Juicy chunks of turkey and mixed vegetables in a thick creamy white sauce, this turkey pot pie is comfort food at its finest.
Turkey Pot Pie
What are you doing with your leftover turkey? This turkey pot pie is a perfect and comforting way to use up some of those leftovers. Super easy to make and loved by all.
Just a few steps…
Make the roux, add the turkey and veggies, pour into the pie crust, and bake! How easy is that?!
Don’t let the fancy word “roux” throw you off, it’s just butter and flour browned up a bit, then you add the broth and milk and let it thicken. It’s how you get that creamy white sauce, mmm!
I could actually just eat the turkey/veggie mixture by itself, like soup. It is so good.
A word about crusts…
First, I’m not a master baker. I’m not a master fancy crust decorator lady. Okay? So, the perfectionist in me does not like to post pictures that don’t meet my standards, but hey, I’m improving, you may have noticed my dark edges on the crust.
Which brings me to my next point. When baking this, I usually put some foil around the edge of the crust. That’s usually the part that gets done first. When it’s close to the cooking time coming to an end, take it off and it will brown up perfectly.
My crusts always seem to brown up before the food is ready. Then I have a crust that’s too dark. If anyone has the science to this, please, let me know!
One more thing about the crust. You can use home made pie crust (my personal favorite), or you can use store bought. Just be sure that if you buy it, buy a deep dish crust.
If you make it, make sure you use a deep dish pie plate. For perfect homemade crust, visit my friend Shiela’s blog, and check out her pie crust. That’s the one I make every time.
I use this same recipe for chicken pot pie, except of course, I use chicken instead of turkey. My whole family loves it.
There’s not enough left overs for all of us, so they are usually ‘calling it’ for leftovers. Yeah, I usually pull out the mom card on that one. hee hee. I made it, I did all the work, right? 😉
What’s your favorite way to use leftover turkey?
Turkey Pot Pie
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup butter 5 1/3 tablespoons
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1/3 cup onion diced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 cups chicken or turkey broth
- 2/3 cup milk
- 2 1/2 cups turkey cut into bite size pieces
- 2 cups frozen mixed vegetables
- 2 pie crusts deep dish is best
Instructions
- Melt butter in a skillet.
- Add the onions, flour, salt and pepper.
- Stir for about 1 minute until thick and bubbly.
- Add broth and milk.
- Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until thickened (about 2-3 minutes).
- Add turkey and vegetables, stir well.
- Pour into pie crust.
- Top with the other pie crust.
- Crimp edges, and cut 4 slits in the center to vent.
- Bake at 425 for 35-45 minutes.
- Let stand 15 minutes before serving.
I am so pinning this! I love pot pie, we didn’t have turkey for Thanksgiving, but I’m sure a rotisserie chicken would fit the bill. I can easily make the crust gluten free and this looks like it would warm us up from the inside out! Thanks!
Yes! Perfect comfort food and its awesome with chicken too. You can even grill or poach some chicken breasts for this one. I’m so glad you can find substitutes in my recipes to meet your dietary needs. Thanks for pinning!!
Wow this looks absolutely delicious! Such a warming recipe for winter – real comfort food! Your pastry looks divine! This is definitely a dish my family would love, thanks so much for sharing x
Thank you so much!! My next pie crust attempt will be an all butter one. I’m interested to see if there’s much difference. 🙂
Hi! Thanks for linking up to last week’s Tasty Tuesday linky. I have pinned your recipe to the Creative K Kids Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board. I hope you’ll join us again this week with something tasty.
Thanks so much Ashley! We’ll see you at the party!
They look super yuuum indeed…I love the filling and the crusty pie is certainly a bonus 🙂