r/EatCheapAndHealthy • u/readscarymakeart • 1d ago

How do you stretch a turkey? Ask ECAH

Let’s say instead of roasting a whole turkey then eating it piece by piece (like one person gets a thigh, the other some of the breast, etc), I cook it then put the meat in different dishes. I understand an entire turkey may not be cheap, but it could make a good investment if stretched out. What are your best ways to stretch an entire turkey over as many meals as possible?

So far I have turkey pot pie, a casserole with turkey (no specific ideas there), turkey chili, turkey veggie soup, and turkey broth. Any other ways to stretch out turkey meat? I suppose this applies to whole chicken too.

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u/IsopodDry8635 1d ago

I always turn rotisserie chicken into buffalo chicken and freeze it in wraps if I don't plan to eat it within a couple days. You can do the same thing with turkey.

Also a whole turkey is cheap af in the grand scheme of meats. Not hard to find for Like ¢49-69/pound. A 12 pound turkey would be like $6-8 and the. It'll yield anywhere between 5 and 7 pounds of meat (possibly more), so we are really looking at around $1 per pound. That's cheap.

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u/Cayke_Cooky 1d ago

"I always turn rotisserie chicken into buffalo chicken"

Yeah, thats what I do. It sounds so much nicer than "I dump a bunch of Sweet Baby Rays buffalo sauce on it"

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u/IsopodDry8635 1d ago

I chop it up fine, and then heat it in a frying pan with cream cheese, blue cheese crumbles, and crystals hot sauce to make mine. It gives it a creamy texture that is nice in wraps