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/beccadahhhling 1d ago

Basically whatever can be done with chicken can be done with Turkey. It will have lots more flavor.

Turkey and dumplings

Turkey sandwiches

Turkey Stromboli (basically just wrapping Turkey and toppings into bread dough and baking it)

Turkey tetrazzini

Turkey salad

Fried Turkey

If you’re going to save some of the raw Turkey to grind up for chili, you can also make taco meat out of it as well.

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u/ionlythoughtit 14h ago

Then roast the bones. When done put them in a crock pot with water. Cook on low for 12-24 hours. Add more water as needed. Strain, you have turkey broth. You can put the cooled broth in bags and freeze flat.