Leftover Turkey

I get soooo tired of eating leftover turkey sandwiches, so I decided to try something new this year...something more refreshing & appetizing. Here's what I made...and it ROCKED!!!


Turkey Posole
A Rachel Ray recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 tsp. vegetable oil

• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded & chopped
• 1 Tbsp. ground cumin
• 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh thyme leaves
• Coarse salt & pepper
• 1 cup beer
• 16 tomatillos, peeled & coarsely chopped
• 15 oz. can hominy
• 1 quart chicken stock
• Any left over gravy (optional)
  
• 1.5-2 lbs. light & dark cooked turkey meat, chopped
• 1 lime, juiced
• Cilantro leaves, finely chopped
• Corn chips of choice

Directions:

• Heat a medium soup pot over medium-high heat. Add vegetable oil. Then add onions, garlic, jalapenos, cumin, thyme and salt & pepper to taste. Cook 5-6 min to soften onions. Then add beer and cook it off for about 1 min.
• Stir in tomatillos and cook 5 min more. Then stir in hominy, chicken stock, any leftover gravy (up to 2 cups) and the turkey.
• Heat through, adjust salt & pepper and simmer posole 10-15 min over low heat. Stir in lime juice and remove from heat.
• Garnish soup with cilantro and serve with corn chips to dip.

Just a quick note...I used 4 jalapeno to make it a bit spicier and canned tomatillos (which were sooo much easier since they're already peeled.) Very good!