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What did you do with Thanksgiving leftovers?

slobound
slobound Posts: 27
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I didn't get to smoke a turkey for Thanksgiving but did one the following week because I wanted to try it (I've never smoked a turkey before and seeing the forum pics, I had to give it a shot). Had a bunch of leftovers so I used it to make turkey pot pie, one of my favorite childhood foods.  





- Garrick
SoCal Egger
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  • JustineCaseyFeldown
    JustineCaseyFeldown Posts: 867
    same here, except my wife made it in the kitchen oven....  this is a favorite of ours. we use the gravy too, which was made from pan drippings.  the turkey was done in the BGE so even though the pie was cooked inside, still had a little hint of smoke from veggies and the gravy

    good stuff
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  • berndcrisp
    berndcrisp Posts: 1,166
    Turkey pot pie(s) here also. Everything goes in; mashed taters, dressing/stuffing, sweet potatoes, gravy, corn, cranberry. More of a Thanksgiving pot pie!
    Hood Stars, Wrist Crowns and Obsession Dobs!


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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    edited December 2016
    There were some amazing things done with Turkey Day leftovers this year.  

    Check it out:
    http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1200912/thanksgiving-leftovers-throwdown

    That is one good looking pot pie!!  Thanks for sharing.

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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,335
    Due to a bad cold epidemic, I had left the leftover turkey on November 20 at my folks, planning to return on the 23rd. To avoid the plague though I went to my brother in laws family get together where .... I caught a ten day cold. My Dad finished off my spatchcocked marinated and egged turkey. 

    Usually we we turn the frozen carcass into gumbo at Christmas. Mom has cubed up leftover turkey and made sloppy Joes. Soup is common as well as sandwiches that are toast with BBQ sauce and cheese and turkey that are briefly microwaved.
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  • slobound
    slobound Posts: 27
    GATraveller said:
    There were some amazing things done with Turkey Day leftovers this year.  

    Check it out:
    http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1200912/thanksgiving-leftovers-throwdown

    That is one good looking pot pie!!  Thanks for sharing.
    WOW! There are some great ideas in that thread @GATraveller .  Thanks for sharing!!!  

    - Garrick
    SoCal Egger
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  • JethroVA
    JethroVA Posts: 1,251
    made turkey rice soup
    Richmond and Mathews County, VA. Large BGE, Weber gas, little Weber charcoal. Vintage ManGrates. Little reddish portable kamado that shall remain nameless here.  Very Extremely Stable Genius. 
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  • Ima_good_egg
    Ima_good_egg Posts: 590
    Turkey enchiladas here.
    Wisconsin, lbge, MM, kab, pig tail flippers, bear claws, and more rubs than I will admit to.
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  • dldawes1
    dldawes1 Posts: 2,208
    Turkey and dumplings. !!

    Donnie Dawes - RNNL8 BBQ - Carrollton, KY  

    TWIN XLBGEs, 1-Beautiful wife, 1 XS Yorkie

    I'm keeping serious from now on...no more joking around from me...Meatheads !! 


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  • bodski
    bodski Posts: 463
    Turkey tetrazzini here.

    Cincinnati

    LBGE, Weber Kettle

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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    Just sangwiches and many turkey bowls (t-giving dinner combined and reheated in a bowl), but I have about three quarts of pretty strong stock frozen individually with 2-3 cups of chopped turkey meat added to each.  Jumpstart on future soup.  We were turkey-d out.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • EGGcellent_Smithers
    EGGcellent_Smithers Posts: 42
    Took leftover smoked turkey and made turkey chili, which we then smoked in the Dutch oven on the Egg...Enjoyed it at our tailgate before the last regular season game....Go Hoosiers, beat Utes!
    Egging in Indy...
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Too lazy to do anything creative. Was at Mom's and we just had re-runs of the Thanksgiving meal until it was gone. Anything to avoid pot pie! :sick:

    Yours looks like it was well done, but... it's pot pie! =)

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,368
    I'm smoking another turkey breast this xmas, just for the leftovers (I made green chile stew with chopped turkey, and want more!).  

    “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”

                  - Mark Twain 

    Ogden, UT, USA


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  • ToTheMax
    ToTheMax Posts: 150
    Turkey chilli was done with the leftover turkey. We finished most of the sides.
    Northern Virginia
    LBGE ~'14
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  • slobound
    slobound Posts: 27
    Carolina Q said:
    Too lazy to do anything creative. Was at Mom's and we just had re-runs of the Thanksgiving meal until it was gone. Anything to avoid pot pie! :sick:

    Yours looks like it was well done, but... it's pot pie! =)
    Lol!!!
    - Garrick
    SoCal Egger
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