Nice winter comfort food with leftover turkey or chicken.
Yield: 4 main-dish servings
INGREDIENTS
2 tbsp. butter or margarine
1 small onion
3 tbsp. all-purpose flour
2 c. milk
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground black pepper
8 oz. cooked turkey or chicken
2 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley
PREP
In 3-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring, until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in flour and cook, stirring constantly,1 minute. With wire whisk, gradually whisk in milk, salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat, whisking. Reduce heat and simmer, whisking occasionally, 5 minutes.
Stir turkey into sauce and heat through. Stir in parsley and serve.
SERVING SUGGESTIONS
Serve over rice, mashed potatoes, on top of baked sweet potato, or with leftover Thanksgiving Sweet Potato Biscuits.
NOTES
This recipe is a good starting point for leftover Thanksgiving turkey. Add additional cooked vegetables such as peas, cubed potatoes or sweet potatoes, chopped carrots. Don't add beets unless you want red hash.
Use cassava flour for gluten free version.
