Five Recipes for Leftover Turkey

As delicious as your Thanksgiving turkey might be, leftover turkey and all the trimmings can get a little old after a couple of days. Here are five tasty recipes that will help transform your bird into delicious dishes your whole family will enjoy.

1. Skillet Turkey Pot Pie

Turkey Skillet Pot Pie
Swap out the ground turkey for 3 cups leftover cooked turkey cubed or shredded. Add the cooked turkey  with the herbs after sweating the veggies and cook until heated through, about a minute, before adding the flour.

2. Turkey Noodle Soup
Turkey Noodle Soup

Make my go-to Chicken Noodle Soup with leftover turkey instead. Whip up a double batch of this soup and freeze half to enjoy later.
3. Turkey & Caramelized Onion Tostadas

Turkey Tostadas
Chicken & Caramelized Onion Tostadas

Another chicken-turkey swap out! Shredded turkey, caramelized onions, pepper jack cheese, guacamole and sour cream on a crispy tostada shell.

4. Turkey & Black Bean Soup

Turkey and Black Bean soup

Add cooked turkey with the black beans and cook for 1-2 minutes instead of 5-10 before stirring in the green onions, cilantro and lime juice.

5. Mini Toasted Turkey & Mozzarella Sandwiches

Leftover turkey
Replace turkey cold cuts with thinly-sliced pieces of leftover turkey for a heartier mini sandwich.

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