This easy one-pot Turkey Pot Pie recipe includes roasted turkey, vegetables, a creamy sauce and flaky crust to make a comforting dinner in under an hour.
Turkey Pot Pie
This year for Thanksgiving, I purchased a whopping 21 pound turkey for us to enjoy for our family dinner. It was awesome in all it’s glory, until I realized just how much leftovers we’d have. Yikes!
We ended up having Thanksgiving dinner, dinner 2.0 and dinner 3.0 – and then I froze the rest in portions because 4.0 just was not happening. A turkey belly needs time to recuperate! After exact replicas of holiday meals, I love to try leftover recipes such as Mashed Potato Stuffing Cakes or Chicken Stuffing Bake.
So it wasn’t too long after that I grabbed one of the packages of leftover turkey and decided to use it for that nights quick meal. Despite the fact that leftover turkey can be frozen for up to three months, I needed a quick meal where a meat was already cooked. So out of the freezer this portion came.
The result? We gobbled up one delicious Turkey Pot Pie using leftover turkey from Thanksgiving. It was beyond delicious!
‘Why not just make Chicken Pot Pie‘, my daughter asked? My answer was, ‘it’s the little ways to change up a favourite meal, that keep dinners fresh and boredom away‘. Duh!
In reality, I was having a hard time searching for freezer foods because it was so packed, and just really wanted to use up what we have before I added to the inventory.
I love this Turkey Pot Pie recipe, it tastes so much better than store-bought varieties. The last few times I bought Pot Pie’s pre-made from the store, no one in our family cared for it that much. In most cases, homemade anything spoils you over ultimate convenience.
How to Make Turkey Pot Pie
That being said, this recipe is SIMPLE to make, and a wonderful one-pot meal. Plus, bake time is minimal since most of the cooking is done on stovetop.
While you can make your own crust, using store-bought makes it even easier to get this ready and on the table. I do have one amazing crust recipe that I really should publish at some point, yet in this instance, I had a package of frozen crusts in the freezer that needed using up.
At first glance of the recipe, you might assume this wouldn’t be creamy due to the absence of milk or a cream. Wrong! The liquid base comes from chicken broth, and it thickens beautifully making one creamy turkey pot pie.
You could do individual portions, placing the filling into ramekins then covering each with it’s own flaky crust. Yet I wanted to make it traditional this time with both a bottom and top crust making it a true pot and pie.
This pot pie recipe is a great way to use turkey leftovers that will come in handy each and every time a holiday passes and you’ve finished your feast. If you’d like a leftover turkey lunch idea, try these Roasted Red Pepper Turkey Wraps!
Enjoy!
This easy one-pot Turkey Pot Pie recipe includes roasted turkey, vegetables, a creamy sauce and flaky crust to make a comforting dinner in under an hour.
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1 cup leeks, pale parts chopped
- 1 tbsp thyme
- 1/4 cup flour
- 3 cups chicken broth, reduced sodium
- 1 1/2 cups turkey, diced
- 1 1/2 large potato, cut into quarters
- 1 carrot, small slices
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 2 pie crusts, frozen deep dish
- 2 1/2 cups frozen peas and corn
Preheat the oven to 425, and if using store bought crusts, now is the time to remove from freezer and allow to warm to room temperature.
Melt the butter in a large frying pan. Add leeks and thyme and cook until softened
Stir in flour and continue to cook and stir for 1 minute. Gently stir in broth
Add turkey, potato, carrots, salt and pepper. bring to a boil then reduce heat to simmer and cook (stirring occasionally) until fork pierces potatoes. Add vegetables and continue to simmer while you prepare crust
Use pie plate that comes with crust or carefully transfer to baking dish. Pour filling contents into the bottom crust.
Carefully remove second crust from plate and place onto a floured surface. Roll out crust gently as you want it a tad bigger and flat. Place pastry over filling, pinch edges and cut steam vents
Bake until golden brown, which will be about 10-15 minutes.
Recipe Video
Terri Baker says
10/19/2018 at 9:29 amOMG, That looks and sounds delicious. I needed a new way to use leftover turkey instead of just sandwiches and soup.
Elena says
10/19/2018 at 9:38 amI was just looking for a turkey pot pie recipe. I bought a small turkey on sale this week and am already planning leftovers.
Travelbuds says
10/19/2018 at 10:05 amI love turkey pot pie. This year I didn’t have enough left overs to make any. My kids love turkey sandwiches so that’s what they ate for 5 days in a row for school lunches. LOL
Kim Tanti says
10/19/2018 at 10:20 amI love Turkey,chicken or beef pot pies. This recipe looks good I would just need more gravy.
lori N. says
10/19/2018 at 10:34 amThis looks so delicious and easy too. Easy enough for me! LOL
Janet M says
10/19/2018 at 11:03 amYour pie looks so delicious and it has been ages since I made it. I am now inspired to try.
Darlene Demell says
10/19/2018 at 11:06 amWe love turkey pie in our home and this looks delicious. Its an easy way to use up some of the leftover turkey as well.
Ronald Gagnon says
10/19/2018 at 1:22 pmI always loved Turkey Pot pie but never knew a recipe for one…Thank you
Silvia D says
10/19/2018 at 3:33 pmgreat recipe! never thought to make a pot pie with my leftover turkey!
Chelsey says
10/19/2018 at 4:16 pmThis sounds amazing! I love turkey pot pie! Thanks for the recipe…
Diane G says
10/19/2018 at 4:47 pmI’ve never made a turkey pot pie but this looks delicious and easy to make with the frozen pie crusts. This is my kind of recipe.
HEIDI C. says
10/19/2018 at 9:03 pmTurkey Pot Pie is such a yummy way to use turkey leftovers. Your photos have me drooling!
Suzanne Smith says
10/19/2018 at 10:16 pmWow. Great photography it just shows how much you encapsulated into that Turkey Pot Pie. Gotta admit. Kinda jealous I didn’t do this.
Lynda Cook says
10/20/2018 at 7:24 amThis looks so good, I normally make soup with my leftovers, don’t know why I never thought of making a meat pie, looks so very good!!
Elizabeth Vlug says
10/20/2018 at 7:47 amThis one looks really good. And so happy to see you used premade pastry too. I suppose I could make it with chicken too Thanks for sharing. Pinning this one.
Laurie P says
10/20/2018 at 3:04 pmI haven’t made this in a few years. This version sure looks tasty!
mrdisco says
10/20/2018 at 8:57 pmi do love me some pot pie
louise gilbert says
10/20/2018 at 11:41 pma little different from my recipe Ill have to try this one
Allie Futterer says
10/21/2018 at 3:49 amThis looks like a great recipe! I’ve never tried a pot pie.
Victoria Ess says
10/21/2018 at 5:56 amThis would be great to make-ahead and freeze.
Melinda says
10/21/2018 at 9:31 amGreat way to use leftover turkey. I would make this recipe using leftover chicken as well.
Fan R. says
10/21/2018 at 8:25 pmNice recipe, would be perfect for our next holiday gathering, exactly after it!
Carole D says
10/22/2018 at 6:12 pmThat looks so delicious! I always freeze some turkey too. This recipe would come in handy!
nicole a says
10/22/2018 at 8:04 pmMy kids loved turkey pot pie and it was so easy to make!
Linda H says
10/23/2018 at 1:02 pmThis would be a great way to use up my leftover turkey!
Jenn says
11/21/2018 at 11:26 pmThis is perfect way to use up the turkey leftovers I’d say!
Athena says
11/26/2018 at 5:06 pmThis looks good!