Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, thanksgiving leftovers pot pie. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Have a lot of Thanksgiving leftovers? Turn them into an easy one-pot meal and make a pot pie! Watch this video for an easy recipe.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have thanksgiving leftovers pot pie using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Thanksgiving Leftovers Pot Pie:
- Get 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- Get 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- Take 1/2 cup milk
- Take 1 1/2 cup leftover turkey gravy
- Prepare 2 cup leftover turkey - roughly chopped
- Make ready 2/3 cup frozen peas and carrots mix (or any leftover veggies you may have, cut to 1/4in. dice)
- Make ready 2 cup to 4 cup leftover mashed potatoes
- Make ready 1 cup leftover stuffing/dressing
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Steps to make Thanksgiving Leftovers Pot Pie:
- Preheat oven to 425°F. Grease a 9in round deep dish pie plate or a deep sided 8x8in square casserole dish. Press cold, leftover stuffing/dressing into the bottom and slightly up the sides to form a bottom "crust". Bake in oven for 5 min. Remove and set aside (leave oven on).
- Heat a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add butter when hot. When melted whisk in flour. Cook about 2 minutes to make a nice golden roux. Add milk, whisking to combine and keep from clumping. Stir in leftover gravy and veggies. Bring to a simmer for about 2 minutes to heat through. Turn off heat, add leftover turkey and stir gently to combine.
- Reheat mashed potatoes in a microwave safe bowl for 1-2 minutes in microwave, or until just heated through so they will be easier to work with.
- Gently pour filling into stuffing crust. Starting at the edges, dollop mashed potatoes in several little mounds all over the top. I actually have a tablespoon sized ice cream scoop that works perfectly for this, and makes the cutest little mounds of potato. You could even use a star tip on a piping bag. Get fancy with it!
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until potatoes begin to brown. Remove from oven. Let rest 5 - 10 minutes and enjoy a simple and easy day after Thanksgiving meal!
- Optional: remove from oven at 20 minutes, top with 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese and return to oven for 5 minutes or until cheese is melted and beginning to turn golden brown.
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