Any type of liquid can be added to a roux to make a sauce, including beef, pork, or chicken broth or sauces. If you are roasting a turkey, use the drippings from the skillet and the turkey broth to prepare the sauce. 6
How do you use leftover turkey juice?
If you’ve roasted a turkey, don’t throw away the drippings! This tasty liquid is ideal as a base for sauces, broths or soups. Begin by straining the liquid through a fine mesh strainer, discarding the solids. Then remove the fat floating on top.
What can I do with leftover drippings?
Before using cooking juices, taste them. When they taste good on their own, they’re great in sauces. Often the oil left in the pan after the turkey is roasted is used to make the roux to thicken the sauce that accompanies that turkey.
What can I do with turkey juice?
You can freeze the gravy, but it’s best to wait until you’ve removed the fat layer. Divide into small containers or freeze in an ice cube tray. After freezing, keep the cubes in a bag and take out as many at a time as you need. 31
What can I do with leftover drippings?
These “leftover” juices and oils pack great flavor and can be used like butter and vegetable oil to sauté leafy greens or give baked potatoes that extra crunchy texture.
Can you reuse turkey juice?
Make a pot of soup! Refrigerate the drippings overnight so you can skim off the fat with a spoon the next morning. Place in a saucepan of hot water and mix in whatever veggies and leftover meat you have on hand. I also usually put tricolor noodles in mine.
What can I do with the turkey jus besides the sauce?
Officially, considering food safety guidelines, I really should say you can keep it in an airtight container in the fridge for about a week. But unofficially, assuming it was kept in a clean and airtight jar in a cold part of the fridge, it would keep for a month to cook.
What can I do with the turkey jus besides the sauce?
Make a pot of soup! Refrigerate the drippings overnight so you can skim off the fat with a spoon the next morning. Place in a saucepan of hot water and mix in whatever veggies and leftover meat you have on hand. I also usually put tricolor noodles in mine.
What to do with toasted juices?
These “leftover” juices and oils pack great flavor and can be used like butter and vegetable oil to sauté leafy greens or give baked potatoes that extra crunchy texture.
Do you drain the turkey juice after cooking?
Roasting a whole turkey is easier than you think. Just follow these simple instructions for a fresh or thawed turkey: Preheat the oven to 325°F. Drain the juice and pat dry with clean paper towels.