Curried Turkey Recipe from Leftovers!
Got leftover Turkey from the holidays? Well this is a super easy way to use up them up. I’ve been making this Curried Turkey Recipe from Leftover Turkey for years and my whole family loves it.
I’m a bit fanatical about using up leftovers so this is one of those easy leftover turkey dishes that is so simple, I make it every year! You can also make this easy one-pan recipe and freeze it for a later time (in case you’re burnt out on Turkey)!
Curried Turkey Recipe
Not only is this recipe so easy, it uses basic ingredients you’re sure to have on hand in your pantry and fridge. You can also use white or dark meat in this recipe!
Ingredients:
- 2 Cups milk
- 2 chicken bouillon cubes
- 1/2 chopped onion ~ optional
- 1/4 tsp. cooking oil
- 2 Tbls. all – purpose flour
- 1 tsp. curry powder ~ add to taste…you may want more
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1 Tbls. lemon juice
- 4 cups diced cooked turkey
How Long Does Sliced Turkey Breast Last in the Fridge
You want to make sure that you use up your sliced turkey breast or dark meat within 3 days. So if you know you are not going to be eating it soon, freeze it to make this recipe later.
Hamilton Beach Electric Carving Knife with Case (74275)
Before the turkey season gets here, be ready by making carving our turkey for leftovers easy! I have a great electric meat carver and it only takes me minutes to carve up a turkey for leftovers! Then I can bag up what I want to freeze and leave out what we’ll be using in recipes like this deelish Curried Turkey!
Directions:
Add flour to cold milk and stir…set aside.
In a large saucepan, sauté onion in oil until tender. Add milk and flour mixture along with curry powder, salt and pepper; cook and stir for 3 minutes or until thickened and bubbly.
Add Turkey and Heat through.
You can also add any kind of veggies if you like. Just Sauté with the onion.
Serving Suggestion:
This versatile Curried Turkey Sauce can be served in so many ways!
Serve over:
- Rice
- Pasta
- Quinoa
- Potatoes
As you can see below, we served over Spaghetti noodles! It was yum!
This is such a simple recipe that is OOOH so YUM! You can totally freeze this recipe too.
Enjoy!
Curried Turkey for those Leftovers!
Ingredients
- 2 Cups milk
- 2 chicken bouillon cubes
- 1/2 chopped onion ~ optional
- 1/4 tsp cooking oil
- 2 Tbls . all – purpose flour
- 1 tsp . curry powder ~ add to taste..you may want more
- 1/2 tsp . salt
- 1/4 tsp . pepper
- 1 Tbls . lemon juice
- 4 cups diced cooked turkey
Instructions
- Add flour to cold milk and stir…set aside.
- In a large saucepan, sauté onion in oil until tender. Add milk and flour mixture along with curry powder, salt and pepper; cook and stir for 3 minutes or until thickened and bubbly.
- Add Turkey and Heat through.
- You can also add any kind of veggies if you like. Just Sauté with the onion.
- Serve over rice or pasta!
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Yummy! I pinned this on Pinterest so I could grab it after Thanksgiving dinner. I can’t wait to try it! Be Blessed always. Misty.
This looks great!
This looks yummy and will be soo useful come Thanksgiving time. Pinning for later.
Mmmmm, curry is one of my favourite spices. This sounds and looks soooo good! I have to keep this in mind when we have leftovers from the holiday season.
Thanks for sharing (and for linking up to the #SHINEbloghop).
Wishing you a lovely day.
xoxo