If you live in Canada, you may have had turkey this past weekend. For some reason, our Thanksgiving is over a month before our Southern neighbours’ holiday.
It probably has to do with the fact that the vikings came here, and not the pilgrims. Or maybe it’s just because we’re stubborn and like to do things our own way.
All that calendar-chat aside, Thanksgiving means turkey in our house. We had 13 adults (and three children who ate like birds; I think they had crackers and cheese, to be honest) around our table this weekend. The bird was 22 lbs.
And there was a LOT of leftovers.
Better too much than to little, is my hosting motto.
Today, I broke out the dutch oven and the leftovers and whipped up a quick and delicious stew. Mr. Suburble had it for lunch AND dinner.
What’s nice is that it took hardly any prep!
- 2-3 cups of cooked turkey
- 1 tetra pack of chicken broth
- 3 cubed potatoes (or leftover mashed potatoes)
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 diced onion
- 3 minced garlic cloves
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tbsp chicken bouillon
- 3-5 dashes of hot sauce
- 1 cup chopped carrots (or leftovers)
- 1 cup corn
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- In a dutch oven, heat up butter
- Saute onion, garlic, potatoes and cumin until cooked (If carrots are not already cooked, add them now too)
- Add broth and bring soup to a boil
- Once boiling, add bouillon and hot sauce.
- Add turkey, carrots and corn to the soup
- Simmer until broth thickens
- Salt and Pepper to taste. Serve with buns or biscuits.
The potatoes thicken the broth, and the cumin and hot sauce add a bit of a kick. It’s nice to have a slightly different flavour than just “I threw Thanksgiving dinner into a pot”. (Though, I won’t lie – I do love Thanksgiving dinner!)
Make it, freeze it, and enjoy!
Stew is so lovely on these chilly days.
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3 comments
Dannyelle @ www.lifeisaparty.ca
Looks delicious and a great way to use up leftovers. Love the addition of the hot sauce for a little kick!
Odette Bradshaw-Sheeley
Sounds yummy! I don’t know what a tetra pack is – any idea how much that would be in cups or ounces?
Tara
Odette – I just hauled out a tetra pack from the pantry to check (it’s basically a juice container) – it’s 900 ml or just shy of 4 cups. 🙂