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Salsa verde tacos salvage dry leftover turkey

Rehydration in flavorful sauce creates a new meal

By CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL, Milk Street
Published: November 24, 2021, 6:00am
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A recipe for chile verde tacos with turkey.
A recipe for chile verde tacos with turkey. (Milk Street) Photo Gallery

Thanksgiving leftovers are an easy meal to put on repeat, but the turkey gets drier with each day. The key to salvaging it — other than sandwiches slathered with mayonnaise — is rehydrating it in a flavorful sauce that turns it into a completely different meal.

A taco recipe from our book “Milk Street Tuesday Nights,” which limits recipes to 45 minutes or less, is a great way to use leftover turkey.

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