The turkey leftover thread

[summilux]

OK, I'm Canadian so I ate all my turkey leftovers last month.

Mayonaise/Caper sauce for cold turkey plate
1/2 cup mayonaise
1/4 cup mustard
2 Tablespoons of chopped capers
2 Tablespoons of finely chopped onion
Just mix

Spicy Korean turkey soup
2 Tablespoons of Korean pepper paste
1 Tablespoon miso
4 cups of water
1 clove garlic (thinly sliced)
1 cup (or more) shredded turkey
Dissolve pepper paste and miso in water.
Add garlic and simmer for 5 minutes
Add shredded turkey


Turkey Burrito filling
1 thinly sliced onion
1/2 red or green pepper (sliced)
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon of dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon (or more) chili powder
1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon
2-3 cups shredded turkey
Saute onion till translucent
Add pepper and saute for another minute
Add spices and herbs, sauteing till fragrant
Add turkey and cook till heated through

[Too Tall]

Turkey Soup.

This starts immed. after carving the bird.
Bones and de-fatted meat scraps go into a large heavy cast iron/enamel soup pot on low with:
- White and black whole peppercorns
- Whole corriander
- Bay leaves
- Rough chop a few carrots, one sweet onion (whole)
Simmer as low as possible until we go to sleep that eve. Occasionally use cooking tongs to break up the bones and meat. In the morning the contents are *filtered thru a colander so that the small bits filter thru (that's the good stuff) and into the refrigerator. Once the soup is cold skim some of the fat and return to simmer with wild rice, carrots and a few celery chunks. *During the filter process take some of the choice meat bits and add to the soup pot.

Alternately you can finish the soup with egg noodles.

Put a bowl of that in front of me and I'm ready to die. Nothing better...unless someone put a few crackers with some Chevre' from the Aups farmers market on my plate ;)

[maunahaole]

Stock is a given. I deep fried 3 birds, so I have a lot of carcass.

Last night's lazy dinner: Wife made up the onion bread (this recipe has been posted before), took out a hunk and sliced it into top and bottom halves, spread on some seedy dijon, sliced turkey breast topped with pesto gouda that we picked up in a-dam and then finished in the broiler for a minute or two to melt cheese. Yum. Green.

[notoriousdjw]

I pretty much did the same as Too Tall except I had no corriander and used basmati rice. I also added a bunch of the leftover turkey meat into the soup in the last 20 minutes. The soup was so full of gelatin that it turned solid in the fridge.

[Gummee]

2 serving(s) butter-flavour cooking spray
1 tsp butter
1 small onion(s), chopped
2 cup(s) mushroom(s), sliced
1/4 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp dried thyme, crushed
1/2 tsp table salt, or more to taste
1/4 tsp black pepper
2 cup(s) frozen mixed vegetables
1 cup(s) canned chicken broth
3 cup(s) (chopped) roasted chicken breast, chopped
2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
1/2 cup(s) fat-free evaporated milk, divided
4 roll(s) reduced-fat crescent roll dough, unrolled
Instructions
· Preheat oven to 375ºF. Coat a 10-inch round shallow baking dish with cooking spray.
· Coat a large pot with cooking spray. Add butter and melt over medium heat. Add onion and mushrooms and cook, until tender, stirring frequently, about 5 minutes. Stir in paprika, thyme, salt and pepper. Add vegetables, broth and chicken. Cover and simmer 15 minutes.
· In a small cup, combine flour and 1/4 cup of evaporated milk; stir into chicken mixture. Cook over medium heat until thickened, stirring constantly, about 2 minutes. Stir in remaining 1/4 cup of evaporated milk and cook until mixture is slightly thickened, about 2 to 3 minutes more.
· Spoon chicken mixture into prepared baking dish. Unroll crescent rolls and arrange dough around inside edge of baking dish to form a border (there will be a hole in the middle). Bake until rolls are golden brown and filling is bubbly, about 15 minutes. Cut into 6 pieces and serve.
Notes
· Make this recipe to your family's taste with different frozen vegetable blends such as an Asian mix or bell pepper and onion strips.

Substitue turkey for the ckikken and voila! Worked better than my faux Pho. The Faux Pho does fantastic with ckikken. Not so much with turkey

HTH

M

[Dorman]

I'm having a thought here. Maybe it's a migrane.

Turkey pizza. Homemade crust, gravy for sauce, a few onions and fresh garlic and thinly sliced potatoes that didn't make it to the mashing stage. Turkey pieces, sage or poultry seasoning and topped with mozzarela.

I might really try it.

[Too Tall]

I'm having a thought here. Maybe it's a migrane.

Turkey pizza. Homemade crust, gravy for sauce, a few onions and fresh garlic and thinly sliced potatoes that didn't make it to the mashing stage. Turkey pieces, sage or poultry seasoning and topped with mozzarela.

I might really try it.

Nix the gravy. Shred the turkey and bits than toss into a hot skillet and crisp them up some. I'd eat that. I've been makiing leftovers-on-pizzas on the Big Green Egg. Why not? It's only charcoal!