Use up the leftover turkey and cranberry sauce and wow your guest with delicious cranberry turkey salad that can be placed on croissants, leftover rolls, or even scoop with crackers.
I love to transform leftovers. It’s kind of my mission in life. I have another delicious turkey leftover recipe for you today. If you have a few cups of turkey leftover and at least a half cup of cranberry sauce you are in luck.
Just over the past few years I’ve started to enjoy chicken salad. It occurred to me that I should use up my leftover turkey and cranberry sauce to make this cranberry turkey salad.
Originally, I thought about making the turkey salad sans the cranberry sauce and slathering the cranberry sauce directly on the croissant. But I really wanted to taste the cranberry sauce through out. Over the years, I’ve used my cranberry mango sauce or even my cranberry raspberry sauce for this recipe. You can use any variety of cranberry sauce.
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How to make Turkey Salad
In a large container mix together the cranberry sauce and mayonnaise until well incorporated.
Add the diced apple, celery, turkey and fresh parsley. Mix until combined. Then serve as is with crackers or on bread.
Recipe FAQs
Turkey salad consist of chopped turkey, mayonnaise, celery and spices. This recipe consist of apples and cranberry sauce.
Place the prepared turkey salad in a container. Store any leftovers in the refrigerator.
You can keep turkey salad in the refrigerator for up to 3-5 days.
Tips and Tricks
Here are a few of my favorite tips and tricks when making turkey salad with cranberries.
- Fruit – If you don’t have apples on hand you could always use diced pears. It won’t have the same crunch, but will still lend the sweetness.
- Bread – I love to serve this on croissants; however, King’s Hawaiian Rolls, sandwich bread, or even crackers work well with this recipe.
- Cranberry Sauce – If you only have the jelly cranberry sauce leftover you can mash it up well before incorporating it into the turkey salad. If you don’t have leftover cranberry sauce you can use a half cup of dried cranberries also known as craisins.
4 Ways to use up Leftover Turkey
Looking for other leftover turkey recipes? Here are four more ways to use up the leftover turkey.
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Cranberry Turkey Salad
Equipment
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Silicone Spatula
Ingredients
- ½ cup Leftover Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- ½ honey crisp apple diced
- 1 stalk celery minced
- 2 cups turkey diced
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley
Instructions
- In a large container mix together the cranberry sauce and mayonnaise until well incorporated.½ cup Leftover Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce, ¼ cup mayonnaise
- Add the diced apple, celery, turkey and fresh parsley. Mix until combined. Then serve as is with crackers or on bread.½ honey crisp apple, 1 stalk celery, 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, 2 cups turkey
Notes
- Fruit – If you don’t have apples on hand you could always use diced pears. It won’t have the same crunch, but will still lend the sweetness.
- Bread – I love to serve this on croissants; however, King’s Hawaiian Rolls, sandwich bread, or even crackers work well with this recipe.
- Cranberry Sauce – If you only have the jelly cranberry sauce leftover you can mash it up well before incorporating it into the turkey salad. If you don’t have leftover cranberry sauce you can use a half cup of dried cranberries also known as craisins.
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