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Turkey a la King is a hearty dinner recipe using leftover turkey in a creamy sauce with diced celery, mushrooms, green peppers and red peppers.

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Turkey a la King is a simple and delicious way to use up leftover Thanksgiving turkey.

This thick and creamy vegetable and shredded turkey mixture can be served over biscuits, toast, rice or noodles.

This turkey recipe takes less than thirty minutes from start to finish and serves four people.

Printable Recipe Card with a Full List of Ingredients and Instructions is Located at the Bottom of the Post.

Be sure to read through the entire post so that you don’t miss out on any important tips and tricks!

To make this turkey dish, I started by dumping some butter into a large skillet over medium-high heat.

Then I added some diced onions and celery to the pan.

I stirred the onions and celery together and then added some sliced mushrooms to the pan.

I stirred well and allowed the vegetables to cook for a few minutes.

Then I added some diced green peppers and red peppers to the pan.

I stirred well and cooked the peppers for a couple minutes.

Then I added some all purpose flour to the pan.

I stirred until all of the vegetables were coated in flour.

Then I continued stirring until the flour started to brown.

I added some chicken broth to the pan.

I stirred until it thickened.

Then I added some heavy cream.

I stirred well and reduced the heat to low.

I added some onion powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper to the pan.

I stirred the spices into the sauce mixture.

Then I added some cooked, shredded turkey to the pan.

I stirred until all of the turkey was coated in sauce.

Then I left the dish to simmer for about five minutes to heat up the turkey.

Then the turkey a la king was ready to serve.

I served mine over some freshly baked Pillsbury biscuits.

You could also serve this dish over toast, rice or noodles.

If you are looking for a tasty dish to use up some leftover Thanksgiving turkey, then you need to try this Turkey a la King!

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PRINTABLE VERSION OF THE RECIPE CAN BE FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE

Ingredients You’ll Need to Make This Turkey a la King:

• ½ cup butter
• 1 cup diced yellow onions
• 1 cup diced celery
• 4 oz sliced mushrooms
• ½ cup diced green peppers
• ½ cup diced red peppers
• ½ cup all purpose flour
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 ½ cup heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 2 ½ cups cooked, shredded turkey

How to Make Turkey a la King:

1. Dump the butter into a large skillet over medium-high heat.
2. Add the diced onions and celery to the pan and stir.
3. Add the sliced mushrooms to the pan and stir.
4. Cook the onions, celery and mushrooms for 3 minutes.
5. Add the diced green and red peppers to the pan and stir.
6. Continue cooking for 3 minutes.
7. Add the flour to the pan and stir until all of the veggies are coated in flour.
8. Continue cooking until the flour starts to brown.
9. Add the chicken broth to the pan and stir until it thickens.
10. Add the heavy cream to the pan, stir and reduce the heat to low.
11. Add the onion powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper to the pan and stir well.
12. Add the shredded turkey and stir until all of the turkey is coated in the sauce.
13. Leave the dish to simmer for 5 minutes.
14. Serve over biscuits, toast, rice or noodles.
15. Enjoy!

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