What to do with leftovers!!!

[Tallswife]

Don't know if you have any, but we sure do! A 25lb turkey for four people leaves a lot to play with.

Tonight will be turkey and stuffing croquettes. I'll boil the carcass for soup tomorrow. Not sure what I'll do with the rest of it yet.

What are you doing with yours?

 

[George]

We get a smoked turkey every year, and I look forward to the leftovers. I think my favorite is a noodle bowl. I like to do oriental, mostly Japanese, style dishes, and this is one I thoroughly enjoy. It's a variation on turkey carcass soup, I guess. I pressure cook the carcass and other bones in 1 1/2 quarts water, then make noodles, use the carcass broth as the noodle broth, chunk in chunks of turkey meat and sprinkle over a Japanese seasoning called shichimi togarashi (seven flavor spice) which is medium hot. With a flask of sake, it will do you.





Spence

 

[Black Hand]

Turkey Pot Pie, Turkey Ala-king, Turkey Hash, Turkey Sandwiches. I'd opt for the Pot Pie myself...

 

[Black Hand]

An excellent smoked turkey leg Jambalaya that is quite tasty. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes...sage-jambalaya-recipe.html?_escaped_fragment_=

 

[coloradoclyde]

Soup with homemade noodles.....

 

[Tallswife]

You all are making my mouth water!!!

 

[Black Hand]

Turkey salad:
Cubed Turkey (great way to use the bland breast meat)
Celery (Chopped)
Onion (Chopped)
Pecans (Chopped - not too small)
Salt & Pepper
Dill (dried)
Mayonnaise

Mix ingredients to taste and allow to sit for the flavors to develop (Not usually successful with the waiting).

Serve on/with crusty bread or buttered English Muffins.

 

[Gene L]

I don't like leftovers in general and in particular don't like turkey leftovers. I've eaten them, of course, out of thrift. Turkey (IMHO) doesn't make good soup, which is why you don't see Turkey Noodle Soup on the aisles.

I'm just not a big turkey fan. Family dined on one yesterday. It's my role to carve the turkey, which I did, and ate a bit or two while carving. For dinner, I had a slice of spiral cut ham.

I've got a Japanese noodle cookbook with lots of recipes. They make a utility stock out of chicken, vegetables, and maybe some beef, but not turkey. And, IIRC, not much pork, another meat that doesn't make good broth. All that substance boiled down will make a LOT of stock for noodles along with a little bit of meat.

Love noodles! Vietnamese noodles in broth with vegetables and thin slices of beef (pronounched "phuh", I believe) is one of my favorites.

 

[Black Hand]

Modern practices have bred all the flavor out of most meats because at some point, Americans bought into the idea that fat was dangerous and that eating twigs, fruits and nuts was better. What a load of manure...

I am happy to see there is a growing movement to make meat taste good again. Pigs/cows should have fat and turkeys/chickens should not have unnaturally large mutant breasts that taste like wet paper.

Turkey bacon... :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: enough said...

 

[Gene L]

This turkey had a lot of grease left over from cooking. I don't think I've ever had (know, not think) I've had a skinny turkey. Wild turkey. I agree the large breasts on chicken have definitely bred some of the taste out of it in favor of more curb appeal. Chicken doesn't taste as good as it used to. Pork/Ham? Forget about it. They slaughter pigs before they get old enough to be hogs and fat enough to taste good. When my family raised them, it was for meat and lard, but Wesson Oil put an end to cooking with lard. I guess you can still buy tasty beef, but feed lots have diminished that taste, also.

Sometimes, I guess I'm just another cranky old man.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Modern practices have bred all the flavor out of most meats because at some point, Americans bought into the idea that fat was dangerous and that eating twigs, fruits and nuts was better. What a load of manure...

But Black Hand.......We add spices and seasonings to food that give it tremendous flavor, and they are "twigs, fruits and nuts"..... :rotf:

 

[sidelock]

Right on. Not long ago eggs would kill you and next came butter ????????????

 

[omarick1948]

Man do I agree with Clyde, heck, you got to die of something! We love turkey and have it several times a year in many ways. Roasted, smoked, fried and in soup and/or noodles.

At least when this old fat boy croaks, they can say he ate well ...very well! :thumbsup:

:stir: Let's eat!

 

[Kansas Jake]

Not HC, but we often slice and freeze some of the meat for future use. It is handy for those evenings when no one feels like doing a bunch of cooking to pull a bag of frozen turkey out of the freezer and throw together something quick with it. Or, just let it thaw and have turkey sandwiches a couple of weeks after it was frozen.

 

[Nativearizonan]

Turkey, cranberry, and mayonnaise sandwiches are my all time favorite leftover fix.

 

[crockett]

Try Turkey enchiladas. A little turkey goes a long way. IAE shred it up and add some cinnamon or allspice- just a little- wrap in flour tortilla, cover with green chili and queso blanco.
The green chili is jalapeno and bell 50/50 or use tomatillos if you prefer instead of the green bells- You want a hot green sauce.
I've tried it with chicken but the turkey is really better.
Brunswick stew is another good way to use turkey.

 

[Tallswife]

Well, its all gone. Everyone has been nibbling and making sandwiches. All I have left is the carcass to boil down now.

 

[George]

Had a sandwich of smoked turkey on homemade bread for lunch, and had the thought that nothing more is needed. Had a bowl of udon noodles like that one I posted above last night, had the same thought. I think I'm easy to please. :wink:

Spence

 

[Tallswife]

That's not such a bad thing!

 

[sidelock]

We had French onion soup tonight. YUMMMMMM. Recipe ???????? Wife never tells me.