When I was planning my menu for the week I looked in my freezer to see what meats I had. Back during the holidays I roasted a turkey, two days in a row. Since we were already overloaded with turkey from the first one, I pulled the legs and thighs off the second one and put them in the freezer (after putting it in a freezer bag). Well, I found it! I pulled them out of the freezer last night and put them in the fridge so I could debone them today and make Turkey A la King.

Turkey A la King

4 cups cooked, deboned Turkey
1 stick Butter
1/2 cup Onion
2 cups Chicken Broth
1/3 cup Cornstarch
2 cups Milk
1 teaspoon Salt
4 ounce can Mushrooms

I have to tell you, this is actually a double batch. I didn't intend to make a double batch until I figured out that I had 4 cups of turkey meat that needed to be eaten. Of course, we could just eat leftovers tomorrow, but why do that when I can make Turkey Pot Pie out of it! Tomorrow for supper I'll just add a can of mixed vegetables to it and throw it in a pie shell!  Don't worry, I'll post the steps tomorrow. Now, to make a single batch just half everything and use flour instead of cornstarch (or you can eyeball half the cornstarch).

First I deboned the turkey legs and thighs and then chopped up the meat into smaller chunks with a knife.

Then I made chicken broth, the easy way. For every cup of chicken broth you need, put 1 bouillon cube in 8 ounces of water. I needed 2 cups so I put it in the microwave for 3 minutes.


While the chicken broth was in the microwave, I put the cornstarch, salt and milk in a small bowl. You can use flour instead of cornstarch, but you need to use twice the amount. If you are going to do a single batch, it will be easier to measure 1/3 cup. I don't think I've ever seen a 1/6 measuring cup before!


By this time the chicken broth was done. I turned the burner back on medium low and poured in the chicken broth. Once the mixture started bubbling, I poured in the milk, cornstarch mixture and stirred and stirred and stirred until it was thick and bubbling. Then I turned off the burner.


I drained the can of mushrooms by completely opening the top of the can and pushing it down into the can and pouring off the water. My husband isn't very fond of mushrooms so I chopped them up into tiny pieces before adding them to the pan.


Then I added the turkey meat and stirred everything together. I was going to add some pepper and decided to use McCormick Peppercorn Medley and grind some on top which I stirred in, but I wanted to show you about how much I added.

I toasted some wheat bread and cut the pieces in half, spooned the turkey over the top, added some green beans and voila!