When you're looking for an economical and easy family dinner, a nice roasted turkey fills the bill. We all know there are hundreds of turkey recipes to make use of leftovers. Everyone has their favorite way of preparing the bird, probably the way Mom always has. The first time around, it's the typical turkey, stuffing and gravy plus whatever your family's traditions entail.
If you chose one of those twenty plus pounders, you'll doubtless have lots of leftover turkey. That's when you start to wonder, ”What am I going to do with all this turkey?”, as you're packing the many portions into the freezer. Instead of a hundred turkey sandwiches, it's nice to diversify and serve a variety of dishes that are chameleons of taste.
Depending on the turkey recipes you choose, you can represent a variety of cuisines so they'll never know it's that same bird they're eating a month later. Here are a few ways to disguise the fact that you're serving turkey for the fourth time this month.
If you and your family are the adventurous sort of eaters, you'll get the biggest bang for your culinary dollar by using turkey recipes that span several cuisines. It's doubtful you can identify a cuisine into which turkey cannot fit.
Mexican turkey recipes include tacos, quesadillas, enchiladas and rice dishes, seasoned in spicy Mexican tradition, replete with cayenne, cumin, other hot peppers, fresh diced tomatoes, guacamole and onions, salsa and sour cream. Think of the possibilities!
Turkey recipes with a Chinese flavor are another set of dishes and seasonings, with therefore yet a new take on this same wonderful bird. Try cooking up a batch of rice in chicken broth, seasoned with Chinese Five Spice, a heavenly, fragrant seasoning that makes you want to chew slowly! Toss in some leftover bite-sized turkey pieces, a can of water chestnuts, green onions and sweet red peppers. Another leftover turkey recipe that tastes completely different and says, ”I'm new!”.
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