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Easy and delicious leftover turkey recipes are perfect for using up leftovers from your Thanksgiving feast!
We Love Turkey Leftovers!
We know there tends to be a lot of food at Thanksgiving! If your family is anything like ours, you usually have lots of Thanksgiving leftovers, especially the main dish! We don’t mind having extra Roast Turkey meat, because we have so many leftover turkey recipes. We love to whip up a turkey sandwich topped with Fresh Cranberry Sauce and gravy, a turkey casserole, or a pan of turkey enchiladas! Homemade turkey stock is a great way to use every scrap; after all of that work, you don’t want a single tasty morsel to go to waste!
If you find yourself staring down a fridge full of leftovers, don’t worry; we’ve got you covered! With just a few simple twists, you can turn those leftovers into something fresh, easy, and totally delicious!
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Top 10 Most Loved Leftover Turkey Picks
Whether sliced for a sandwich or diced for soup, these are our favorite easy and delicious recipes to use leftover tukery in!
1 Turkey Tetrazzini
Turkey Tetrazzini
Total Time: 45 minutesminutes
Simple turkey tetrazzini is a flavorful pasta casserole, perfect for using leftover holiday turkey, but tasty year round!
2 (10.5-ounce)canscream of celery,(or cream of chicken)
2cupssour cream
1teaspoongarlic salt (with parsley flakes)
½teaspoonpepper
1cupchicken broth
2tablespoongrated Parmesan cheese
2cupsshredded Mozzarella cheese
¼cupItalian bread crumbs,(optional)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9×13 baking dish and set aside.
Cook linguine according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine chopped turkey, butter, cream of celery soup, sour cream, garlic salt, pepper, and chicken broth in a medium bowl. Stir in noodles until well combined.
Pour into prepared baking dish. Sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese and shredded Mozzarella cheese on top and Italian bread crumbs (if desired).
Bake for 36–42 minutes, until cheeses are melted and bubbling.
Notes
STORE leftover turkey tetrazzini in an airtight container in the fridge for about 3 days.Freeze the entire casserole. Cool completely and cover it with heavy-duty foil. Freeze for up to 4 months. For a freezer meal, cook noodles al dente.
Thaw in the fridge for 24 hours before baking it. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 35 minutes or so, until the edges are bubbling and it’s heated through.
Bake it from frozen. Leave it covered with tinfoil and add an extra 45 minutes or so to the bake time. Uncover for the last 15 minutes of baking.
Kristyn Merkley is a published cookbook author, wife, mom of six, and major food enthusiast! For the past 15 years, she has been sharing foolproof, family-friendly recipes—each one tested in her kitchen—that anyone can master. As a seasoned recipe creator, she loves making cooking simple, stress-free, and totally doable for everyone!
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