I am posting this recipe before Thanksgiving comes because I am hoping to be out doing some crazy black Friday shopping when this post is published 🙂 I hope each of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are enjoying lots of yummy leftovers! If you have turkey leftovers I am excited to share one of my favorite things to do with it. It is comfort food at it’s best! It’s a homemade turkey gravy smothered all over a homemade biscuit. If you are in a hurry you could just use store bought biscuits, but if you have time to make them fresh, this meal is a perfect 10 in stick to your ribs kind of cooking! Not to mention it comes together fairly quickly if the turkey and everything is already cooked. Hope you enjoy 🙂


- A double batch of homemade biscuits or store bought ones
- 3-4 boneless skinless chicken breast (can use raw or precooked and shredded chicken)
- 2 cups carrots, sliced
- 2 cups celery, sliced
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1/2 stick butter
- 2-3 Tbs. cornstarch
- 6 cups chicken or turkey broth or drippings from the turkey
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tsp. sage
- 1 tsp. tarragon
- 1 cup half and half or whole milk
- 3-4 cups cooked and chopped turkey leftovers (or chicken)
- 1 cup frozen peas
- If you are making homemade biscuits, begin
- making those before you make the gravy. If you are using store bought biscuits,
- then make them simultaneously with the gravy. If you are using shredded,
- pre-cooked chicken, then add the chicken in with the peas at the last step. If
- you are using raw chicken, cut up the chicken into small pieces and add with
- the vegetables while you are sauting them all together. Cut up the carrots,
- celery, onion and potatoes. Heat a sauté pan with the half stick of butter and
- add all of the vegetables to the pan. Saute the vegetables until the onion
- begins to become tender and the carrots and potatoes are soft (but not mushy).
- Add three tablespoons of cornstarch to the mixture and stir until everything is
- coated. Pour in the chicken broth, minced garlic, pepper, cayenne pepper, sage
- and tarragon. Bring the mixture to a boil and let the mixture simmer until it
- begins to thicken. Once the mixture is fairly thick, add just enough half and
- half (or whole milk) to the sauce to make it the desired consistency you are
- looking for. Once the mixture is nice and smooth, and thick, add the frozen
- peas right at the very end. Turn down the heat and let the peas warm up. Spoon a generous portion of the mixture over
- the cooked biscuits and serve.