These leftover turkey dinners turn holiday extras into meals that taste even better the next day. From warm casseroles and soups to fresh salads, sandwiches, enchiladas, and hearty turkey and stuffing recipes, there's something for everyone at the table. It's an easy way to use up Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey while keeping dinner ideas simple and family-friendly. Pin this list now so you'll always know what to make with leftover turkey.
Thanksgiving Leftover Turkey & Stuffing Muffins
Use up your leftover turkey and stuffing in these quick and easy muffins. This dish is a quick and easy way to use up Thanksgiving leftovers. This easy recipe transforms turkey and stuffing into muffins that are perfect with a drizzle of leftover gravy.
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Leftover Turkey Salad Sandwiches
This easy turkey salad recipe is made with leftover roast turkey, hard-boiled egg, pecans, mayo, and mustard. It's the best way to enjoy leftover Thanksgiving turkey! Ready in 15 minutes. Gluten-free.
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Leftover Turkey Quesadillas
This is a great recipe for Thanksgiving leftovers. It's a quick and easy lunch that gives this traditional meat a non-traditional spin. The turkey, cheese, and black beans tucked inside a tortilla make the perfect combination.
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Leftover Turkey Enchilada Casserole
This healthy leftover turkey enchilada casserole recipe is so simple and an easy way to use up turkey leftovers with bold and spicy Mexican flavors.
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Warm Turkey Bacon Wrap
The recipe is written for deli turkey, but you can easily use sliced leftover turkey with bacon, sprouts, cheese, and more for a perfect lunch or light dinner in less than 10 minutes.
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Easy Baked Sliders
This recipe is intended for roast beef but can easily be made with sliced leftover turkey, melted cheese, and flavorful gravy on soft King's Hawaiian rolls.
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Chicken Broccoli Rice and Cheese Casserole
This Easy Chicken Broccoli Rice and Cheese Casserole is a creamy, cheesy comfort meal made with simple ingredients. It uses rotisserie chicken, cream of chicken soup, Velveeta, and rice for a quick, oven baked one dish dinner. You'll love how fast this 30 minute dinner comes together-great for make ahead meals or busy weeknights.
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Chicken Tetrazzini
Another easy casserole recipe that was written with chicken in mind, this creamy, cheesy pasta bake is also delicious with cubed or shredded leftover turkey.
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Creamy Baked Chicken and Rice Casserole
This simple casserole recipe starts with a package of flavored rice from the grocery store and can easily be made with leftover turkey instead of chicken. The toasted breadcrumbs on top make it a delicious addition to any meal rotation and will transform your leftovers into a meal your family asks for over and over.
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Buffalo Chicken Pasta Casserole
This is one of my favorite recipes on the whole list because it tastes just like your favorite buffalo chicken dip, but in a hearty meal form. Anytime you combine cream cheese, hot sauce, and chicken (or leftover turkey!), you get a winning meal, but the addition of pasta and bacon make this a crowd-pleasing dinner any night of the week.
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Cheesy Chicken Hashbrown Casserole (Gluten-free)
My kids love the hashbrown casserole that you sometimes find on restaurant menus, and I made it into a full meal by adding shredded chicken. Shred that leftover roast turkey to replace the chicken, and you have the cheesiest comfort food ever baked. You'll want to add it to your regular meal rotation because one serving is definitely not enough.
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One Pot Chicken Parmesan Pasta
This was a new recipe for my kids a few weeks ago, and they went crazy for it. It's a very simple one-pot meal; the pasta cooks right in the sauce, which gives it the most wonderful flavor, and then you mix in cheese and add more cheese on top. The original recipe calls for chicken thighs, but dark meat from your roast turkey will be exactly the same.
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Creamy White Chicken Enchiladas with Cream of Chicken Soup
This simple 4-ingredient meal comes together in minutes and tastes like you worked on it all afternoon. It calls for chicken, but shredded roast turkey breast will be a great enchilada filling. Optional: fry up some onions and fresh garlic to mix in with the shredded turkey for a burst of flavor in every bite.
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Buffalo Chicken Tacos
These easy baked tacos are filled with a version of buffalo chicken dip. Substitute shredded leftover turkey for the chicken, stuff the tortillas, and bake for a surprisingly delicious alternative on Taco Tuesday.
