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Turkey Leftovers

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ArtGirl Enthusiast
ArtGirl
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I was pondering turkey leftovers as my turkey soup was simmering on the stove. What do YOU do with the leftover turkey-day feast?

My standard fare after cooking any kind of poultry is, after most of the meat is removed, to put all the bones in a pot of water and simmer for several hours to make soup broth (I add onions, celery and garlic to the pot, too). Then strain all the solid stuff out of the broth, saving the bits and pieces of meat but discarding everything else. I set the broth on the counter to cool, and to get the fat to rise, then put in the refrigerator overnight so I can easily skim the fat off the top. If I have enough I'll freeze in ice cube trays and store in a plastic bag so I can take out whatever amount I want in the future.

Today I am making soup from some of the broth. I returned some of the meat to the strained broth and added chopped onion, carrot, celery and garlic. I'll simmer this for at least an hour and perhaps cook some gluten-free noodles in it to make turkey-noodle soup.

So, what do you make with leftover turkey, etc.?

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Turkey pot pie. We make a couple of pies, and then also freeze some of the filling separately to make into pies later. Could also use it for a Turkey stew, chilli, shepherd's pie.

Michelle

mamaw Community Regular
mamaw
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That is usually what I do also, sometimes I use rice instead of gluten-free noodles. Turkey pot pie is good also. This year there were so many that I only had four slices of turkey left!!!!!

ArtGirl Enthusiast
ArtGirl
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This year there were so many that I only had four slices of turkey left!!!!!

Bummer! :(

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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What do we do with turkey leftovers?

Eat them! (Yes, as just turkey, and we have, oh, probably six pounds of turkey leftovers. :P)

Some things I've done in the past:

turkey soup

turkey enchiladas

salad with turkey

And something to try this year, later today:

Leftover Thanksgiving Sushi! :D

(no, I'm not kidding :) )

jaten Enthusiast
jaten
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I made a delicious turkey pizza for lunch....

Very small amount of ranch dressing on the crust, turkey, bacon, avocado, provolone

EXCELLENT!

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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What do we do with turkey leftovers?

Eat them! (Yes, as just turkey, and we have, oh, probably six pounds of turkey leftovers. :P)

Some things I've done in the past:

turkey soup

turkey enchiladas

salad with turkey

And something to try this year, later today:

Leftover Thanksgiving Sushi! :D

(no, I'm not kidding :) )

T:

Turkey sushi.........ug, that is so way over the hill :blink::blink: BLAAAAAAAAAAH

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ArtGirl Enthusiast
ArtGirl
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I made a delicious turkey pizza for lunch....

Very small amount of ranch dressing on the crust, turkey, bacon, avocado, provolone

At first thought.... turkey pizza, ugh. Then when I read that there's no tomato sauce - it started to look really good. (Too bad I can't eat cheese, but, if I could, I'd give this one a try).

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munchkinette
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I have to cook so much more now that I'm on the gluten-free diet. I can't order takeout anymore. I am totally content to eat turkey for 4 days if it means I don't have to think about reading labels or cooking for 4 days!

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lovegrov
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Turkey salad -- just like chicken salad, only with turkey.

richard

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tarnalberry
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Turkey sushi.........ug, that is so way over the hill :blink::blink: BLAAAAAAAAAAH

Actually, all seven of us making the Open Original Shared Link quite liked it.

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jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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The sushi actually does look good--never would have thought of it!

Guest nini
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I love to make sushi rolls, I never would have thought to put turkey and cranberry sauce in it, let alone apple pie???!!! interesting!

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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What do you do with leftover turkey............throw the whole darn thing out the window. :D:D:D:P

lpellegr Collaborator
lpellegr
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Turkey tetrazzini! Make a white sauce (I forget what I substituted for flour last time, but lots of things will do) with a stick of margarine or butter and an equivalent to half a cup of flour, with a cup of chicken broth and a cup of milk. Season with 1t salt, 1/2t pepper, and 1/8t nutmeg. After it has thickened, turn off the heat and add 1/4c sherry and 3/4c heavy cream, but I usually just put a cup of cream or another cup of milk. Then saute 8oz of mushrooms in butter and add to the sauce. Cook 1 lb pasta (Tinkyada spaghetti style works great) and drain. Add half the sauce to the pasta and pour it into a buttered 9 x 13 casserole dish and make a well in the center. Cut up 2-3c of cooked chicken or turkey and mix with the remaining sauce, and pour that into the well in the center. Sprinkle liberally with grated Parmesan. Bake at 400 for 20 minutes. When you scoop it out make sure everybody gets some of the meat from the center. If you use Tinkyada this also freezes well and makes awesome lunches. Okay, it's not low-cal, but it's yummy. Add a green salad. And you can leave out the mushrooms for the picky eaters. For me, this is the whole point of the Thanksgiving turkey.

Sweetfudge Community Regular
Sweetfudge
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That is usually what I do also, sometimes I use rice instead of gluten-free noodles. Turkey pot pie is good also. This year there were so many that I only had four slices of turkey left!!!!!

I bet turkey is really cheap right now at the grocery stores :) I bought a butterball young turkey, called the company while in the store to guarantee gluten-free, and it was like, $1.05/lb...bet they're half off today!!

My favorite thing to do has always been just to have lots of "thanksgiving dinner" meals afterward...we've had about 3 in the last 2 days. Lots of potatoes and gravy, turkey, green beans and rolls. My food turned out so perfect! The only thing lacking were the rolls. I got frantic while baking everything so I just used a gluten-free pantry french bread mix. They're not bad, but more like busquits than rolls. Still quite yummy though, esp. loaded up with potatoes and gravy!

I was watching food network on wednesday, and a segment about cooking for two. She made cranberry turkey raviolies...they looked so good! I might try those out. Don't know...do storebought wonton paper thingys have gluten? anyone have a recipe? lol never tried to make ravioli before...

Hm, also, thought about making some soup w/ the bones, but I was unsure as to how to store them. I didn't want to do the baking Thursday night, so I thought of keeping the bones in the fridge. But then I didn't know if they would go bad, or make me sick or something, so I just threw them out :P Anyone got any advice for future references? Making that turkey was so easy, I think I'll have to do it again sometime soon.

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