Our Best Recipes for Thanksgiving Leftovers

"View our collections of recipes for Thanksgiving leftovers and recipes for leftover turkey for more ideas. Fried rice is a quick and easy solution to leftovers fatigue. All you need is some leftover rice, turkey, that bag of frozen vegetables from the back of your freezer, soy sauce and eggs. Or, depending on your holiday sides, Kia Damon suggests using whatever you have on hand green beans, corn and carrots would be perfect."

"Pozole rojo is an excellent way to feed a lot of people through the long weekend while using up any leftover turkey. Kristina Felix enriches leftover turkey broth (homemade or store-bought) with dried guajillo, pasilla and arbol chiles. Serve the warming soup alongside tostadas and toppings like chopped onion, cilantro, shredded cabbage, lime wedges and radish slices, and let everyone do their thing."

"Recipe: Best Thanksgiving Leftovers Sandwich If lightness is what you seek post-holiday, make Samin Nosrat's play on pho ga, the classic Vietnamese chicken noodle soup. The clear broth, spiced with star anise and ginger and seasoned with fish sauce, is paired with rice noodles and a platter of fresh garnishes like cilantro, Thai basil, bean sprouts, jalapenos and lime wedges."

Twenty-seven recipes repurpose leftover turkey, stuffing, potatoes, vegetables and cranberry sauce into distinct new meals. Fried rice uses leftover rice, turkey, frozen vegetables, soy sauce and eggs, with flexibility to add green beans, corn or carrots. Pozole rojo stretches turkey into a crowd-pleasing soup by enriching turkey broth with dried guajillo, pasilla and arbol chiles and serving with tostadas and fresh toppings. A layered sandwich warms breast in butter and shreds dark meat into gravy, stacking it on fried stuffing with cranberry mayo. A lighter option reimagines pho ga with spiced clear broth, rice noodles and abundant fresh garnishes. Fillings can also be enclosed and baked into pockets.

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