Sunday, November 29, 2009

Leftover Thanksgiving Soup/stew

Okay, guys I am kind of proud of myself because I came up with this on my own, and it acutally tasted pretty good!! These are all approximates (as I didn't measure), feel free to adjust to your self!!

2- 2 1/1 cups Mashed Potatoes
2 cups Gravy
Water/milk to thin
Oil/butter/ of Margirine
1 Onion chopped (so Joshua and Jon mark can't see them)
Turkey, chopped
6 slices Bacon (or a handful and 1/2 of The Dried Bacon in pkg)
Sharp Cheddar Cheese
1/2 pint (the littlest carton) of Cream
1 1/2 cups Stuffing

1. Saute onions in the butter (or whatever you choose). Till they are a nice golden brown, add water to the pan and scrape up the yummy brown bits and simmer. (you want them caramelized, Once they are carmalized you can add them to the pot at anytime.
2. Add the gravy, potatoes, and Water or Milk to a big pot. Add enough liquid to get to the consistency that you want (mine was more stewy. And I used both water and milk to thin, but if you want it lighter then substitue all the dairy out).
3. Wait for it to heat up, it probably took 5 min for it to heat up, and whisk it as it does to break up the potatoes. (There shouldn't be any lumps of Potatoes)
4.Once that has mixed well, add the bacon(i used the dehydrated stuff and it turned out great) and turkey,
5.cover with a lid and boil/simmer for 10-15 min, to make sure the meat is thoroughly heated through.
6. While that is finishing, turn the oven on to broil and crumble stuffing on to cookie sheet. Broil the stuffing till it starts to get a little crunchy and brown. (Watch it though, you don't want to burn it. It will take like 2-3 min, at least in my oven)
7. Add the cream and cheese right before you serve it. DO NOT Boil at this point because you don't want to curdle the cream. (or don't add any cream to make it dairy free/ lower in fat)
8. Serve!! Add the stuffing on top of the soup once it's served up. (so it's not soggy)

*I promise it's easier then it sounds reading through this. The soup should be pretty creamy (even with out the cream!) the potatoes make it a nice consistency, once all the lumps are gone.

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