour the mixture in one pie shell and take the second pie shell and cover the mixture. No worries if it is messy, it eats great! I take some of the crust off the second pie shell.
Cook for about 45mins to 1 hour until the edges start to brown.
Turkey Alfredo
Super Easy and Quick
1-2 cups of leftover turkey
1 jar of your favorite Alfredo sauce
mushrooms (optional)
leftover cranberries (optional)
1 box of long noodles (your choice or whatever you have on hand)
Salt and pepper
a little nutmeg
Follow package directions on noodles and drain, saving about 1/4c of the pasta water.
If using mushrooms, heat a about 1 Tbsp of butter and 1 Tbsp of olive oil in a large skillet. Cook mushrooms until they become soft 5-10mins.
Pour alfredo in the skillet over the mushrooms. Heat on Low to get warm. Add leftover turkey and cook until warm. Now, if you are using cranberries depending on the consistency you have to make a choice on when to add them. If they have lots of sugar, I would put them on the side. If they are whole you can add them to the sauce last.
Season sauce with salt and pepper and add a little nutmeg to enhance flavor of the sauce.
Serve with a salad and bread.
Shepard's Pie
Leftover mashed potatoes and you can even use sweet potatoes
Leftover veggies and turkey
can of your favorite soup (I have used the french onion soup but the creams will make it thicker)
A little fresh Parmesan cheese (why, because I LOVE cheese but it is optional)
Preheat oven to 350.
Mix turkey and veggies and soup and pour in the bottom of a pie pan or 8x8 pan. Add salt and pepper if needed. I usually don't since all the leftovers have been seasoned.
Cover the mixture with mashed potatoes or sweet potatoes or both.
Spinkle with cheese.
Bake in the oven until heated and cheese is melted. About 30mins.
Ideas for leftovers to get you thinking...
Any recipe that calls for chicken, substitue your leftover turkey
How about your favorite chicken burrito recipe?
or a sandwich with turkey, cranberries and brie or another white cheese (heat it like a grill cheese)
Happy Thanksgiving!
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