Air Fryers and Slow Cookers: Leftover Turkey

 

Many static caravan owners rarely use their traditional cookers. They mostly cook using smaller appliances such as a slow cooker or air fryer. These use far less energy, are often much healthier and save cleaning the oven!!  

At this festive time of year, I thought I would share  a really easy slow cooker recipe which is ideal for using up left-over roast turkey, but without drying or overcooking the meat ...

TURKEY AND VEGETABLE CASSEROLE WITH ONION AND PEPPER (SLOW COOKER)

Ingredients 

Two chopped sticks of celery
Half a red, yellow or orange pepper cut into pieces
One sliced onion 
Half a large sliced leek
Half a sliced carrot
A few pieces of chopped sweet potato or butternut squash (optional)
One dessert spoonful of lentils
One dessert spoonful of pearl barley
One tin of chopped tomatoes 

About one litre of tap water 

A small amount of chopped, crushed or dried garlic   
A pinch of mixed herbs
Left-over cooked turkey removed from the bones (darker meat works best)
Cornflour or other thickener 

Method

Add the vegetables, garlic, lentils, barley, herbs and tinned tomatoes to the slow cooker. Rinse the empty tomato tin with extra water and pour over the vegetables until they are well covered.

Do NOT add the turkey or thickener yet

Cook on high for at about 6 hours until the vegetables are soft and the liquid is bubbling.  

Add a heaped teaspoonful of cornflower to half a cup of cold water and mix thoroughly. Add to the slow cooker until the liquid thickens slightly. 

Add your turkey leftovers to the slow cooker for the last half hour ensuring that the meat does actually reach boiling point for at least 15 mins to kill any bacteria.

Serve with ready made garlic bread or freshly baked baguette from your air fryer.

NOTE Adding the meat later will help to keep it moist but it must still be boiled. If your slow cooker does not reach boiling point, use your hob or microwave at the end to bring the casserole to the boil for a few minutes.     

TIP If you like to 'spice up' your food add chilli to taste. If you like to sweeten your sauce add a  teaspoonful of sugar or low calorie Stevia.