Leftover turkey or rotisserie chicken make our Turkey Enchiladas so easy to make. Tortillas filled with cheesy potatoes, stuffing and turkey are smothered in gravy and topped with homemade cranberry salsa!
When the holidays roll around there’s usually some leftover turkey in the fridge.
And that’s when it’s time to make a turkey enchilada casserole.
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Turkey Enchiladas
I’ve combined leftovers from my holiday turkey dinner and put together some leftover turkey enchiladas for dinner tonight.
Let’s start with the mashed potatoes in the filling. Cheddar cheese is stirred into mashed potatoes filling them with cheesy goodness.
You can always use instant mashed potatoes if you don’t have homemade mashed potatoes on hand.
Next I added some leftover stuffing for flavorful deliciousness.
Don’t have homemade stuffing leftover from the holidays? No worries, just make a quick stovetop stuffing mix from the box.
Then comes the turkey.
We always seem to have leftover turkey around the holidays.
Well, actually I make more turkey than I know we will eat because sometimes the leftovers are the best part!
Don’t have leftover turkey? That’s fine. Just shred or cut up some rotisserie chicken and turn this recipe into chicken enchiladas!
Homemade gravy coats the bottom of the baking dish and is drizzled over the top of the enchiladas too!
A jar of your favorite store bought gravy can fill in for the homemade gravy.
More cheese goes on top and all the flavors of Thanksgiving dinner bake into cheesy enchiladas.
The crowning glory is a cranberry salsa made with just two ingredients, cranberry sauce and salsa! So delicious!
Homemade cranberry sauce or cranberry sauce in a can will both work well for making the salsa.
Ok, now my mouth is watering for a forkful of this turkey enchilada recipe!
Wondering what to do with more leftover cranberry sauce? The answer is to make our Cranberry Vinaigrette!
And if you have an extra can of cranberry sauce you’ll definitely be glad you made our Cranberry Meatballs in your slow cooker!
Now do you believe me when I say that the leftovers are the best part of the holidays?
And our leftover turkey enchilada casserole recipe is sure to be one of your favorite leftover recipes!
Thanksgiving enchiladas for the win!
If you love how easy it is to make this turkey casserole then you will also love our other easy casserole recipes here at Swirls.
And if you love enchiladas Like I do, be sure to give my Slow Cooker Chicken Enchiladas and Butternut Squash Enchiladas a try too!
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- Add lime zest to the cranberry sauce for added zing
- Have some leftover vegetables? Chop them up and add them to the enchilada filling too!
- Serve with lime wedges
- Drizzle some enchilada sauce over the filling for added flavor
Substitutions
- Substitute rotisserie chicken for the leftover turkey
- Substitute instant mashed potatoes for leftover mashed potatoes
- Substitute stove top stuffing mix for leftover stuffing
- Substitute jarred gravy for homemade gravy
- Substitute shredded taco cheese for the cheddar cheese
- Substitute shredded Monterrey jack cheese for the cheddar cheese
How to make enchiladas
Scroll down for the full recipe instructions and ingredient amounts in the recipe card below
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Combine mashed potatoes and ¾ cup cheddar cheese.
- Fill each tortilla with potato mixture, turkey and stuffing, dividing evenly between the tortillas.
- Spread ½ cup gravy on the bottom of a baking dish and arrange the tortillas in the baking dish.
- Top with remaining gravy and bake, covered, 40 minutes.
- Uncover, top with remaining ¾ cup cheddar cheese and bake until the cheese is melted.
- Meanwhile, combine cranberry sauce and salsa.
- Serve your turkey enchiladas with cranberry salsa and cilantro leaves.
Equipment
What to serve with enchiladas
Storage
- Store leftover enchiladas in an airtight container in the refrigerator
- Enchiladas will stay fresh for about 2 days
- As always, I find it helpful to visit the FDA website for food storage guidelines
Ingredients
Ingredients for turkey enchilada casserole:
- flour tortillas
- mashed potatoes
- shredded cheddar
- cooked turkey
- prepared stuffing
- turkey gravy
- cranberry sauce
- salsa
- cilantro leaves
Recipes with leftovers
- Cranberry Vinaigrette
- Leftover Turkey Orzo Soup from Jersey Girl Cooks
- Holiday Leftovers from An Affair from the Heart
- Turkey a la King with Leftovers from Hostess at Heart
Turkey Enchiladas Recipe
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Ingredients
- 8 flour tortillas
- 2 cups mashed potatoes
- 1 ½ cups shredded cheddar , divided
- 4 cups chopped or shredded cooked turkey
- 2 cup prepared stuffing
- 1 ½ cups turkey gravy
- 1 cup cranberry sauce
- ½ cup salsa
- 2 Tablespoons cilantro leaves
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Combine mashed potatoes and ¾ cup cheddar cheese.
- Fill each tortilla with the potato mixture, turkey and stuffing, dividing evenly between the tortillas.
- Spread ½ cup gravy on the bottom of the baking dish and arrange the tortillas in the baking dish, seam side down.
- Top with the remaining gravy and bake, covered, 40 minutes.
- Uncover, top with the remaining ¾ cup cheddar cheese and bake an additional 10 minutes, uncovered, or until the cheese is melted.
- Meanwhile, combine cranberry sauce and salsa.
- Serve your turkey enchiladas with cranberry salsa and cilantro leaves.
Notes
- Add lime zest to the cranberry sauce for added zing
- Have some leftover vegetables? Chop them up and add them to the enchilada filling too!
- Serve with lime wedges
- Drizzle some enchilada sauce over the filling for added flavor
- Substitute rotisserie chicken for the leftover turkey
- Substitute instant mashed potatoes for leftover mashed potatoes
- Substitute stove top stuffing mix for leftover stuffing
- Substitute jarred gravy for homemade gravy
- Substitute shredded taco cheese for the cheddar cheese
- Substitute shredded Monterrey jack cheese for the cheddar cheese
Wow! This is definitely an amazing idea for our leftover! Plus this Turkey Enchiladas looks incredibly delicious and very tasty! Loved it!