This scrumptious leftover turkey salad is the proper recipe to make after an enormous turkey dinner. Burn up your entire leftovers and make your self a turkey salad sandwich or wrap.

Do you’ve much more leftover turkey? Strive making this leftover turkey soup, it’s good for a comfy night time in or to freeze for later.

The Best Leftover Turkey Salad

Oh man can we love a superb leftover turkey salad. All of us have leftovers after turkey day and this salad is the simplest and most scrumptious recipe which you could make for meal prep for the weekend.

If in case you have different leftovers that you simply suppose would style good on this turkey salad, go forward and throw. them. in. There aren’t any guidelines.

Substances You Want

The aim of this salad is to make use of leftover components from Thanksgiving. Left over cranberries and walnuts from a Thanksgiving salad, left over Greek yogurt from these wholesome mashed potatoes, left over celery sticks from stuffing, and so forth.

Nonetheless, you can also make this turkey salad simply since you need to any time of yr, it’s scrumptious!

• Shredded turkey- shred all of the elements of the turkey that you’ve for leftovers. Darkish, mild, all of it.
• 2% plain Greek yogurt– we like a better fats content material after we make turkey salad or hen salad.
• Mayo- we lightened this turkey salad up with Greek yogurt however you may’t have a turkey salad with no little little bit of mayo.
• Lemon juice– with all of the heavier components on this salad, the lemon juice actually lightens issues up.
• Dijon mustard – the mustard is essential for this recipe. Except you don’t like mustard, ha.
• Salt + Pepper– don’t skip the salt and pepper.
• Yellow onion– slightly onion provides taste and crunch.
• Celery stalks– a basic turkey and hen salad ingredient is our good good friend the celery stalk.
• Dried cranberries – cranberries add slightly sweetness.
• Chopped walnuts– add no matter nuts you’ve round. We used chopped walnuts however almonds or pecans work too.
• Turkey seasoning– DO NOT SKIP USING THIS TURKEY SEASONING.

The KEY to this Turkey Salad Recipe

This turkey salad has superb taste as a result of we use leftovers from smoked turkey or our baked turkey tenderloin. What do these two recipe have in frequent? Our HOMEMADE TURKEY SEASONING.

Our do-it-yourself turkey seasoning is so flipping scrumptious that folks can’t get sufficient. The smoky flavors combined with a little bit of brown sugar makes one superb dry rub.

Haven’t any worry, in case you aren’t utilizing our turkey recipes (cough cough, you must) it’s okay. You will need to add a couple of teaspoons of our turkey seasoning to this turkey salad. We suggest preserving a jar of our do-it-yourself turkey seasoning in your cabinet always.

Tips on how to Make Leftover Turkey Salad

1. Place all components in a bowl + combine. Add all of the components for this turkey salad to a big bowl and fold the whole lot collectively till all of the components are coated in scrumptious sauce.
2. Add turkey seasoning if it’s worthwhile to. If you happen to didn’t use one in every of our turkey recipes, add 1-2 teaspoons of turkey seasoning to the bowl.
3. Chill and serve. This turkey salad is greatest chilled, so place it within the fridge to relax after which take pleasure in.

Tips on how to Serve Leftover Turkey Salad

Sandwich- Scoop 1 cup of this this turkey salad onto a bit of bread with lettuce and onion. Or? Lower a croissant down the center and have a turkey salad croissant sandwich. YUM.

Salad- Scoop 1 cup of this turkey salad on high of a mattress of greens for a straightforward salad.

Lettuce Wraps– Skip the bread and serve this turkey salad as a lettuce wrap.

Storage

Retailer this turkey salad in an hermetic container for as much as 5 days within the fridge.

Leftover Turkey Salad

We put leftover turkey to good use on this tasty turkey salad. This wholesome recipe is made with celery, cranberries, Greek, mayo, and extra. 

Prep: 20 minutesCook dinner: Zero minutesWhole: 20 minutes

Fats 14

Carbs 13

Protein 4

Yield 6–8 1x

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Substances

• 6 heaping cups of shredded turkey
• ¾ cup 2% plain Greek Yogurt
• ½ cup mayo 
• ¼ cup contemporary lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard 
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ½ medium yellow onion, minced
• 2 celery stalks, diced 
• ½ cup dried cranberries (craisins)
• ½ cup chopped walnuts 
• ½ teaspoon salt or salt to style
• 1–2 teaspoons turkey seasoning*

Directions

1. Put together the sauce first and add the Greek yogurt, mayo, lemon juice, mustard, pepper, and onion to a big bowl and blend till nicely mixed. 
2. Add the shredded turkey to the bowl and fold the components collectively till all of the turkey is roofed in sauce. 
3. Lastly, add the celery, cranberries, and walnuts to the bowl and blend. 
4. Place the turkey salad within the fridge to relax. 
5. Serve on a salad, in a sandwich, or by itself. 

Ideas & Notes

• Turkey seasoning: relying on how seasoned your leftover turkey is, we recommend including a few of our do-it-yourself turkey seasonings for further taste! If you happen to’re utilizing our smoked turkey or turkey tenderloin, you do not want so as to add further seasoning.

Vitamin Info

Serving Dimension: 1/8
Energy: 358
Sugar: 9
Sodium: 365
Fats: 14
Carbohydrates: 13
Fiber: 1
Protein: 4
Ldl cholesterol: 8

Creator: Lee FunkeClass: TurkeyTechnique: No BakeDelicacies: American