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Wednesday Night Turkey Trot

Posted: November 24, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Festivities, Food | Tags: |21 Comments
So, tis the night before thanksgiving and all through the house …

Let’s TALK TURKEY!!!


Turkey Nightmare:
Turkey Porn:

Turkey Leftovers Recipe:
Ingredients
  • 1/2 lb white beans, soaked overnight in water, drained
  • 3 cups turkey stock
  • 1 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 medium onions, chopped (divided)
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 jalapeño or serrano pepper, stem and most seeds removed, chopped (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • Pinch of ground cloves
  • 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 2 4-ounce cans chopped green chilies
  • 2 cups diced cooked turkey
  • Salt to taste (about 1/2 teaspoon to 1 teaspoon)
Garnishes and extras
  • 1 1/2 cups grated Monterey Jack cheese
  • 1/3 cup (loose) chopped cilantro
  • 1/4 cup chopped green onions
  • 1 avocado, pitted, peeled, and chopped (or guacamole)
  • Chopped tomatoes or salsa
  • Corn tortilla chips and/or fresh warmed flour tortillas
Method

1 Combine beans, turkey stock, garlic and half the onions in a large soup pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until beans are very soft, 1 to 3 hours or more. (Depending on the type of white beans you are using. Cannelli beans are tender and tend to cook rather quickly. Navy beans take longer.) Add additional water (or watered-down stock), if necessary.

2 Heat olive oil in a skillet on medium heat, cook chopped jalapeno (if using) and remaining onions in oil until tender. Add green chilies and seasonings and mix thoroughly. Add to bean mixture. Add turkey and salt to taste, and simmer for 10 minutes or more (up to an hour) until the beans are thoroughly soft and the stew has thickened.

3 Serve topped with grated cheese. Garnish with cilantro, chopped fresh tomato, salsa, chopped green onions, and/or avocados. Serve with fresh warmed flour tortillas or tortilla chips.

Serves 4 to 5.

Political Turkey:

It’s an open thread because I’ve been refereeing papers all day and I’m pooped!!!

21 Comments on “Wednesday Night Turkey Trot”

  1. grayslady's avatar grayslady says:
    November 24, 2010 at 10:12 pm

    Thanks for the great recipe! It’s 10:00 here and I just finished a hectic day of house cleaning and laundry. Some people do spring cleaning; for me holidays motivate me to feel like a guest in my own home. So much to be thankful for this year, in spite of difficult financial times. I’m especially grateful that we have this wonderful blog to share.

    My best friend will be here tomorrow, and I suppose it’s because he didn’t grow up in this country (even though he’s been a citizen for half a century now), but he’s not crazy about turkey; so he put in a request for prime rib, and that will be our Thanksgiving meal. I’m sort of glad, actually, because the traditional meal is lots of work, and this will make my day much easier.

    Hope everyone reading this will be with friends and/or family tomorrow and will take advantage of the day to just relax and forget about the world outside. The world will still be there on Friday. Happy Thanksgiving all.

  2. Branjor's avatar Branjor says:
    November 24, 2010 at 10:13 pm

    I was born on Thanksgiving day, nearly killing my mother in the process. I hated turkey when I was little, but like it OK now.

  3. Seriously's avatar Seriously says:
    November 24, 2010 at 10:29 pm

    That sounds great! Have you ever heard of “Tangy Creamed Turkey Casserole”? I was on a website that said that was a supertraditional use of leftovers, but I can’t find a recipe. Creamed turkey I can figure out, but what makes it tangy?

  4. bostonboomer's avatar bostonboomer says:
    November 24, 2010 at 10:33 pm

    I was telling Dakinikat about a recipe for cranberry bars that is really good. I’m pretty sure this is the recipe that I remember.

    Cape Cod Cranberry Bars

    1 1/2 cup sugar
    2 eggs
    3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
    1 teaspoon almond extract
    1 1/2 cup flour
    2 cups fresh cranberries
    1/2 cup chopped, toasted pecans or almonds

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter 9-inch square baking pan. With an electric mixer, beat sugar and eggs in large bowl until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Beat in melted butter and almond extract. Add flour and stir until well blended. Stir in cranberries and nuts. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 50-60 minutes. Transfer to rack to cool. Dust with powdered sugar before serving.

  5. cwaltz's avatar cwaltz says:
    November 24, 2010 at 11:08 pm

    Happy Holidays!

    We have a 22 pound bird and I doubt we’ll have any leftovers after Friday. My family loves them some turkey sandwiches. I’m so grateful my kids are teens because now I get lots of help on Thanksgiving preparing food. My older 2 can almost prepare the meal on their own(18 and 17 respectively). My youngest has a cold so germ boy is watching movies.

    • dakinikat's avatar dakinikat says:
      November 24, 2010 at 11:18 pm

      sounds great!!! I’ve trained older daughter on the Thanksgiving stuff but younger daughter hasn’t taken any interest in doing it yet even though she’s been wildly collecting all the family recipes to put into a book she’s doing for every one.

  6. Delphyne's avatar Delphyne says:
    November 25, 2010 at 9:14 am

    That recipe sounds delicious – thank you!

    Happy B’day Branjor and many more to come!

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