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Turkey Leftovers? Not for long!

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turkey pot pie

If you have turkey leftovers, this turkey pot pie recipe is the dish you’ve been looking for. In my opinion, turkey pot pie is better than the original Thanksgiving turkey. But we aren’t supposed to say that, right?

I’ve never been a huge fan of Thanksgiving turkey. It’s the leftovers that are my favorite.

Turkey Pot Pie
(modified from Aunt Lavern’s Chicken Pot Pie)  

Turkey Pot Pie

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 can Campbell's cream of potato soup see note below
  • 1 can Campbell's cream of chicken soup
  • 1 cup leftover veggies diced (roasted carrots, parsnips, peas, potatoes, etc) (see note below)
  • 1/4 c milk
  • Thyme
  • Rosemary
  • Sea Salt
  • Pepper
  • 2 cups chopped turkey
  • One package Pillsbury pie crust 2 crusts to a pkg folded or homemade pie crusts

Method:

Mix all ingredients and set aside.
Roll bottom pie crust into pan.
Do you have a pie bird? If so, place your pie bird in the center and pour ingredients around it. The pie bird is not only cute, but helps to vent the crust during baking. (If you don’t have a pie bird, this recipe is the perfect excuse to get one. Vintage, often found on Ebay or at flea markets, they make your pie even better!)
pie bird
Roll top crust over pot pie, cutting around pie bird. (If you are pie-bird-less, slit the top of the crust with a few knife cuts to vent.)

turkey leftovers - make pot pies

Bake on a cookie sheet at 350 degrees for approximately 1 hour and 15 min until brown and bubbly. (If you do not use a cookie sheet, you will be cleaning your oven before Christmas…) 

 

Notes:

When you make this with leftover Thanksgiving turkey, your meat will already be well seasoned and flavorful, so add spices sparingly. 

I make this with leftover roasted carrots and parsnips, another traditional Thanksgiving side dish in our home. If you have no leftover veggies, use a can of Veg-All. In this case, spices will be more important as Veg-All is rather bland…

I love Imagine brand creamy potato/leek soup, which I often substitute for one of the “cream of” soups to add more flavor. Also, any “cream of” soups will work—celery, mushroom, etc. Use whatever you have on hand.

turkey pot pie


This dish freezes well. I usually make 2 and freeze one. Also, you can leave out the meat and add additional veggies for a vegetarian pot pie. Or if it isn’t Thanksgiving, use a rotisserie chicken for a quick chicken pot pie.

With this recipe in your arsenal, turkey leftovers will be a thing of your past.

Grace Grits and Gardening
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Comments

  1. Made my day – the picture of our sweet Aunt Lavern. She did make a mean chicken pot pie. She would always make 4 or 5 when she made them. Happy Thanksgiving all! Barbara

  5. Thanks for sharing a family “receipt”! BAT had shared it with me, and somehow, I misplaced it! How wonderful to share family memories at the holidays. Gone, but not forgotten…savor the love with every scrumptious bite!! :p (lip smackin’ good). -Minta

  6. Sounds yummy! I will try it. Instead of a pie bird, I have a little black baker boy that belonged to Terry’s grandmother. I’ve never used him in a pie before. He just stands on the shelf looking cute. Seens it’s time to put the little guy to work.

  7. When my mother and my in-laws were alive, I always cooked Thanksgiving dinner. By the time I sent everyone home with their favorite leftovers, all I had left was a carcass and a bowl of my signature turnip-carrot mix. So the day after Thanksgiving, I would buy a turkey breast and bake it just to make sandwiches out of it.

  10. Talya.
    I made your Turkey Pot Pie today. It is delicious! Thanks to you and Aunt Lavern there will be no leftovers after today.
    Sarah

    • So glad you liked it. It is amazing, easy and THE best way to use Thanksgiving leftovers:))

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