Open Face Turkey Club Recipes

BLUE PLATE OPEN-FACED TURKEY SANDWICH

Steps:

• In a large cast-iron or other heavy skillet, heat butter over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender, 4-5 minutes. Stir in flour, parsley and seasonings until blended; gradually whisk in broth. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir until slightly thickened, 1-2 minutes., Add turkey, 1 slice at a time; heat through. Serve over bread.

DINER-STYLE HOT TURKEY SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• For the turkey breasts:
• Arrange a wire rack over a baking sheet. Combine the butter with the herbs. Loosen the skin on the turkey breasts and place the butter between the skin and breast meat, working out to the edges evenly. Place a bay leaf between the skin and meat. Spray the skin with olive oil, and sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper. Roast to 165 degrees internal temperature, about 1 hour. Remove and cover loosely with foil to cool back to room temp, reserving the drippings for the gravy. Then cover and store for a make-ahead meal, as well as another night's meal, such as the Turkey Club Enchilada Casserole.
• For the stuffing:
• Melt 6 tablespoons butter in large skillet over medium heat. Grease a casserole dish with 1 tablespoon of remaining butter, and reserve the rest to dot the top of the stuffing once it is in its casserole dish. To the melted butter, add the herbs, celery, apples, onions, bay leaf and some salt and pepper. Cook to tender, 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the stuffing cubes and moisten with the stock until damp, but not wet. Fill the casserole dish and dot the top with butter. Cover and refrigerate to store.
• For the gravy:
• Melt the butter in a large skillet and season liberally with black pepper. Whisk in the flour until light golden in color. Then whisk in the stock and Worcestershire and simmer at low boil to thicken. Add any pan drippings from the roasted turkey breasts. Once the gravy lightly coats the back of a spoon, add a ladle of it to the egg yolk while beating with fork. Then add the yolk back to gravy to gloss it up, stir in. Add the mustard, if using. Add salt to taste. Cool and store.
• To serve:
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Place the rack in center of oven.
• Bring the stuffing to room temp, then bake until crispy on top and hot through.
• Reheat the gravy over medium heat, partially covered and stirring occasionally.
• While the stuffing is in the oven and the gravy is reheating, heat up an additional couple cups of plain stock in a high-sided skillet. Thinly slice 1 turkey breast, removing the bay leaf when you get to it.
• For each sandwich, very lightly toast a slice of bread and place on a dinner plate. Top the bread with a scoop of stuffing (I use an ice cream scoop). Set a few slices of turkey into broth to heat through. Arrange the turkey slices over the mound of stuffing. Liberally ladle the gravy over the top of the sandwich and garnish with chopped parsley. Save any leftover gravy for another meal, such as the Turkey Club Enchilada Casserole later in the week.

OPEN-FACED HOT TURKEY SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Remove turkey and butter from the refrigerator an hour or so before cooking, so that they are approaching room temperature when the turkey goes into the oven.
• Heat oven to 400. Rub turkey with butter, using your fingers to slide butter under the skin. Season the turkey with salt, pepper, sage and lemon zest.
• Place turkey thighs, skin-side down, into a cast-iron skillet or medium-size oven-safe gratin pan, and roast in the oven for 30 minutes. Turn turkey thighs over, add the wine to the pan or skillet and continue roasting for another 30 minutes or so, basting occasionally, until the turkey is cooked through, golden and crisp, and an instant-read thermometer inserted in the turkey's thickest part reads in the neighborhood of 165 degrees. Remove turkey thighs from the pan, and allow to rest on a cutting board while you make the gravy.
• Heat the stock in a small pot. Drain off all but four tablespoons of the fat in the pan or gratin dish. Place pan or dish over low heat on the stove, and whisk the flour into it to make a roux. Stir the roux for 3 to 4 minutes, and then slowly start to add the stock to it, whisking as you do, until the mixture is smooth. Cook, continuing to stir, until the gravy has thickened, approximately 8 to 10 minutes. Add the cream, milk or half-and-half, stir and allow the gravy to thicken again, 2 to 3 minutes more. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• To make the sandwiches, carve meat and skin from the turkey thighs, and assemble two separate piles. Toast the bread, and lay one slice on each plate. Put a pile of the meat on each piece of toast, spreading it across the surface of the bread. Absolutely drench each sandwich with the gravy, and serve alongside buttered peas, mashed potatoes and a dollop of cranberry sauce. For this application, canned cranberry sauce is, by etiquette, required.

OPEN-FACED TURKEY TACOS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook turkey and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add beans and salsa; cook and stir until heated through. Spread 1/2 cup turkey mixture over each tortilla. Top with lettuce, tomatoes, peppers and sour cream.

OPEN-FACE TURKEY "CLUB"

Steps:

• Spread muffin halves with mayo.
• Top with remaining ingredients.

OPEN-FACE GARDEN TURKEY SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Spray 12-inch nonstick skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat. Cook frozen stir-fry vegetables in skillet 3 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until tender. Remove vegetables from skillet.
• Cook turkey as directed on package in same skillet until light golden brown and no longer pink in center. Remove from heat.
• Top each turkey slice with vegetables and cheese. Cover and let stand 1 to 2 minutes or until cheese is melted. Spread sandwich spread on bread. Top each slice with turkey topped with vegetables and cheese.

OPEN FACE HOT TURKEY SANDWICH (LOW FAT)

Steps:

• Heat up your gravy.
• Place the turkey on the slice of bread, and then pour the warmed gravy (about a 1/4 cup) on top of it .
• Serve, with a knife and fork, with leftover stuffing, or whatever you want. Enjoy.

OPEN-FACE TURKEY MORNAY

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil; set aside.
• For Mornay sauce, combine broth and butter over medium heat in medium-size saucepan.
• Whisk in Alfredo sauce mix.
• Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly.
• Reduce heat to medium; simmer for 2 minutes.
• Add 1 1/4 cups of the Swiss cheese, stirring for about 8 minutes or until melted.
• Remove from heat and set aside.
• Place split English muffins on prepared baking sheet.
• Divide turkey among muffin bottoms.
• Stack with Canadian bacon and tomato slices.
• Top with about 1 cup of the Mornay sauce; reserve remaining sauce for another use.
• Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup Swiss cheese.
• Bake tops and bottoms at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until stacked bottoms are heated through, cheese is bubbly and tops are toasted.
• Place muffin tops on sandwiches and serve.