I was quickly making my way through my roast turkey leftovers, enjoying some turkey sandwiches with cranberry sauce and some turkey Cuban sandwiches , when I remembered that there was one other thing that I wanted to try doing with them and luckily I still had just enough left. Last year some time shortly after I had finished all of my turkey leftovers I had come across the idea of Thanksgiving leftovers eggs benedict on the Del Frisco’s menu by chef Thomas Dritsas and it sounded like a good way to enjoy some of those leftovers. This recipe is pretty simple given that pretty much everything is leftovers that simply need to be heated and the only real thing that you need to do is poach a few eggs. Within a few minutes I had my ‘eggs benedict’ and I have to say that smothering the already amazing Thanksgiving dinner flavours in a runny egg yolk works really well! (Feel free to throw in any leftover stuffing or mashed potatoes that you may have lying around.)
Thanksgiving Leftovers Eggs Benedict
Thanksgiving dinner in breakfast form as eggs Benedict!
ingredients
- 2 english muffin, sliced and toasted
- 1 cup stuffing, warm
- 4 slices roast turkey breast, warm
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup gravy, warm
- 4 tablespoons cranberry sauce
directions
- Place the muffin slices two per plate and top each with stuffing and a slice of turkey.
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil and reduce the heat to medium.
- Crack an egg into a bowl, swirl the water in the pot and pour the egg from the bowl into the water and repeat for remaining egg.
- Let the eggs cook until the whites are set but the yolks are not, about 2-3 minutes and fish them out.
- Place the eggs on top of the turkey, cover with gravy and a dollop of cranberry sauce.
Interesting looking recipe. I would have never thought of preparing eggs benedict this way. I've used up all my Thanksgiving leftovers so I'll have to wait before I give this one a try.
This recipe looks so good! Thanksgiving isn't till November for me and I think I am going to have to try this. Eggs benedict with gravy sounds amazing!!
A nice twist to that classic dish! Very yummy sounding and looking.
Cheers,
Rosa
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Mmmm…. I love all these leftover recipes you are posting!
mmm I love the gravy-in-place-of-hollandaise substitution!
Great idea – any other tips for poaching eggs?
Becca
ha just saved this in my favorites on tastespotting, then I check food blogs update and there u are. Beautiful!!
What a great twist on the old standby! You always come up with the best dishes, Kevin!!
anne
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Que apetitosos se ven estos huevos, deliciosos totalmente.
Saludos
clever! love it kevin!
Such a fantastic way to use leftovers, Kevin! Love the great colors too. 🙂
This is a very timely post for me, I have leftover turkey in the fridge right now!
Your site is like a good faithful car, everytime I come here I am not dissapointed…always something new and interesting!!
What a great idea!
I'd eat this instead of thanksgiving dinner…
Looks delicious, but very different…
Wow! Looks delicious. What a fantastic idea. I cannot wait until Thanksgiving so I can give this a try. Thanks for sharing.
you seriously have my mouth watering now. i love an egg atop a burger or steak, but with turkey? never thought of that. genius!
I'm an EB junkie – I'll try just about any version! These look amazing!
I tried a version of your Jalapeno Popper Dip. Delicious! Thanks, Kevin!
made this the day after Thanksgiving for brunch and it was amazingly good.
Oh my – this looks so very good! I wish it was Thanksgiving right now.
Love this recipe! Will be linking back to this in my upcoming post 🙂
What a wonderful idea this was! I stumbled upon it yesterday evening and it made a lovely breakfast today. I utterly failed at poaching my eggs, but it turned out delicious all the same. Thanks for posting!
Randi Wilson: I am glad that you enjoyed it! It took me a while to get poached eggs right as well, but with a bit of practice it becomes pretty easy.
Happy Thanksgiving! Twenty two “reviews” and 2 people who actually made the recipe. This is a trend on this site and I think it may be because Kevin has such a talent with food photography. However, the “looks good” comments are of no value. Please, MAKE the dish and comment.