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Leftover Turkey Pot Pie is the perfect way to use up cooked turkey. The flaky crust paired with the veggies and turkey create an epic bite every single time. We love making this all year long – sometimes I even use rotisserie chicken!

Why You’ll Love Turkey Pot Pie

It’s not a stretch at all to say that everyone in my family loves this recipe. I feel like I’m typically begging them to eat leftovers, but with this creamy turkey pie recipe, they dig in all on their own! 

  • The pie crust is flaky easy to make but you can use refrigerated to make life easier.
  • Each bite has tender and juicy turkey paired with carrots and other delicious vegetables
  • You can swap out leftover chicken for this recipe too!

Ingredients Needed

  • Bacon: everything tastes better when you add in a little bit of bacon. You can omit if you don’t like bacon.
  • Flour and Chicken or Turkey Stock: helps to create a thinner texture that works as the filling. The flour helps add a bit of thickening so that it’s not totally a liquid. 
  • Leftover Turkey: You can use leftover turkey or even leftover chicken if you want to make chicken pot pies! I tend to make this recipe quite a bit around Thanksgiving, or I’ll use leftover rotisserie chicken as well.  It’s easiest to use leftover turkey or chicken in this recipe. 
  • Frozen Vegetables: you can really use any kind of frozen mixed vegetables. We enjoy peas, carrots, corn, and green beans. This is also a great time to use up any leftover veggies that you may have in the fridge. 
  • Pie Crust: You can easily buy a pie crust to use from the store.  Or you can double my all-butter pie crust.

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pan on hot plate with bacon pieces cooking inside.
pan on hot plate with bacon and vegetables cooking.
pan on hot plate with pot pie sauce cooking.
pot pie sauce in pan with chicken and peas.
pot pie mixture in pie crust.
double crust pie on counter.

How to make Turkey Pot Pie

  1. Cook the Bacon: Preheat saucepan over medium heat. Cook bacon until browned, then remove from pan to a plate, leaving the bacon grease in the pan. Set aside.
  2. Cook the vegetables: Add olive oil to the pan, then add onion, celery, and carrot. Stir to coat with oil and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 3-5 minutes. You can also cook with butter over medium heat. 
  3. Make the Rue: Sprinkle with thyme, sage, salt, pepper, and flour and stir to coat. Cook for 1 minute.
  4. Add stock and milk, and cook and stir until thickened, just a few minutes.
  5. Add in Turkey: Remove pan from heat and stir in vegetables, bacon, and turkey.
  6. Assemble the Pie: Place one crust in the bottom and up the sides of a 9” pie plate. Spoon hot filling into the crust. Place the second crust over the top, press the edges together, and crimp as desired. Cut slits in the top of the pie for air to escape.
  7. Bake: Place pie on a cookie sheet in case of spillage, and bake for 40-55 minutes, or until golden brown.

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Variations 

  • Change up the pie crust – Use a homemade crust, or make this pot pie recipe only have a top crust instead.
  • Add mashed potatoes – If you really want to change up the texture, add a layer of mashed potatoes. Turkey pot pie with mashed potatoes sounds amazing! 
  • Use leftover chicken  – Any type of leftover chicken can easily be used in this recipe as well. 
  • Top with biscuits – either homemade or use Pillsbury Grands! or Crescent Rolls.

Storing and Freezing

Store leftovers in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze for up to one month. You can actually prepare the pie ahead of time and bake it later. 

What goes with Turkey Pot Pie?

I always serve this simple recipe for turkey pot pie with a side salad. Since the meat and veggies are inside the pie crust, you can use a salad to pair with it. You could also make an easy vegetable like air fryer broccoli.

You can also serve this with any leftover gravy as well. 

FAQs

Can you make turkey pot pie with chicken?

Yes, you can. You can choose another type of leftover meat or even make a vegetable pot pie as well. 

How to reheat turkey pot pie?

Once you have leftovers of this creamy turkey pot pie, reheating is a breeze. You can reheat it in the oven or pop it in the microwave and reheat on medium high heat. Just make sure to warm up this Pillsbury turkey pot pie all the way. 

Turkey Pot Pie

Turkey Pot Pie Recipe

5 from 17 votes
Turkey Pot Pie is a great way to use leftover turkey or chicken! It’s an easy recipe that everyone loves for dinner.

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Yield 8 servings
Serving Size 1 serving
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Ingredients
 

  • 2 strips bacon (approx 57g) diced
  • 2 tablespoons (30ml) olive oil
  • ½ cup diced yellow onion (66g) (about ½ medium onion)
  • 1 stalk celery (approx ½ cup or 65g) diced
  • 1 small carrot (approx ½ cup or 76g) diced
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • ½ teaspoon ground sage
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher salt plus more to taste
  • ½ teaspoon ground pepper plus more to taste
  • ⅓ cup (41g) all-purpose flour
  • ⅓ cup (79ml) chicken or turkey stock
  • 1 cup (237ml) nonfat milk (whole milk may be substituted)
  • ½ cup frozen corn (62g) thawed
  • 1 cup frozen peas (110g) thawed
  • 1 cup chopped cooked green beans (100g) see note
  • 2 cups shredded cooked turkey (264g)
  • 2 recipes pie crusts (Use a box of refrigerated crusts if you wish)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375°F.
  • Preheat sauce pan over medium heat. Cook bacon until browned, then remove from pan to a plate, leaving the bacon grease in the pan. Set aside.
  • Add olive oil to the pan, then add onion, celery, and carrot. Stir to coat with oil and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 3-5 minutes.
  • Sprinkle with thyme, sage, salt, pepper, and flour and stir to coat. Cook for 1 minute. Add stock and milk, and cook and stir until thickened, just a a few minutes.
  • Remove pan from heat and stir in vegetables, bacon, and turkey.
  • Place one crust in the bottom and up the sides of a 9” pie plate. Spoon hot filling into crust. Place second crust over the top, press the edges together, and crimp as desired. Cut slits in the top of the pie for air to escape.
  • Place pie on a cookie sheet in case of spillage, and bake for 40-55 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve warm. Store leftovers in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze for up to one month. Entire pie may be mad and frozen ahead of time, either before or after baking.
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Recipe Notes

Feel free to use leftover vegetables (i.e. green beans or carrots) instead of frozen. Just be sure to dice them into small bite sized pieces.

Recipe Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 572kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 160mg | Sodium: 569mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g
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Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Author Dorothy Kern

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Easy Turkey Pot Pie is perfect for leftover turkey – or use rotisserie chicken! This is my family’s favorite recipe – we’ve been making it for over 30 years.

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16 Comments

  1. I have made this for the last few years. We look forward to it transforming our leftovers into this pot pie. Great recipe!

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  2. This was fantastic! It was my first time making any kind of pot pie and it turned out really well. I didn’t have any bacon, so I omitted that step, but I bet it would have taken it to the next level. Thank you for sharing this recipe!

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  3. I bet this will be your most popular article for the next week, haha! Looks great by the way, we’re also fans of not wasting leftovers. Cheers!

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  5. I love pot pie and use my leftovers including the “yellow gravy” from Thanksgiving, but I could eat this every day, or at least every week, all winter long! I can’t wait to try your recipe.

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