turkey potluck

Name: Turkey Potluck
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 - whole turkey bone carcas with meat; 4-6 cup(s) water; 1 large onion, diced; 1 cup(s) celery, diced; 1/2 cup(s) combination of red, orange and yellow peppers (i use the mini ones); 1-2 cup(s) cabbage, thinly sliced; 4 medium carrots, sliced thick; 2 medium potatoes, diced; 6 medium tomatoes, diced; 4 sprig(s) parsley, minced; 3 clove(s) garlic, minced; 5 large fresh sweet basil leaves, minced; 3 medium bay leaves; 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) spice islands, bouquet garni spice, rubbed; pinch(es) of additional sage; pinch(es) of additional dill weed; 2 teaspoon(s) pepper; - salt to taste; 3 - 4 tablespoon(s) arrowroot starch or corn starch; - bisquits

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Linda Kauppinen

Greenwood, FL

Updated on Jul 21, 2013

The other night, I was low on groceries and was thinking of something to make for dinner. I make a habit of taking left over turkey bones with meat still on them (chicken and pork bones too) and I freeze them to make soup later on. I had a nice smoked turkey with about 1/4 of the turkey meat left on it, so I pulled it out of the freezer and went to town. It turned out great, with a wonderful bold flavor! **Note** Spice Islands Bouquet Garni is a spice blend of 9 spices and is wonderful! Oregano, Summer Savory, Marjoram, Rosemary, Basil, Sage, Thyme, Dill Weed and Tarragon.

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 1 Hr

method Stove Top

yield 4 to 6 servings

Ingredients

1 - whole turkey bone carcas with meat
4-6 cups water
1 large onion, diced
1 cup celery, diced
1/2 cup combination of red, orange and yellow peppers (i use the mini ones)
1-2 cup cabbage, thinly sliced
4 medium carrots, sliced thick
2 medium potatoes, diced
6 medium tomatoes, diced
4 sprigs parsley, minced
3 cloves garlic, minced
5 large fresh sweet basil leaves, minced
3 medium bay leaves
1 1/2 teaspoons spice islands, bouquet garni spice, rubbed
pinch of additional sage
pinch of additional dill weed
2 teaspoons pepper
- salt to taste
3 - 4 tablespoons arrowroot starch or corn starch
- bisquits

How To Make turkey potluck

Step 1

In a large stock pot place your turkey carcass, add your water and all the ingredients EXCEPT arrowroot/cornstarch.

Step 2

Bring to a boil. lower temperature of stove to simmer. Allow to simmer for at least 1 hour (this is a guesstimate on my part).
Step 3

When broth is ready, remove carcass from the pot, be sure to remove all the bones. Set aside and allow to cool a bit. While carcass is cooling prepare biscuits
Step 4

Prepare your favorite biscuit mixture and get biscuits ready for the oven to bake during the final cooking phase. Now that your biscuits are made and ready to be popped in the oven, Take any meat remaining off the carcass. You can pull it off the bones, shred and put back into the pot.
Step 5

Put your biscuits in the oven while you thicken your broth. Put your arrowroot powder or cornstarch into a coffee mug, fill 3/4 with water, stir till all is dissolved. Take broth off the heat and pour into the pot a little at a time. Stirring till it is all thickened. Put back on the heat until it completely thickens to a thick gravy consistency.
Step 6

Serve this scooped over fresh biscuits or you could even serve over egg noodles if you choose. I tend to think that the biscuits would be the best! I wish I thought to take a picture of this when I made it!!!
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