11 Leftover Turkey Recipes That Aren’t Just Sandwiches

Take your turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, and cranberry sauce up in some crescent roll dough and bake — that’s Budget Bytes’ idea to use up your leftovers. Add your remaining gravy to the center, cut, and dunk!

Pretty much any food combo that’s already yummy somehow tastes even better as an egg roll. Dinners Done Quick’s recipe will teach you how to turn turkey and your favorite sides into a delicious, golden appetizer the next day.

Stuffing, turkey, a little bit of spinach, and plenty of eggs will get you these delicious stuffing muffins, courtesy of Budget Bytes. They’re an easy on-the-go breakfast or quickly reheatable lunch that’s reminiscent of Thanksgiving, but different enough to feel new.

Chicken salad fans, guess what? You can just sub in turkey instead of chicken to make your favorite wraps and sammies. All The Healthy Things’ recipe is herby and crunchy thanks to all the fresh dill, celery, diced red onions, and those leftover pecans from that pie you baked.

Simply LaKita is an expert at comfort food recipes, so I trust her leftover turkey and rice soup is every bit as smoky, cozy, and hug-in-a-bowl-worthy as she describes. Serve it with the remaining rolls and butter from dinner and no one will be disappointed.

Thanksgiving food is so good because it’s nostalgic and comforting. If you want to keep that feeling going, turning your leftovers into a turkey pot pie à la Princess Pinky Girl’s recipe is perfect. What could be better on a cold evening with a cozy new Christmas movie cued up?

I would never think to put my Thanksgiving leftovers on top of potato skins, but Budget Bytes is just a genius like that. You might have a few little potatoes left over from mashing all their friends. This recipe will help you turn them into a yummy appetizer for football Sunday, topped with turkey remnants, cranberries, stuffing, and cheese.

Here, Dinners Done Quick’s recipe reminds us that you can honestly make sheet pan nachos out of anything, including your leftover turkey, cranberries, and corn. With a few extra fixings, like pickled onions and banana peppers, they’ll taste like a totally fresh dish.

Again, cooked turkey can be subbed into pretty much any recipe that normally calls for chicken. Damn Delicious’ turkey enchiladas are proof. They’ll help you empty your fridge of all that white meat, and if you’re someone who thinks turkey leans too dry, enchilada sauce and cheese will take care of that for you.

Princess Pinky Girl’s leftover turkey casserole only takes 10 minutes to prep and 40 minutes in the oven. It serves six as written, but would be easy enough to double if you have enough turkey to use up and your (hungry) guests are still in town.

Sliders are technically a sandwich, sure, but these are not two simple pieces of white bread with turkey and cranberry sauce in between. No, Damn Delicious’ sliders are oven-baked little morsels layered with turkey, cranberry relish, and cheese, but you could absolutely add your favorite sides on top too.