Mamaw's Creamed Turkey over Toast
"The day after Thanksgiving you can achieve the very pinnacle of comfort food! My mom ended up having to bake several turkeys a year just so we could get this stuff. Some very knowledgeable 'Zaarites helped me to ressurect it as the recipe had been lost."
photo by Bone Man
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
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8 cups
ingredients
- 2 cups whole milk
- 2⁄3 cup chicken stock
- 4 tablespoons margarine
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon white pepper
- 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 5 cups cooked turkey, deboned and roughly chopped
- 12 slices white bread, toasted
directions
- In a large no-stick skillet, begin heating the milk, margarine and chicken stock over medium heat.
- Whisk in the flour right away, eliminating all lumps, and as it comes to a boil, it should thicken.
- Add the salt and pepper. (Black pepper is okay as a substitute).
- As it thickens, toss in the chopped turkey and stir carefully as to not break up the chunks too much.
- If it gets too thick, just add some milk and stir.
- As soon as the mix is thick enough to your liking, it is done. Turn off the heat and cover until serving.
- Serve over slices of toast or, make up some of your favorite biscuits instead.
- If you have some left-over turkey broth from the day before when the turkey was baked, use that instead of chicken stock.
- Note: the more dark meat, the better. It really adds to the flavor of this dish.
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Reviews
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Delicious! I added frozen veggies, onion, sage, and garlic powder and served it over toast. So yummy, comforting, and quick. Thank you for the recipe.
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Great gravy over biscuits, DH kept praising this easy comforting meal. I used up some cream with 1% milk, also used butter. Thank you! -
I used chicken-flavor "Better than Bouillon" instead of stock and added a cup of peas. Recipe was seasoned just right and we both really enjoyed, even with white meat turkey. -
Very easy to make and my kids loved it. Here it is with a bit of left over green bean casserole.
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This was good. I made it with leftover Thanksgiving turkey. As is, it was a bit bland. So I added hot curry powder, garlic salt, pepper and chopped fresh thyme and Italian parsley and used real butter in lieu of margarine. Not a fan of the fake stuff. That took it up to delicious! Great comfort food and a great way to use up leftover holiday turkey.
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