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    Home » Recipes » Amish Main Dishes

    Lydia Miller's Amish Leftover Turkey Casserole

    Published: Nov 27, 2021 · Updated: Nov 27, 2021 by Kevin Williams | 8 Comments

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    The Amish Cook website has undergone many incarnations over the years, but our current WordPress Amish365 dates back to sometime in late 2011. The site itself has been around in various forms since May 2000. For reasons unknown, Lydia Miller's Leftover Amish turkey casserole is the first recipe I ever published on Amish365 on Dec 30, 2011. Maybe we had leftover Christmas turkey? The second biggest sales occasion for turkeys throughout the year is Christmas, but I'm not sure I've ever had a turkey for Christmas dinner. We usually would have ham, so I am not sure why we used this recipe.

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    • 🦃 Amish Turkey Casserole Ingredients
    • 🍗 Amish Turkey Casserole Instructions
    • 🍗 More Amish Turkey Recipes
    • 🖨️ Full Recipe

    Among the Amish, turkey is not considered just a Thanksgiving meat. They'll have turkey for Thanksgiving and other meals year-round. The lean, protein-packed cuts make it an irresistible year-round meal for people working hard on the farm.

    Try This Amish Turkey Casserole Recipe!

    turkey can be used in all sorts of leftovers like this casserole.

    This is a big, plump turkey raised by a German Baptist family in Kansas.

    Some Amish raise turkeys for sale. The Amish near Flat Rock, Illinois where Gloria (The Amish Cook) lives are avid turkey farmers. This Leftover Amish Turkey Casserole recipe fits into the Amish culinary culture well.

    This Amish turkey casserole is a delicious mish-mash of stuffing-type stuff and turkey.

    Delicious mixture
    In the oven

    Now, to me, this is PERFECT, I love my food slightly overcooked. Call me strange, but I love food with crunch, that's golden, that's hot...yeah, this is perfect for me. But you can cook it a little less so that your cheese isn't quite so done on top.

    It will disappear fast!

    There are a lot of variations you could add to this recipe if you would like: slice in some carrots, tomatoes or even add some rice. Rice would be my pick for an addition. I love rice and a turkey and rice casserole would be amazing. So, yeah, consider adding some rice.

    🦃 Amish Turkey Casserole Ingredients

    • 2 cups cooked turkey
    • 1/ 2 cup celery, diced
    • 1 /2 cup diced green peppers
    • 1/ 2 cup diced onions
    • 1 /2 cup mayonnaise
    • 1 /2 teaspoon salt
    • 1 /4 teaspoon pepper
    • 6 slices of bread
    • 1- 1 /2 cups milk
    • 3 eggs
    • 1 can cream of mushroom soup
    • 1 /4 cup grated cheese

    🍗 Amish Turkey Casserole Instructions

    • In a large mixing bowl, combine turkey, celery, peppers, onions, mayonnaise, salt, and pepper.
    • Cube bread and put half in greased casserole dish.
    • Add turkey mixture and add remaining bread cubes.
    • Mix milk, eggs, and mushroom soup.
    • Let stand in the refrigerator overnight.
    • Put cheese on top at bake at 350 degrees for one hour

    🍗 More Amish Turkey Recipes

    There are plenty of ways to fix turkey

    Turkey Sausage Skillet

    Nothing like turkey sausage and eggs!

    Turkey Stuffing

    Never have enough stuffing.

    Turkey Loaf

    A nice, easy loaf type meal

    Comforting turkey frame soup

    🖨️ Full Recipe

    Lydia Miller's Amish Leftover Turkey Casserole

    Lydia Miller's Amish leftover turkey casserole is the first recipe I ever published on Amish365 on Dec 30, 2011. Talk about a top turkey casserole recipe.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 8 hrs
    Cook Time 1 hr
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine American, Amish

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 cups turkey cooked
    • ½ cup celery diced
    • ½ cup green peppers diced
    • ½ cup onion diced
    • ½ cup mayonnaise
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ¼ teaspoon pepper
    • 6 slices bread
    • 1 ½ cups milk
    • 1 can cream of mushroom soup
    • ¼ cup cheese grated
    • 3 eggs eggs

    Instructions
     

    • In a large mixing bowl, combine turkey, celery, peppers, onions, mayonnaise, salt, and pepper
    • Cube bread and put half in greased casserole dish
    • Add turkey mixture and add remaining bread cubes
    • Mix milk, eggs, and mushroom soup
    • Let stand in refrigerator overnight
    • Put cheese on top at bake at 350 degrees for one hour
    Keyword Casserole
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    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    Comments

    1. Joselyn Edger

      November 30, 2020 at 12:16 pm

      5 stars
      Why does it have to stay n frig overnight?

      Reply
      • Kevin Williams

        November 30, 2020 at 2:40 pm

        Hi, Joselyn - You know, I asked myself that and I think it just has to do with the flavors melding, the ingredients congealing, etc.I think could make it without doing that and it'd turn out OK. I do think, though, if you had time to stick it in the fridge for an hour or two and then bake it that might give you some of the same effect without having to wait until tomorrow to eat it - Kevin Williams, editor

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    2. Marybeth Gentry

      December 01, 2020 at 2:20 pm

      The print version of this recipe did not list eggs in the ingredients list although the instructions said add eggs. I left them out and got a somewhat loose casserole but delicious nonetheless. In the individual lists for this recipe it calls for 3 eggs! I’m sure that will change the texture and consistency a lot. I’ll have to try it again next time I cook a turkey. Next Thanksgiving lol!

      Reply
      • Kevin Williams

        December 01, 2020 at 2:31 pm

        Ugh, I am sorry, Marybeth, the eggs were inadvertently left out of that version of the recipe, I added them in, it should have 3 eggs in it...sorry!

        Reply
    3. George Murray

      November 15, 2021 at 5:00 pm

      Hello Kevin,
      This recipe looks tasty and uncomplicated, but I have a couple of questions.
      How many servings does it make and, at what point is the milk, eggs and mushroom soup mixture added added to the dish.
      Thank you,
      George

      Reply
      • Kevin Williams

        November 16, 2021 at 10:07 am

        Sorry, George, that recipe is a little unclear, I'll have to correct that. Just mix milk, eggs, and mushroom soup and then pour and spread over the bread cubes. Refrigerate overnight, top with cheese, and bake. Hope that helps!

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        • George Murray

          November 17, 2021 at 3:26 pm

          Thank you for your reply.
          Next question. How many servings does the recipe make?

          Thank you,
          George

        • Kevin Williams

          November 18, 2021 at 10:58 am

          Serves 6 - 8!

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