Turkey Recipe

[SandyL2002]

Yesterday I made a Turkey and now I have all these left overs... I would like to make a soup.. But the only thing I have every had as a soup with Turkey was one with Rice, Carrots, Celery, Turkey and Broth...

Any suggestions? If tried something like this...and grated a cauliflower for rice would that work?

[Hopeful1]

Re: Turkey Recipe

I haven't made this recipe but after thanksgiving (leftovers) I am going to make something close. I will change the items that I don't want to use or want to sub. Like Calorie Countdown for the milk and something for the flour. Basically needed as a thickener only. I loooove Chicken/Turkey Ala King.


Low Carb Chicken/Turkey Ala King
INGREDIENTS:

* 2 cups cooked chicken or turkey
* ¼ cup chopped onion
* 1 small green pepper, chopped (about 3 oz)
* 1 small can of mushrooms or 4 to 6 oz fresh chopped mushrooms
* 2 Tablespoons oil or butter
* ¼ teaspoon black pepper
* 6 Tablespoons flour or less flour and a low carb alternative, see note
* 1 cup milk or unsweetened soy or almond milk (carb count is for unsweetened soy or almond milk)
* ½ cup cream
* 1¼ cups chicken stock, or water with chicken Better than Bouillon or regular bouillon
* 1 4 oz jar chopped pimentos
* Salt if not using bouillon

PREPARATION:

1) Heat the oil or butter and saute the onion for 2-3 minutes. Add the green pepper and mushrooms, and cook until softening. Add black pepper.

2) Add the flour,if using as a thickener.

3) Add milk, cream, broth, etc, now. Add low carb thickeners now, and any flavorings such as Better than Bouillon. Add salt if needed. Bring to a simmer and cook for 3-4 minutes.

4) Add chicken/turkey and pimento. Heat through.

Serving Suggestions: Serve over "Cauli-Rice" or low carb toast (such as toasted Flax Meal Foccacia Bread). Alternatively, any low carb pasta or pasta substitute works well.

Nutritional Information: Using above recipe, each of 6 servings has 5 grams effective carbohydrate plus 1 grams fiber, 17 grams protein, and 237 calories. The flour adds 2 grams of carb per serving. If you use only flour (6 tablespoons) to thicken, it would add 4 additional grams per serving. theres definitely better alternatives to that.

[not2late]

Re: Turkey Recipe

The better alternative is to ditch the milk, chicken stock and the heavy cream completely. A "cream sauce" substitute can be made by mixing together equal amounts of sour cream and mayo.

[SandyL2002]

Re: Turkey Recipe

I am going to make a soup.. I was going to make my cauliflower like rice..but I threw my shredder thing away cause I have a new one coming from pampered chef..so I am going to just cut up cauliflower small in it

[Hopeful1]

Re: Turkey Recipe

The better alternative is to ditch the milk, chicken stock and the heavy cream completely. A "cream sauce" substitute can be made by mixing together equal amounts of sour cream and mayo.

thank you never thought of the mayo sour cream. Does it taste at all like mayo when you're done? I know some people used mayo in cakes and stuff so I would presume it doesn't taste.

Yea I quit heavy cream awhile back mostly for the amount of weight I was losing in my wallet. Stuff is expensive here!

[not2late]

Re: Turkey Recipe

IT doesn't have a mayo taste and it doesn't have a sour cream taste. They sort of cancel each other out and you have a savory tasting sauce base that is creamy and can be flavored with other things like cheese, herbs, etc.

I had the idea for this when I read a recipe for a sauce called mousseline: it's basically a hollandaise sauce with unsweetened whipped cream added to it. Mayo is basically an uncooked hollandaise with less lemon. Sour cream is a thicker heavy cream with a slightly sour taste. So I figured mixing the two together, like you would for a dip, and heating it would yield a "white" sauce base. It does and it retains its thickness, it doesn't 'break' and it's bland enough that it can be flavored with other ingredients.

If it's too thick, I suggest adding a tiny bit of water or heavy cream until you get the thickness you want.