Top 10 Thanksgiving Leftover Dishes
by Spence Cooper on 11/13/09 at 10:13 am
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Thanksgiving meets Tex Mex
Instead of picking your way around the turkey carcass and zapping those cold mashed potatoes in the microwave, how about jazzing up your Thanksgiving leftovers this year with these ten brilliant leftover recipes from our own FriendsEat family of inventive foodies.
1. Arroz con Turkey
Ingredients
1/2 cup Leftover turkey, shredded
1/2 yellow onion (chopped small)
1 tbsp Sofrito (you can get this at the Spanish section of the supermarket, it comes frozen and in a little plastic tub)
1/4 cup tomato paste
1 cup of rice
1/2 cup frozen peas
2 cups chicken broth
1 tbsp olive oil
Directions
1. Heat the olive oil in a pan with a lid
2. Add the onion and cook until it is translucent
3. Add the sofrito, cook for about 1 minute
4. Put in the rice and the chicken broth
5. Bring to a boil
6. As soon as it is boiling, add the tomato paste and the fozen peas
7. Cover the pot and bring to the lowest heat setting
8. Set the kitchen timer for 30 minutes
9. When 30 minutes hit, taste the rice to see if it is ready
10. If rice is hard, leave on a little longer
11. If rice is soft and mushy, then it is ready to eat
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