Leftover turkey...

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Not much beats a turkey sandwich or a turkey club...but my favorite way to use leftover turkey is in chop suey...the combination of oriental vegetables complement turkey very well better than chicken or beef IMO...I like it better over rice noodles or chow mein noodles rather than white rice....
Our recipe is similar to the dozens that are on the Internet using the common ingredients we favor...(secret ingredient is a couple tablespoons of molasses)...

Anyone got a favorite that's beyond the typical hot and cold sandwiches and turkey soup??

 

[Diggin It]

The inevitable Turkey Hash. The bits of turkey too small to do much else with, dressing, spuds and gravy all in a casserole and cooked again.

 

[Guidshir]

One of my favorites is turkey tomatillo potato hash for breakfast.

 

[downsizingnow48]

Guidshir how about some more details, sounds good!

 

[prichard]

When I smoke the bird, didn't this year, my wife makes enchiladas. Something about the smoked meat really makes them special.

 

[MossRoad]

Turkey ala king! Make a double batch. Serve half of it over buttered, halved biscuits.

Then tomorrow, put the other half into pre-made pie crusts and you have turkey pot pie!

 

[Sigarms]

My fathers golfing buddy came down to visit him yesterday (his buddy has family about 30 minutes away) and we had a great dish of Turkey pot pie for dinner.

 

[Thomas]

Yep loaded turkey sandwich and HOT open face turkey dinner w/gray top notch. :thumbsup::licking:

 

[mddorange]

Beside just warming the leftover turkey and eating it with leftover sweat taters and green beans, we also had tacos with turkey meat. Hmm, Hmm good.

We cooked 2 turkeys since two different families were coming. When one couldn't make it because the dad had to work, we have plenty of leftover turkey. :licking:

 

[Oaktree]

Just the usual here...soup or hot chunks over bread with gravy, mushrooms, green peppers and onions.

This year we had Thanksgiving at my sister's. She cooked one of those organically raised free range locally grown never frozen ones that are kind of a cliché in Vermont. It was the soggiest, most tasteless turkey I've ever had. I don't think it was the prep...she's generally a pretty good cook.

 

[Guidshir]

What I do is similar to this recipe but swap out the cubanelles with tomatillos. With the right amount of salt it's pretty amazing.
Turkey Hash recipe | Epicurious.com

 

[MossRoad]

So on Wednesday morning I weighted 212. I went out to Wendy's for lunch with friends, had large pizza and beers with family for dinner. Had lots-o-snacks at home that night. Got up Thursday morning. Ate breakfast by myself. Started the turkey around 10:00am. Got out venison cheese sticks, cheese and crackers for lunch. Made the rest of the sides with my wife. Ate Thanksgiving dinner with family at 2. Turkey, ham, Polish sausage, mashed and sweet potatoes, stuffing, wild rice, green bean casserole, corn, two kinds of cranberries, deviled eggs, cheesy potatoes, dinner rolls, 4 kinds of pie, pumpkin roll and probably a few other items I forgot. Got hungry again around 6, so out came the leftovers and tacos! :laughing: Add in a few beers and several mixed drinks.... I weighed 222 before bed! :shocked:

So, I gained somewhere over 9 pounds in about 36 hours.

Friday ate ham sandwich for breakfast, mowed leaves in my yard and did elderly neighbor's yard, too. Hauled in 600 pieces of firewood to the basement. Ate dinner of leftovers. Weighed 217 before bed.

Saturday got up and made french toast and sausage for the family. I had peanut butter french toast. Had turkey sandwich for lunch. Went to a movie with the family. Turkey pot pie for dinner. More deserts. Watched the ND football game. Amaretto stone sours for evening fun. Some long island ice teas, too.

Sunday more breakfast and lunch of leftovers. Pulled pork for dinner.

Monday morning weighed 211. :laughing:

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I made a big batch of enchiladas out of left overs and they were a big hit...

SR

 

[Pawatch]

Usually just have normal turkey leftovers....hot turkey Sammy's, turkey noodle soup and vacuum seal some for a later date.
Smoked 6 turkeys for Thanksgiving. 2 going to the local on duty fire crew.
Whenever turkey breasts go on sale I will buy them to smoke.

 

[MossRoad]

I made a big batch of enchiladas out of left overs and they were a big hit...

SR

That sounds good, too! :licking:

 

[downsizingnow48]

What I do is similar to this recipe but swap out the cubanelles with tomatillos. With the right amount of salt it's pretty amazing. Turkey Hash recipe | Epicurious.com

Will try this for sure.

 

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I make soup with my leftovers.
After picking the carcass clean of as much of the meat as possible, I break the large bones (large ChannelLock pliers crack them nicely exposing the marrow - pliers are washed first of course) to open them up, and boil them in water for a few hours.

The resultant bone broth goes into the freezer until we're done with the rest of the turkey; then it, the leftover gravy (which was made primarily with the liver (organic turkey) and drippings from the roasting), the leftover meat, and extra carrots/celery/yellow onion/parsley/spices all go into a pot, with the result being

eight quarts, this year, of soup.
Seven went into the freezer; one's already been eaten (with fresh baked bread).

Goodness, no turkey to eat tomorrow!

I'm going to need to get a pressure canner so I can safely preserve soup after Christmas... anyone have pressure canner recommendations? Hopefully something useful for other pressure cooker uses?

 

[Sawyer Rob]

ALL AMERICAN!!

We have two, they are a purchase that will easily last a life time and be passed down to your kids!

SR

 

[JPRambo]

My DIL made the turkey in the dutch oven over charcoal. And left overs became a shepherds pie in the dutch oven over charcoal the next day. We were camping on property in N. Georgia.

 

[RobertN]

We make broth from turkey or chicken carcass. My wife freezes the broth in ice trays, and then puts it in ziplocks.

There's about 8 cubes for a cup of stock. Makes it nice when cooking; if you need 1/2 cup of broth you toss in 4 broth cubes.

I make soup with my leftovers.
After picking the carcass clean of as much of the meat as possible, I break the large bones (large ChannelLock pliers crack them nicely exposing the marrow - pliers are washed first of course) to open them up, and boil them in water for a few hours.

The resultant bone broth goes into the freezer until we're done with the rest of the turkey; then it, the leftover gravy (which was made primarily with the liver (organic turkey) and drippings from the roasting), the leftover meat, and extra carrots/celery/yellow onion/parsley/spices all go into a pot, with the result being
eight quarts, this year, of soup.
Seven went into the freezer; one's already been eaten (with fresh baked bread).

Goodness, no turkey to eat tomorrow!

I'm going to need to get a pressure canner so I can safely preserve soup after Christmas... anyone have pressure canner recommendations? Hopefully something useful for other pressure cooker uses?