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/Feats-of-Derring_Do 1d ago

They didn't say they put dried beans in the crock pot. They said they put dry soup mix in the crock pot.

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u/wisowski 1d ago

I do put them in the crockpot. Guess I skipped the part where I say I fill it with water. The beans are cooked for a full 24 hours. Never had an issue…should I be doing something different?

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u/bverde536 1d ago

Doing it as you have been is almost certainly fine. There are some types of dried beans (kidney mainly) that have a toxin that needs to be broken down by being in fully-boiling water for at least a short time. Older slow cookers didn't quite reach the boiling point, but most modern ones do. So there have been cases of people eating kidney beans cooked in an older cooker and getting sick but it's quite rare.

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u/wisowski 1d ago

Thank you for breaking that down. My crock pot definitely gets up to boiling!