leftover turkey

ifonlyitwaseasier

thriftlady wrote: »

The rest of the white meat is sliced and will be used for Christmas Lunch Hash for tea tonight. To make this fry an onion slowly in the leftover fat from the bird, add any leftover veg (roast potatoes, parsnips, peas, carrots in my case), let them get crisp. Add chunks of turkey, a bit of stuffing and a generous splash of leftover gravy. Let it all get really hot and then splash in some sherry, season and serve. Pass round any leftover bread sauce, cranberry sauce etc. Best meal of the year;)

i'm doing something similar,

we took some of my mums leftovers and i'm going to make bubble and squeak, warm the turkey and do fried eggs as well.

always tastes delish!

thriftlady_2

hayley11 wrote: »

Wow! How do you think up all that? You're so resourceful! All I could think was turkey sandwiches (and turkey curry because I saw it on Bridget Jones Diary :rotfl:) Thanks :j

Years of practice;) and the blooming thing cost £60 so I'm not letting any of it get away:D

purpleivy

jm2926 wrote: »

I have leftover turkey, carrots, red cabbage, mashed potatoes (didn't keep a close enough eye when par-boiling for roasting!) - this is going to be turkey casserole with mash for 6 tomorrow, and probably sandwiches for another couple of days.

BUT - need some hints - bought far too many sprouts so I have a fridge full of peeled/trimmed raw sprouts. Can I part cook then freeze them?

Kelly - try this for leftover turkey recipies:

http://www.turkeyfortoday.com/features/recipes/leftovers.asp

Sprouts - either boil for a couple of minutes and then cool in cold water before freezing, or I do mine in the steamer. They're OK

Bronnie

Gently fry off a finely chopped onion, garlic, thin matchsticks of fresh root ginger or a blob of the lazy ginger and a tiny touch of finely chopped fresh chilli. Add your turkey stock and bring to the boil. Adjust seasoning. Add chopped leftover turkey and keep on heat until turkey meat is piping hot. Add some thin rice noodles (they cook almost instantly) or some leftover cooked rice. Chuck some fresh chopped coriander or parsley on the top if you've got some!

I like leftovers served in ways that don't make them appear like leftovers, if you know what I mean!!

Pink.

Hi kelly,

There's an earlier thread on using leftover turkey that should help so I've added your thread to it to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

aimless_2

I have quite a bit of turkey left, cooked it on the 23rd. Does anyone know how long cooked turkey will keep in the fridge? had some tonight and it tasted ok, can I freeze it now or is it to late
thanks
aimless

scheming_gypsy

i did a turkey crown just before christmas and had a chunk left over.. It needed eating so i scoured the cupboards and came up with a cheap and cheerful curried turkey pasta bake.

Stick a pan of pasta on the boil.
Chop and onion and stick in a wok / big frying pan.
throw in lumps of the turkey and fry it with the onions.
pour in a bottle of smart price curry sauce and heat up
dump the pasta in and mix it all together
pour into a baking dish and sprinkle grated cheese on the top

heat in the oven till the cheese has melted and gone crispy.

serve and eat.
I did stick a splash of Blue Dragon sweet chilli sauce on it as well when it came out for a bit of an extra tang.

hayley11

aimless wrote: »

I have quite a bit of turkey left, cooked it on the 23rd. Does anyone know how long cooked turkey will keep in the fridge? had some tonight and it tasted ok, can I freeze it now or is it to late
thanks
aimless

I just googled it and it said 3 days. Not sure about freezing it now or not though.

mummysaver

Just about to deal with our leftover turkey!

14lb organic turkey raised by ds's best friend, bargainous £32.50!

Has so far made a huge amount of Christmas dinner! And a large turkey curry last night - with enough to fill a large lock n lock box leftover to freeze, must try to cook smaller amounts of curry lol!

I lay in bed last night thinking about things to do with the rest of the turkey meat, remaining breast will be sliced and frozen with stock, ready to become a quick roast dinner at some unknown point in the future. Remaining meat will be stripped and bagged in usuable portions for pies and risottos and assorted other dishes (thanks for the inspiration Thriftlady - if I'd come on here last night I'd prob have got to sleep sooner, rather than dreaming up ways of using up bloomin turkey!)

No veg leftovers, few remains went in the curry yesterday! Still have lots of fresh veg though, will be stir frying sprouts (cut in halves) and parsnips (julienned) with garlic and ginger as a side dish to go with the duck that the kids have requested for tea tonight! Then I shall be busy wondering what to do with all the leftovers from that I guess! lol!

aimless_2

Thanks Hayley, have probably left it to late now, ah well always next year (if anyone can afford a turkey next year):rolleyes: