10 Great Leftover Turkey Recipes!
Waste not, want not. Those words hold more truth than ever right after our Thanksgiving feasts. Hopefully, you are fortunate enough to have had a turkey at your house and are blessed with leftovers. What to do with all of that turkey? Recycle it into delicious meals for your family, of course!
The very first thing I do is shred my turkey and place it in zipper sealed bags to freeze. If you have a little broth, put a tablespoon or so in each bag to ensure it stays nice and moist. I usually put about a cup and a half of shredded turkey per bag. That is a good amount for most casseroles and such and if you need more, simply get two bags from your freezer.
To help you use up those leftovers, here are some Southern Plate recipes in which you simply exchange turkey for the chicken and you’re off to the races! Enjoy 
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Chicken And Dumplings
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Chicken Salad
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Chicken Noodle Soup
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Our Family’s Chicken Stew (Oh my goodness is this stuff good!)
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Granny Jordan’s Chicken Casserole
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Country Casserole
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Cheesy Chicken and Corn Casserole
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Chicken Lettuce Wraps
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Chicken Divan
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Mama’s Poulet
LET THE HOLIDAYS BEGIN!
Thankful for all of you,
Christy
P.S. This post was pre-scheduled. I’ll be back in a few days posting new recipes though! Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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Posted by Christy Jordan
on Nov 26 2009. Filed under Holidays.
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Hey Christy, I hope you enjoyed your family time this week!! Thank you for working so hard to put this list up!!!
Happy belated Thanksgiving. I hope you and your family had a wonderful time. Thanks for the list, the lettuce wraps look great!
I can’t get the chicken and corn casserole link to work.
http://www.southernplate.com/2008/11/cheesy-chicken-and-corn-casserole.html
I have lots of turkey left over and can’t wait to try some of these recipes. Thanks!
The Chicken Poulet looks wonderful. I am wondering if I could just use left over dressing rather than buy stuffing? Anyone tried it this way?
Boy are we on the same page or what! I already shredded and froze most of my turkey last night with the intentions of make a few of your top 10!! We love your Country Casserole, Chicken Divan, and Chicken Poulet so they are all getting turkey makeovers in the near future!! We got a free turkey from our grocery store, so needless to say we ended up with a 22lb. bird for 4 people, lol, lots of leftovers!!
And Nan, I also was thinking how I could use leftover stuffing (sorry, I’m a Yankee!) for the Poulet, would love to know if someone did try it, too!!!
Happy Thanksgiving to all! Hope you all had a wonderful time with friends and family.
My favorite recipe for leftover turkey is Louisville Hot Browns. Sliced turkey on toast with a creamy, rich cheese sauce topped with cooked bacon and put under the broiler until brown…yum!
Thanks for the Turkey recipes!
I made your Chocolate Pecan Pie for Turkey day….Oh law’! It was delishous! My family loved it. And said…. They wanted them for Christmas…thanks for all you do!
I have a great recipe for leftover turkey called “turkey pot pie soup” on my blog. It even uses the leftover stuffing!
oh yay!! i just put 80 pounds of chicken in my freezer, so these recipes will save me!
Only problem is we never have much turkey left over. My family loves roast turkey.
I’m going to make turkey enchiladas (sp?) tonight with some of our leftovers. Figured I’d do them the same way as my chicken ones. I’ll let you know how they turn out.
-Lindsay and the wonder twins
One of my favorites was always a Turkey, Stuffing and Cranberry Sandwich