A fantastic way to use up leftovers from Thanksgiving: leftover turkey, cheese and cranberry sauce on a dinner roll.
Why You’ll Love This Thanksgiving Leftover Sandwich
This is so simple I do not even know if I should call it a recipe. But the simplicity is part of the beauty. I used cranberry sauce, cheese, and turkey, along with leftover rolls. And the result was a beautiful thing. I seriously loved these little sandwiches. Even my kids loved them.
For meat-free guests, swap in a plant-based cutlet.
What You Need
- Dinner rolls (leftover rolls work great)
- Leftover turkey
- Brie or colby jack cheese
- Cranberry sauce
How to Make a Leftover Turkey Sandwich
- Cut dinner rolls, and put cheese on the bottom.
- Lay leftover turkey on top of the cheese.
- Top the turkey with cranberry sauce.
- Top with the other side of the roll.
- Enjoy!
Use Up Your Thanksgiving Leftovers
Use turkey from any of these: Dry Brine Turkey, Juicy Roast Turkey, Crockpot Turkey Breast and Gravy or Air Fryer Turkey Breast. For the cranberry, use my Cranberry Sauce. And for the rolls, Mom’s Dinner Rolls or Sour Cream Yeast Rolls.
Give these a try with your Thanksgiving leftovers! You won’t regret it.
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Thanksgiving Leftover Turkey Sandwich
Ingredients
- 4 Dinner rolls leftover rolls work great
- 4 slices Leftover turkey
- 4 slices Brie or colby jack cheese
- 4 tbsp Cranberry sauce
Instructions
- Cut dinner rolls, and put cheese on the bottom.
- Lay leftover turkey on top of the cheese.
- Top the turkey with cranberry sauce.
- Top with the other side of the roll.
- Enjoy!
Our recipe card software calculates these nutrition facts based on averages for the above ingredients, different brands, and quality of produce/meats may have different nutritional information, always calculate your own based on the specific products you use in order to achieve accurate macros for this recipe.
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Cathy Trochelman says
I’ll have to give these a try! Your sandwiches look absolutely delicious!!
Nancy | The Bitter Side of Sweet says
I think this is a great idea! They look delicious!
marcie says
This looks like a great alternative to turkey and these sliders look delicious!