Chef Dan Churchill Shares His Leftover Thanksgiving Recipes

Reinvent that leftover turkey, stuffing and cranberries in an all-new dish.

ByABC News
November 25, 2016, 7:59 AM

— -- It’s the day after Thanksgiving and to help freshen up your leftover turkey and trimmings, Australian chef Dan Churchill shares his best recipes using leftovers.

Churchill, author of "The Healthy Cook," has created three dishes to reinvigorate the food you didn't finish on Turkey Day.

Thanksgiving Hash

First up is his recipe for Thanksgiving hash. You can create a crispy and delicious one-pan dish with leftover stuffing for the ultimate morning-after meal.

Chef Dan Churchill created three dishes to reinvigorate the Thanksgiving food you didn't finish on Turkey Day.

RECIPE

2 tbsp. olive oil

Leftover tasty stuffing

4 eggs

1/2 cup cheddar cheese

1. Add oil to a medium high heat skillet or cast iron pan and fold in your stuffing allowing it to sit and get crispy edges for 3 to 4 minutes.

2. Create four holes in the stuffing mix and crack an egg into each. Sprinkle over cheese and put under a broiler. If you don’t have one, simply preheat your oven to 420 degress F. Cook until eggs are cooked and cheese is melted.

Cranberry Crumble

The next dish upgrade is a sweet cranberry crumble. Cook up those leftover cranberries to make a sweet topping for cereal or granola.

Chef Dan Churchill created three dishes to reinvigorate the Thanksgiving food you didn't finish on Turkey Day.

RECIPE

4 cups cranberry sauce

2 cups cereal/crunchy granola

2 scoops natural yogurt/vanilla ice cream

1 tbsp. honey

1. Pour cranberry sauce into a skillet on medium-high heat and reduce until it's a nice syrup-like texture.

2. Take off the heat and spread over cereal/granola and scoop on the yogurt or ice cream.

3. Finish with a drizzle of honey.

Turkey Bake

Finally Churchill's turkey bake recipe re-purposes the star of the show. Use up leftover veggies, potatoes and turkey to bake up a brand new version of your Turkey Day feast.

Chef Dan Churchill created three dishes to reinvigorate the Thanksgiving food you didn't finish on Turkey Day.

RECIPE

Turkey Leftovers

Roasted vegetable leftovers; for example, potatoes or Brussels sprouts

2 cups ricotta

2 eggs

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

2. In a mixing bowl, combine ricotta and eggs, and place leftover turkey and vegetables into a baking tray.

3. Pour ricotta mix over the top of the leftovers making sure to get in between every ingredient, then bake in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden.

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