21 Easy Recipes for Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey

This roundup of 21 easy but creative leftover turkey recipes will help you make the most of the lingering bites of Thanksgiving.

Ahhh, it’s the most wonderful time of year. Thanksgiving is upon us, which means we’ll soon be eating our weight in turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. And even though next day leftover turkey sandwiches with all the fixins’ are a gift from the gods, there’s only so many of them we can manage to shovel down our gullets. That’s why we’re determined to leverage our leftovers as best we can, in as many different ways as we can.

From soups and curries, to pot pies and casseroles, and even pop tarts (yes, pop tarts), we’ve got 21 delicious ways to enjoy your leftover T-Day bird. It’s the stuff tryptophan dreams are made of. Gobble, gobble.

Turkey Pot Pie Soup from FoodieCrush

Thanksgiving Leftover Pop Tarts from The Butter Half

Leftover Turkey Ratatouille Skillet with Herbed Dumplings from Climbing Grier Mountain

Turkey Orzo Soup from Uproot Kitchen

Leftover Turkey Pot Pie from Foodess

Leftover Turkey Broccoli Soup with Stuffing Croutons from the Pretend Baker

One Pot Turkey Tetrazzini from Crunchy Creamy Sweet

Turkey Avocado Tetrazzini from FoodieCrush

Leftover Turkey in Creamy Mushroom Sauce from Natasha’s Kitchen

Turkey Tortilla Soup from What’s Gaby Cooking

Leftover Thanksgiving Casserole from Life Tastes Good

Leftover Turkey Korma with Golden Rice from Supergolden Bakes

Thanksgiving Leftovers Pierogies from Yes to Yolks

Turkey Brie Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Cranberry Mustard from Feasting at Home

Leftover Turkey Chili from Little Broken

Leftover Turkey Harvest Cobb Salad from Skinnytaste

Turkey Corn Chowder from Diethood

Turkey Pozole Rojo from The Modern Proper

Leftover Turkey Cranberry Melts from Two Peas and Their Pod

Curry Turkey Pot Pie with Homemade Butter Pie Crust from FoodieCrush

Turkey Minestrone Soup from Feasting at Home

THIS RECIPE ROUND-UP WAS CURATED  AND WRITTEN BY FOODIECRUSH CONTRIBUTOR HAYLEY PUTNAM OF SEVEN DAY WEEKEND. FOLLOW HER FOODIE TASTES AND OTHER FLIGHTS OF FANCY ON PINTEREST AND INSTAGRAM.

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