Thanksgiving Leftovers Smashburger Tacos
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These tacos bring ground turkey together with leftover mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole, gravy, and dried cranberries. Each portion starts with a soft flour tortilla pressed directly onto seasoned turkey in a hot cast iron pan.
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The finished tacos are topped after the turkey cooks through, keeping the leftover components separate until they are added. Smoked Gouda cheese goes on with the mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and stuffing, followed by dried cranberries and gravy.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
This recipe uses several Thanksgiving leftovers in one taco, including mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole, gravy, and dried cranberries. The toppings are added to the cooked turkey and tortilla after they come out of the pan.
The turkey is portioned into 4-ounce balls, so each taco begins with its own portion. The flour tortilla is pressed onto the turkey with a heavy spatula, giving the turkey and tortilla a direct connection during cooking.
Ingredients You'll Need
Ground turkey forms the base for the tacos and is seasoned with all purpose seasoning. Soft taco sized flour tortillas are pressed onto the turkey as it cooks.
Smoked Gouda cheese slices are added after the turkey is removed from the pan. Leftover mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole, gravy, and dried cranberries complete each taco.
How To Make It
Portion the ground turkey into 4oz balls. In a hot cast iron pan, add the turkey ball, and add seasoning.
Place one of the tortillas on the turkey ball, use a heavy spatula and smash the turkey into the tortilla. Cook for 3-4 min and then flip, cook for another 1 min or until turkey is cooked through.
Remove from the pan. Add the slice cheese and the leftover mashed potatoes, green bean casserole and stuffing.
Top with the dried cranberries and gravy. Serve and enjoy.
Serving & Variations
Serve the tacos after adding the cheese, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing, dried cranberries, and gravy. Each taco follows the same topping order from the instructions.
The 4-ounce turkey portions provide the starting point for the recipe, with one tortilla placed onto each portion in the pan. Continue cooking the remaining turkey balls and tortillas the same way before adding the leftover toppings.
Portion the ground turkey into 4oz balls before cooking. The turkey balls are cooked in a hot cast iron pan. Place a soft taco sized flour tortilla on the seasoned turkey ball, then use a heavy spatula to smash the turkey into the tortilla. Cook for 3-4 minutes, then flip and cook for another 1 minute or until the turkey is cooked through. Add smoked Gouda cheese, leftover mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing, dried cranberries, and gravy.Frequently Asked Questions
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Wrapping Up
These tacos turn the listed Thanksgiving leftovers into a complete turkey-and-tortilla meal.
Recipe created by cookingwithcj for Trust Me Try It.
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Ingredients
- 1 lb ground turkey.
- Soft taco sized flour tortillas.
- 1 tsp all purpose seasoning.
- Smoked Gouda cheese slices.
- Leftover mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole and gravy.
- Dried cranberries.
Instructions
- Portion the ground turkey into 4oz balls.
- In a hot cast iron pan, add the turkey ball, and add seasoning.
- Place one of the tortillas on the turkey ball, use a heavy spatula and smash the turkey into the tortilla.
- Cook for 3-4 min and then flip, cook for another 1 min or until turkey is cooked through.
- Remove from the pan.
- Add the slice cheese and the leftover mashed potatoes, green bean casserole and stuffing.
- Top with the dried cranberries and gravy.
- Serve and enjoy!