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Chicken Asparagus Pasta with Alfredo Sauce
As the name would imply, this is a simple pasta dish that features asparagus and diced chicken in a creamy Alfredo sauce. It's an easy weeknight meal, and diced roast turkey will work just as well as diced chicken. Save this one for those hectic nights when you need dinner in minutes, not hours.
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Thai Peanut Chicken Salad
This cold salad is made with shredded chicken, cabbage, green onions, peanuts, and more in a creamy, delicious Thai peanut sauce. Substitute shredded leftover turkey for the chicken, and you will have a turkey salad that's unlike anything you've ever imagined, but one you'll want to eat over and over again.
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Green Chili Chicken Soup
This easy chicken soup is almost like a green chicken chili, made with green chili peppers and white beans in a broth-style soup base. Substitute leftover roast turkey for the chicken, and you will have a mildly spicy turkey soup that doesn't taste like leftovers at all.
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Gluten-Free White Chicken Chili (Slow Cooker or Stovetop)
White chicken chili is made with beans, corn, and chicken in a creamy, white soup base. It is mildly spicy and very flavorful, and can even be made in the slow cooker for an easy after-work meal that tastes like you worked on it all day. Replace the chicken with leftover roast turkey, and you'll have a new meal that your kids will devour.
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Instant Pot Cheesy Chicken and Rice
Made in the pressure cooker with brown rice, chicken breast, kidney beans, corn, diced tomatoes, and shredded cheddar, this is a complete one-pot meal that cooks in the Instant Pot in less than 30 minutes. Replace the chicken with leftover roast turkey, and this is an easy, cheesy way to eat leftovers that no one will guess are from the holidays.
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Spicy CrockPot Jambalaya
Easy CrockPot Jambalaya with sausage, chicken, and shrimp and bold spices takes just 5 minutes of prep before the slow cooker does its magic. It's healthy comfort food for the whole family, and no one will even notice that you replaced the chicken with leftover roast turkey.
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Sheet Pan Jerk Chicken Nachos
Sheet Pan Jerk Chicken Nachos are baked on a sheet pan and loaded with shredded chicken, cheese, black beans, corn, and all your favorite toppings. This family favorite is an easy dinner recipe and takes less than 20 minutes to prepare, including bake time. Shred your leftover roast turkey to replace the chicken, and your family will devour this quick and easy meal.
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The Best BBQ Chicken Enchiladas
BBQ chicken enchiladas feature shredded chicken bathed in a mixture of BBQ sauce and homemade enchilada sauce, and shredded roast turkey will taste just as good. One of my daughters says this is her favorite meal of all time, and it is so easy you'll want to make it regularly.
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The Best Easy Chicken Burritos
These delicious burritos are made with shredded chicken, rice, BBQ sauce, black beans, sweet corn, cheese, and much more. Shred your leftover roast turkey, toss it with fresh lime juice, and go on with the recipe in these irresistible grilled burritos.
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Crockpot Corn Chowder
Crockpot corn chowder is an easy, creamy soup with shredded chicken that can easily be made with shredded turkey instead. This warm soup is perfect for the cold days after the holidays.
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Creamy Chicken Enchilada Soup
This easy Velveeta-based soup tastes like a cheesy enchilada with black beans and corn. It's thick and creamy and delicious, and you can substitute shredded roast turkey for the shredded chicken.
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Mini Chicken Pot Pies
These delicious mini pot pies are basically biscuit cups stuffed with a creamy, cheesy chicken and corn filling, but you can make them with shredded turkey instead of shredded chicken and have a delicious leftover meal that's totally transformed.
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Roasted Chicken and Red Beets with Noodles
This one-pot meal combines tender pasta with sweet, roasted beets and cubed chicken in a balsamic sauce. You can swap cubed roast turkey for cubed chicken, and it doesn't disguise the turkey like some of the other recipes do, but the beets and balsamic sauce give it a whole new flavor.
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Chicken Bacon Ranch Quesadillas
These simple quesadillas are made with refrigerated biscuits instead of tortillas, which gives them a very different flavor from a traditional quesadilla. You can replace the chicken with shredded roast turkey, then you will toss it in ranch dressing powder and combine it with cheese and a few other ingredients to make your new favorite quesadillas.
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