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.
Kitchen Roadie says
October 20, 2010 at 1:36 amInteresting 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.
Victoria says
October 20, 2010 at 4:24 amThis 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!!
Rosa's Yummy Yums says
October 20, 2010 at 8:44 amA nice twist to that classic dish! Very yummy sounding and looking.
Cheers,
Rosa
Fuat Gencal says
October 20, 2010 at 8:51 amEllerinize sağlık, çok leziz, çok güzel ve iştah açıcı görünüyor.
Saygılar.
Chiara "Kika" Assi says
October 20, 2010 at 9:51 amMmmm…. I love all these leftover recipes you are posting!
Joanne says
October 20, 2010 at 10:18 ammmm I love the gravy-in-place-of-hollandaise substitution!
Anonymous says
October 20, 2010 at 1:17 pmGreat idea – any other tips for poaching eggs?
Becca
Suzanne says
October 20, 2010 at 1:37 pmha just saved this in my favorites on tastespotting, then I check food blogs update and there u are. Beautiful!!
anniebakes says
October 20, 2010 at 2:02 pmWhat a great twist on the old standby! You always come up with the best dishes, Kevin!!
anne
http://www.anniebakes.net
jose manuel says
October 20, 2010 at 2:31 pmQue apetitosos se ven estos huevos, deliciosos totalmente.
Saludos
vanillasugar says
October 20, 2010 at 2:58 pmclever! love it kevin!
RamblingTart says
October 20, 2010 at 4:52 pmSuch a fantastic way to use leftovers, Kevin! Love the great colors too. 🙂
Joie de vivre says
October 20, 2010 at 5:33 pmThis is a very timely post for me, I have leftover turkey in the fridge right now!
Nina Timm says
October 20, 2010 at 6:50 pmYour site is like a good faithful car, everytime I come here I am not dissapointed…always something new and interesting!!
Rachel says
October 20, 2010 at 6:53 pmWhat a great idea!
I'd eat this instead of thanksgiving dinner…
Jordan says
October 20, 2010 at 9:35 pmLooks delicious, but very different…
Tanya says
October 21, 2010 at 4:18 amWow! Looks delicious. What a fantastic idea. I cannot wait until Thanksgiving so I can give this a try. Thanks for sharing.
Cate O'Malley says
October 22, 2010 at 3:32 pmyou seriously have my mouth watering now. i love an egg atop a burger or steak, but with turkey? never thought of that. genius!
Lori (All That Splatters) says
October 22, 2010 at 9:20 pmI'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!
Stephanie says
November 30, 2010 at 1:01 ammade this the day after Thanksgiving for brunch and it was amazingly good.
Lori says
August 28, 2012 at 11:29 pmOh my – this looks so very good! I wish it was Thanksgiving right now.
marla says
November 17, 2012 at 3:22 pmLove this recipe! Will be linking back to this in my upcoming post 🙂
Randi Wilson says
December 1, 2013 at 6:35 pmWhat 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!
kevin says
December 2, 2013 at 9:33 amRandi 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.