Name: Curry Turkey Pot Pie
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 110 min
Ingredients: ½ cup butter; 1 1/2 cup diced onion (, (about 1 medium onion)); 1 ½ cup diced celery (, (about 2 stalks)); 1 ½ cup diced carrots (, (about 2 carrots)); 1 teaspoon kosher salt; ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 4 cups diced cooked turkey; 1 cup peeled and diced russet potatoes (, (about 1 medium)); 1 cup frozen peas; ½ cup all-purpose flour; 2 cups chicken broth; 1 cup half and half; 2-3 teaspoons curry powder; 1 recipe all butter pie crust (, for 2 double crust pies)

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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 over 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 turkey leftovers as best we can, in as many different ways as possible.

Every Thanksgiving, I make it a point to cook an extra turkey breast just to be sure I have plenty for leftovers. From soups and curries, to pot pies and casseroles, and even pop tarts (yes, pop tarts), these 21 delicious ways to repurpose Thanksgiving turkey leftovers go beyond the sandwich. These are the stuff tryptophan dreams are made of. Gobble, gobble.

Turkey Pot Pie Soup

Leftover Turkey Salad from Simply Whisked

Thanksgiving Leftover Pop Tarts from The Butter Half

Leftover Turkey Ratatouille Skillet with Herbed Dumplings from Climbing Grier Mountain

Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey Stuffed Shells from Baked by Rachel

Deer Valley’s Famous Turkey Chili

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

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

Turkey and White Cheddar with Caramelized Onion & Grape Grilled Cheese

Leftover Turkey Korma with Golden Rice from Supergolden Bakes

Thanksgiving Leftovers Pierogies from Yes to Yolks

Turkey Cranberry and Grilled Brie Cheese Sandwich

Leftover Turkey Harvest Cobb Salad from Skinnytaste

Turkey Pozole Rojo from The Modern Proper

Curry Turkey Pot Pie with Homemade Butter Pie Crust

Turkey Minestrone Soup from Feasting at Home

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Curry Turkey Pot Pie

Put your Thanksgiving leftovers to good use with this turkey pot pie. The addition of curry powder lends aromatic flavor in this fun twist on the classic chicken pot pie in a tender and flaky all butter crust.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword turkey pot pie

Prep Time 50 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes

Servings

Calories 396kcal

Ingredients

For the filling:

½ cup butter
1 1/2 cup diced onion , (about 1 medium onion)
1 ½ cup diced celery , (about 2 stalks)
1 ½ cup diced carrots , (about 2 carrots)
1 teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
4 cups diced cooked turkey
1 cup peeled and diced russet potatoes , (about 1 medium)
1 cup frozen peas
½ cup all-purpose flour
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup half and half
2-3 teaspoons curry powder
1 recipe all butter pie crust , for 2 double crust pies

Instructions

For the filling:

Melt butter in a large dutch oven or heavy bottom pot over medium heat. Cook the onion, celery, carrots, and potato until the onions are translucent, about 10-15 minutes. Stir occasionally so the vegetables don’t brown.
Stir in the turkey and potatoes, and sprinkle the mixture with the flour, kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. While stirring, cook for 3-5 minutes or until the flour taste been cooked out.
Add the chicken broth and half and half. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring often, and cook until thickened, about 3-5 minutes.
Stir in the curry powder and peas. Turn off the heat and allow to cool slightly.

To assemble the pot pie:

Preheat the oven to 400°F.
To roll out the dough, place one half of the dough on a countertop sprinkled with flour and sprinkle the dough with flour. Rub flour on the rolling pin and rap the dough with the rolling pin 6-8 times to soften it. Flip the dough over, lightly dust it with flour and rap the dough again, this time in the opposite direction.
Starting from the middle of the dough, roll the dough away from you, giving it a quarter turn after each couple of passes. Flip the dough over and once again roll the dough from the middle outward, giving the dough a quarter turn each time, dusting the flour and the roller as needed.
If any of the butter breaks through the surface, sprinkle some flour over the exposed area then brush away the excess.
Roll the dough to 1/4-inch thickness and a few inches larger than your 9-inch glass pie pan. Gently fold the dough in half and in one movement and lift it off the rolling surface and into the pan. Unfold the dough circle and gently ease it into the pan. Don’t stretch the dough down into the pan or when it heats up in the oven, it will bounce back and shrink.
Repeat with the other disc of pie dough. Fold and set aside.
Scoop the turkey mixture into the pie pan, mounding in the middle if needed. Top with the reserved disc of rolled out pie dough. Tip the excess dough handing over the lip of the pan so it is one inch beyond the lip. Fold the top and bottom layers of pie dough under one another on the lip of the pie pan, making a big edge. Crimp the edge with the tines of a fork or flute the edge by pinching your knuckle into the middle of the index and middle finger of your opposite hand and repeat along the edges of the crust.
Cut 3 to 5 vents in the top of the pie. Whisk 1 egg and brush on the top of the pie dough. Bake for 45-50 minutes.

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