While this recipe for Turkey Casserole is delicious, I'm surprised that it's not called Turkey Hotdish. This is Minnesota, after all, and this is total comfort food! The recipe comes from Grandma's youngest sister, and it gives (on the back of the recipe card) a couple of other ideas for tweaking the recipe just a little bit. All are great ideas for using up the leftover turkey from either your Thanksgiving or Christmas dinners. As far as I'm concerned, you can never have too many recipes for leftover turkey. I did a pick-up order at my grocery store for Thanksgiving, and one thing on the list was the turkey. Well, we all know by now how these things go. I requested a 12-15 pound turkey (to make the Turkey Gravy in the roaster) and got a 21 pound one! Yikes! We decided to do it on the grill, but we still needed one to make the gravy. I chose to just order another turkey breast and see how that goes. I thought it would be the usual size, but it ended up being 13 pounds! That's what I wanted the whole bird to be! Oh well, that just meant we'd have A LOT of leftover turkey. I found this recipe among Grandma's cards, and decided that if there ever was a time to try a Turkey Casserole - this was it!
Here is the recipe as I made it:
Turkey Casserole
Mix all together:
7 ounces of macaroni, cooked until barely tender (I cooked it a little more than half the time on the package instructions)
2 ribs celery, chopped
1/4 of a large green pepper, chopped (I used about a half of a green pepper)
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt (I left this out since there are two kinds of soup in this)
1 can cheddar cheese soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
2 cups milk
3-4 cups chopped, cooked turkey (I possibly used a bit more than 4 cups)
1/2-2/3 of a 16 ounce package of frozen chopped broccoli
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
There seems like there are a lot of ingredients, but they're all good - and good for you!
While there is frozen broccoli in this, there are also chopped fresh vegetables.
I cut the turkey into about 1/2" cubes, but you can cut it up any way you like.
Two cups of milk seemed like a lot, but it all absorbed.
Into the oven to bake and turn into total comfort food!
Oh my! So good!
I like serving a hotdish with some nice, crisp crackers - and maybe some fruit.
Like I said - total comfort food! Yum!
This casserole (or hotdish) is absolutely delicious, and it is a great way to use up leftover turkey. What a great recipe! Your family will love having the Thanksgiving turkey all over again - but in a different way. If you have a lot of turkey leftover (like we did with our 36 pounds of turkey for 5 people), you really should try using up some of it in this comforting, delicious, bubbling dish of Turkey Casserole.
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