STRETCHING A TURKEY TO THE MAX
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Recipe Introduction
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List of Ingredients
what I do with a lot of my cooked turkeys:
first I remove all the cooked meat from my turkey.
.....prepare it for meal packets....
then put the bones and skin in my largest roasting pan
add one large chopped onion
cover with water
cover with lid or foil
put in 325 degree oven
cook for at least 3 hours, adding water as needed
do not add anything else not even salt
when done strain into a large bowl
put bowl in freezer or fridge and cool until all the fat has
harden and rose
to the top
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discard all the fat...unless you want to render it...if you
do ..render fat
and freeze. I did it this year..I
am going to try turkey matzho ball soup[.traditional recipe
uses chicken
fat...I freeze my rendered
chicken fat]
now , I am posting the proportions to use:
for each 4 pounds your poultry weighed before cooking...you
want to add
enough water to the broth
to make a gallon of broth....example my chicken weighs
4pounds
so I want to add enough water to the broth to make one
gallon,
my turkey weighed a little over 24 pounds....I added enough
water to the
broth to make 6 gallons.
..this makes a very rich broth......my turkey this year was
so big ...I had
to do this in several batches[
when I took the broth out of the oven ...I only had about 2
gallons of
broth....so I had to add a liitle
over 4 gallons water] the trick for good broth is a lot of
slow
simmering.....I got alot of work done
while this was happening...we all have to clean .wash and do
housework...so
this saves us a lot of
money and I do mean a lot........for a little 10.5ounce of a
goumet broth I
bought over 10 years
ago...at that time... paid $1.98 and it sucked next to my
home made, please
don't ask what I think of
things like swanson, and campbells broths...you would not
like to know....I
love their other
products...I do not know the current prices on canned
broths....but let us
guesstimate..about $2.50
for a quart....you are saving .....$36.00 on broth alone..if
your turkey
weighs 24 pounds befor
cooking..................that makes the meat more than
free.......
I am going to check out broths the next on my next few
shopping trips
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then divide the broth into freezeing packets....
out of my six gallons...I froze :
six half gallon containers,=3 gallon
16 pints=2 gallon
16 cups=1 gallon
I will use this as a base for many, soups, gravies and
sauces
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this year we were not planning on having turkey[would have
been a first for us] but albertson's had a buy one get one
free at 79 cents a pound...we thrifty shoppers know not to
pass up a deal like that [abut 40 cents a pound]..I got more
at 22 cents apound at a later date]....but alas there was no
room in the freezer to store
them....so I cooked them both the day befor
thanksgiving.....froze the meat we would not be using
for thanksgiving...and made the broth thanksgiving
day...from one and am
doing the other broth
today
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with my 12 gallons of broth.....I will make12 soup meals[
half a gallon a
meal]........ .
6 of these will be made with homemade noodles[ we do not
like meat in the
soup]
the other 12...will vary,abit will include...
..turkey egg drop soup[I posted recipe previously]
turkey rice
lemon turkey soup
a vegetable, assorted beans and assorted grains
cream of turkey
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I sliced and froze meat to use for Christmas...just heat and
eat
I am going to make an assortment of stuffings...using some
of the broths
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to make the stufings...I put broth ,onions,,celery and
seasonings in blender
and liquify...then pour
over cubed bread[s] and mix,,,then bake....I do not use eggs
or
fat......this has so much flavor that I
do not use butter...if you would still like the butter
flavor add btter
extract......
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from these turkeys...there is enough meat for 24 meals left
so I am going to make:
4 shredded taco meals{ enchance these with bulghur]
2 pot pie meals
2 biscuit pinwheels meals
2 white lasagna meals
2 versions of ravioli meals
2 turkey salads for sandwhiches or wraps
2 cold pasta salads[one will be tukey salad in large cooked
jumbo shells,
dressed with a seasoned
mayo dressing mayo]
2 quesidallas..meals
2 casseroles meals
1 stroganoff
1 manicotti
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remember your proportion sizes...an adult should only have,
after cooking 3
ounces of meat[4-5
befor cookingRecipe
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