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Knowing how to make the quintessential leftover turkey cranberry sandwich with stuffing goes something like this:
1. Have Thanksgiving dinner.
2. Make certain there are leftovers.
3. Pile them atop some mayo-slicked bread in roughly the proportions below.
4. Improvise as desired. [Editor’s Note: We actually quite like some cold mashed potatoes on our turkey sandwich, but maybe that’s just us.]
5. Let out a long exhale of satisfaction the moment you tuck into it.
6. Let us know how it goes in a comment below.–David Leite
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Turkey Cranberry Sandwich with Stuffing
Ingredients
- 4 slices sturdy white bread
- Olive oil, mayonnaise, or unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup leftover cranberry sauce or cranberry relish
- About 6 ounces leftover roast turkey
- 1/2 cup leftover stuffing, warm or cold
- 1/4 cup gravy, warm
Instructions
- Slather 1 side of each slice of bread with the oil, mayonnaise, or butter.
- Divvy the cranberry sauce among all 4 bread slices, spreading it almost all the way to the edge of the bread.
- Top the cranberry sauce with the turkey, spreading it all the way to the edge of the bread. Add the stuffing and gravy, dividing them evenly between 2 of the bread slices. Stack the remaining bread slices on top, cranberry sauce side down.
- Cut each sandwich in half and demolish without delay.
Notes
- Choosing your bread–You need a firm bread to hold all of the sandwich filling together. Choose a sturdy artisan-style or rustic bread.
- Turkey–Use a mixture of light and dark turkey meat for the most flavorful sandwiches.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe Testers’ Reviews
Who doesn’t love turkey leftovers? For me, the best part of cooking a turkey is the turkey sandwiches the next day. This little recipe was a winner to everyone I served it to.
I used butter (of course), homemade orange and cranberry sauce, leftover turkey, and stuffing. I had never thought to put leftover gravy in my turkey sandwiches before but was quite surprised to find we all liked it. We “sandwiched “ all that good stuff between slices of a nice sturdy multigrain bread from a local bakery. You really do need a substantial bread to hold all that goodness in.
I used approximately 3 to 4 oz turkey per sandwich, but truthfully, who really measures it? I used a mixture of white and dark meat slices to cover the bread before adding the stuffing and gravy.
I liked the idea of mixing the cranberry sauce and mayonnaise to make a spread and will likely do that again in the future. We got 2 hearty servings. These sandwiches are filling so if you are having a salad along with it a half a sandwich each could do 4 for lunch quite nicely.