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Slow cooker turkey casserole

Slow cooker turkey casserole

Name: Slow cooker turkey casserole
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h 15 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 onion chopped; 2 carrots roughly chopped; 1 leek sliced; ½ swede peeled and roughly chopped; 2 parsnips peeled and roughly chopped; 700g turkey cut into large pieces (or use the same amount of leftover roasted turkey); 2 tbsp plain flour; ½ small bunch of sage leaves picked and chopped; 2 bay leaves; 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard; 2 tbsp tomato purée; 1½l turkey or chicken stock; griddled bread or cooked potatoes, to serve

Samuel Goldsmith

Serves 6 - 8

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 3 hrs and 30 mins - 8 hrs

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Avoid food waste and turn your leftover Christmas turkey into this comforting casserole packed with veg. Making it in a slow cooker saves effort and energy costs

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1 onion
chopped
2 carrots
roughly chopped
1 leek
sliced
½ swede
peeled and roughly chopped
2 parsnips
peeled and roughly chopped
700g turkey
cut into large pieces (or use the same amount of leftover roasted turkey)
2 tbsp plain flour
½ small bunch of sage
leaves picked and chopped
2 bay leaves
2 tbsp wholegrain mustard
2 tbsp tomato purée
1½l turkey or chicken stock
griddled bread
or cooked potatoes, to serve

Nutrition: Per serving (8)

kcal206
fat3g
saturates1g
carbs15g
sugars7g
fibre6g
protein27g
salt1.5g

Method

step 1
Tip the onions, carrots, leek, swede, parsnips and turkey into a slow cooker. Sprinkle over the flour, then mix to combine everything.
step 2
Add the sage, bay leaves, mustard and tomato purée, and mix well. Pour in the stock, season well and give everything a quick stir. Cook on low for 8 hrs, or high for 3 hrs 30 mins.

Recipe tips

Cut the vegetables into even-sized pieces so they cook in similar amounts of time.

If you have legs of cooked turkey, you can leave the legs whole while the casserole cooks, then strip the meat before serving – the bones will add flavour and help prevent the meat from drying out.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, Homemade Christmas 2022

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cocojo

2 years ago

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If you use leftover roast turkey do you add the turkey later in the cooking process? If you add it at the start will it be too dry?

goodfoodteam

2 years ago

Hi, thanks for your question. If using leftover whole legs they can be added at the start. Smaller pieces of leftover cooked turkey can be added for the last two hours of cooking (just check everything is piping hot before serving). We hope this helps, BBC Good Food Team.