Leftover Turkey Pot Pie without Cream of Chicken

Leftover Turkey Pot Pie Recipe

I HATE throwing away food.  When I have leftover turkey, chicken, or even ham after the holidays I’m always looking for leftover recipes so I don’t have to throw any of it away.

THIS is a great meal to make year round though too! Bake or make an air fryer turkey breast, and you’ll have meat for the entire week for your family. It’s cheap and great for you too.

You can totally alter your favorite chicken pie to include turkey instead but if you don’t have one we are here to help. Either meat is fabulous, you could use a precooked rotisserie chicken from the grocery store too and make a double batch = 4 of them!

Turkey Pot Pie without Cream of Chicken Ingredients

1. Diced turkey
   1. or ham would work too
   2. I imagine you could use browned ground beef too if you wanted to try something new
2. Milk – whole is best
3. Chicken broth – boxed or make homemade Instant Pot chicken broth
4. Frozen vegetables like peas and corn
5. Carrots – cut into dials
   1. Amounts below could be increased by 1/2 cup if you’re a real carrot lover
6. Potatoes – diced
7. 2 refrigerated pie crusts per pot pie – this recipe will fill 2 so you’ll need 4 total
   1. or follow our 3 ingredient pie crust instructions
8. Butter
9. Onion
10. All purpose flour
11. Salt and pepper
12. Seasonings of your choice – or use suggestions below in the printable recipe card

And yes of course you’ll need a Pie plate. If you’re making and freezing a bunch you may want to use throw away aluminum versions.

with Cream of Chicken Soup

This is a bit like our Chicken Pot Pie Recipe with Cream of Chicken Soup but we used turkey AND there are freezer meal instructions below too. That is great when you’re meal planning and want to batch cook a bunch of meals at once.

with Bisquick pie crust

If you want to make this even easier you can use this filling but our Bisquick pot pie mix for the one crust, yep only one for this one.

Is it better to use fresh or frozen vegetables in pot pie?

Let’s talk about the vegetables in this dish – Frozen peas and corn were used as well as fresh carrots and potatoes. Remember that they are going to essentially cook twice so the thinner your carrot dials are the softer they will become. Too thin and you risk them falling apart all together.  The same goes for your diced potatoes.

Like I said, leftover pressure cooker turkey was used for this batch. White and dark meat are great, use what you have on hand I always say. 😉

How to Make Pot Pie with Leftover Turkey

• Start by preheating your oven to 425 degrees.
• Put carrots and potatoes in a pot covered in water and bring to a boil. (could add halved fresh green beans probably)
• Once they have softened but are still a bit al dente, drain and set them aside
  • Don’t let it go too long or you’re gonna’ have mashed potatoes and mushy carrots.

Russets were used in this batch but you could use red potatoes if you wished. Just remember that they will have a firmer texture to them even when cooked. It is personal preference really. 😉

• Melt butter over medium heat and allow that to melt, then add onions and allow those to soften.
• Stir in flour and seasonings and mix together to create a sort of roux.

How does a roux work?

The sauce is essentially a fat (butter) + a thickening agent (flour) and flavoring ingredients (seasonings). When you thicken a soup or sauce with a roux, the starches in the flour expand and absorb the liquid, thus making it thicker.

• Slowly incorporate your broth and milk, stir, boil, and allow to thicken and become smooth.
• Stir in turkey meat, potato/carrot mixture and your frozen vegetables too.
• Cook stirring until frozen veggies are warmed then turn pot off

How do you keep the bottom crust of a chicken pot pie from getting soggy?

You can bake it for 5 minutes first before pouring in your filling if you feel it gets too soft. When working with refrigerated pie dough it is best to use parchment or wax paper. Place 1 piece of pie crust sheet between your paper as shown to prevent sticking to your rolling pin. You can alternatively make our pot pie crust with butter and just 3 ingredients.

You want to do this extra step to make it a bit bigger. This is important in order for the edges to overflow off the ends of your pie tin. Why? The top layer will need something to “hold on to” and pinch together so the yummy insides don’t peek through and overflow. Make sense? Now do this to the top pie crust too. See below how it lays off the sides of the tin?

How do you make pot pie crust from scratch?

You can make this into a double crust pot pie with two layers and the filling in between homemade if you’d rather. I will tell you that my husband makes the most amazing homemade apple pie. He has made it with homemade pie crust, and with ready made like this one. I personally prefer this type, but it is personal preference. If you want to go all out, you can follow our homemade pie crust recipe above.

How Long to Bake a Pot Pie at 425 Degrees

Once stuffed you’ll want to put 4 medium sized slits at the top so steam can release. If you want to cook it right now then go ahead and put it on a baking sheet for 35-40 minutes or until top is lightly browned. You likely will not need 2 whole turkey pot pies so you’re probably going to want to freeze one (or both) of them.

Other easy leftover turkey recipes you’ll love

• This turkey pot pie soup is amazing
  • Instant Pot chicken pot pie soup is another quick dinner idea
• You can try our leftover turkey turnovers too if you have even more meat to use up
• Then throw some into our Instant Pot turkey tetrazzini or follow our oven baked leftover turkey tetrazzini recipe using what you have left.
• Other easy recipes you might like after you make this leftover turkey pot pie are: Ninja Foodi chicken pot pie you see here (plus more below).