turkey curry

If you like butter chicken then you will LOVE Butter Turkey Curry. It's the best way to use your Thanksgiving (or Christmas) turkey dinner leftovers!

Butter Turkey Curry

yellow onions, roughly chopped

ginger

garlic cloves, crushed

tomatoes

lb. cooked turkey, shredded

cream, yogurt, or coconut milk

almond butter

brown sugar

Sea salt,

garam masala

turmeric

coriander

cumin

chili powder

cardamom pods

Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and let it cook until it is well browned, about 10 minutes. While the onion is cooking, place all the spices into a small bowl.

Add the ginger, garlic, and spices to the pot and cook for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes and a half cup of water to the pot and scrape the bottom of the pot to remove any stuck on bits. Let the pot simmer, partially covered to reduce splatters, for 15 minutes.

Carefully transfer to a blender and blend on high until smooth. Return the curry to the pot, add turkey, cream (or yogurt or coconut milk),  almond butter, and sugar and heat through. Season to taste with sea salt.

This dinner was amazing! Topped with cilantro and served with coconut rice (used the rest of the can of coconut milk in rice cooker to make rice)

I am SO happy I tried out this recipe! It turned out so delicious! My hubby loves it a lot! I cannot express how much I appreciate this recipe you shared to us! Thank you!

Thanks for the recipe.  Had a lot of leftover turkey post-Thanksgiving and this fit the bill.  I used yogurt instead of coconut milk and added a jalapeno pepper to the onions and ginger.  After blending (with an immersion stick) I also added some spinach for added greenery.  I'd make this again.

This is was sooo delicious. Made it with leftover turkey from Christmas, I didn’t think there was much flavour to start with but then when everything was added it really came together!

Wow - sooo easy to make. I had been doing this with “curry kits” and adapting them to my own kind of version of “butter chicken” but this was quick and easy and was super kid-friendly since I could control all the heat/spice levels myself. Love it —thank you! 

Love love love, I’ve made this so many times it’s easy and very tasty, my whole family loves it xx

Perfect! And I used veggies I needed use up

This was so easy and tasty. Thanks for helping an expat Brit get his leftover turkey curry on!

I have never made Butter Chicken. These directions for leftover turkey were easy to follow and made a GREAT meal. I think the recipe is forgiving - as I didn't have almond butter and substituted some homemade hummus and the curry was awesome (I make my hummus with garbanzo, generous tahini, garlic, lemon, and oil). I also have a 9 year old who currently refuses to eat anything 'hot spicy' so I subbed paprika for the chili powder. The dish was so flavorful and my spouse and I could put hot sauce on it. 4 generous servings. Just bang on delicious! Thanks for this, printed and saved in the family recipe book - right by all the other Thanksgiving favorites. Can't wait to do this with chicken or even lamb!

This was so good!  I so appreciated the clever swap of Almond butter from the tradition recipe with lots of regular butter.  Thanks.

This is a great recipe. Easy to follow, tastes great, and the leftover turkey was moist &amp; delicious. We didn't have almond butter so substituted peanut butter. Thanks for posting!

The butter turkey curry was outstanding even without the almond butter.  Leftover Thanksgiving turkey became a scarce commodity after using it for this dish.   I threw in a few fistfuls of baby spinach and served it with rice.  The blender step is more mess than necessary because a wand blender accomplishes the same thing with no mess.  Sign me up for your leftover turkey!

This was a delicious way to change up that leftover Christmas turkey. We all really enjoyed it. I served it with steamed basmati rice and pappadams and sprinkled some cashews and chopped parsley on top. (I would have used coriander if I’d had some). It’s a winner! 

I doubled the measurements as I had a kilo of leftover turkey! I added red lentils, butternut squash and spinach and subbed sugar with mango chutney. Winner Winner Turkey dinner x

Really enjoyed this ..... delicious.  I added a full can of coconut milk, 3 table spoons of sugar and balanced the sweetness with a good sprinkle of salt.  Yum. 

This was such a delicious way to use up leftover turkey. Such a moreish flavour, i will definitely be making again. I didn't have almond butter so used ground almonds and coconut cream instead of coconut milk. I also topped it with lots of fresh coriander and a squeeze of lime to freshen it up a bit. Can't wait til next years leftovers.

I didn't have almond butter so used ground almonds and butter! also added a little heavy cream. Lovely recipe this is now firmly in my Christmas leftover favourites.

This is really good and easy to make.  Just making again!

This curry is really delicious 
my family loved it 
cooking it again tonight , easy to follow
Thankyou xxx

I didn't have garam masala, so I just used yellow curry powder.   I'm also not one to measure ingredients, so it wasn't exact...but this combination of ingredients is so yummy!

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Easy Butter Chicken 

Use up leftover Christmas turkey and make this slow cooker turkey curry. It uses up any roasted veg you may have leftover too – ideal for avoiding food waste

Slow cooker turkey curry

onion, chopped

ginger,

red pepper, chopped

sweet potatoes

turkey,

can chickpeas, drained and rinsed

tbsp curry paste (we used balti)

tomato purée

can chopped tomatoes

coconut milk

coriander, leaves

spinach (optional)

Tip the onion, garlic, ginger, red pepper, sweet potatoes, turkey and chickpeas into a slow cooker. Stir in the curry paste and tomato purée, ensuring everything is well-coated. Pour in the chopped tomatoes and coconut milk, and scatter in the chopped coriander stalks, 1 tsp salt and some ground black pepper. Mix everything to combine. Cook on high for 3 hrs 30 mins, or low for 8 hrs. If you want to add spinach, tip it in 15 mins before the end of the cooking time. Stir well after 5 mins, once it has started to wilt.

Serve the turkey curry with rice, scattered with the chopped coriander leaves, if you like.

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