Recipe: Yummy Leftover Thanksgiving Gumbo!

Leftover Thanksgiving Gumbo!. In honor of Thanksgiving, here's Sara's take on turkey gumbo. Words and Recipes by Sara Roahen Last Thanksgiving, which arrived a long month and a half after my reluctant departure from New.

Leftover Thanksgiving Gumbo! Turning leftover Thanksgiving turkey into a delicious Turkey Gumbo. Most people feel pretty passionately about their holiday food and these feelings are. Thanksgiving Turkey Gumbo - the perfect way to use up those Thanksgiving leftovers. You can have Leftover Thanksgiving Gumbo! using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Leftover Thanksgiving Gumbo!

  1. It's of Leftover Turkey.
  2. Prepare of Leftover Ham.
  3. You need of Leftover cornbread dressing.
  4. You need of Leftover Turkey gravy.
  5. You need 2 of mashed sweet potatoes.
  6. Prepare 1 of onion.
  7. Prepare 3 of celery.
  8. It's 1 of jalapeno.
  9. Prepare 6 of large cloves garlic.
  10. Prepare 4 of knorr chicken bouillon cubes.
  11. Prepare 1 tbsp of garlic powder.
  12. It's 2 tsp of onion powder.
  13. You need 1 tbsp of cajun seasoning.
  14. It's to taste of Salt and pepper.
  15. You need 2 tbsp of butter.
  16. You need of For roux.
  17. Prepare 2 1/2 cups of flour.
  18. It's 2 cups of vegetable or corn oil.

Add the turkey and spoon over mashed potatoes, from halfbakedharvest.com. After Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner, using leftover turkey to make gumbo is a Louisiana holiday tradition. Learn how to make gumbo with this holiday gumbo recipe! My favorite way to use leftover turkey.

Leftover Thanksgiving Gumbo! step by step

  1. Mince all vegetables, set aside. Remove fatty parts from ham and cut into 1 inch pieces. Heat butter in skillet and sear ham. Drain if ham releases a lot of fat and return to skillet. Add 2 cups of water and scrape sear from bottom of the pan. Reduce to lowest heat setting and allow to slowly simmer while you prepare the rest of the gumbo..
  2. Have a few quarts of water set to side of stove (you will need it when roux is done). In a Dutch oven use medium setting to heat oil. Test for readiness by dropping a pinch of flour into pot, if it sizzles, it's ready. Add flour one cup at a time and whisk until all is incorporated. Lower heat to medium low (I set mine on 3 or 4) and CONSTANTLY stir with metal or wooden spatula until roux is the color of chocolate. This takes 20 to 30 minutes. I pull up a bar stool, have a seat and stir :).
  3. When roux is ready add your vegetables and continue to stir for a few minutes more until roux is shiny and smooth. Add water that was set aside and stir..
  4. Add leftover gravy and stir.
  5. Add ham and water it's been simmering in..
  6. Add mashed sweet potatoes and stir..
  7. Fill pot with water until about 3/4 full. Add all of your seasonings and slowly bring to boil stirring occasionally. Lower heat and simmer 30 minutes..
  8. Add Turkey and cook another 10 minutes.
  9. Serve with leftover cornbread dressing.

Must give credit where due.this is my modification to one of Emeril's recipes - his was to boil a turkey specifically for gumbo - mine is to use up those leftovers! This gumbo is a great use for leftover roasted turkey, though cooked chicken will also work. Turkey Time: Recipes for Thanksgiving Leftovers. You packed up the pumpkin pie and gave it to Aunt Marie and sliced up the sweet potatoes and shipped it off with you cousin Glen, but now you're. Using your leftover turkey in a gumbo will make it seem less like a Thanksgiving leftover and more like a fresh dish.

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