By: Alicia Rivera Mendonca
What is the best part of the holidays? Specifically thanksgiving….it’s FOOD! Some people celebrate with different food choices and with family or friends or both.
Targeting my Puerto Rican household we eat a variety of foods, like; turkey, potato salad, arroz con gandules, pernil, apple pie, tres leche, banana pudding, and stuffing. Now, I know that sounds like a ton of food but we love the leftovers because we use that to make sandwiches.
For today’s article we are going to share with you how to make a thanksgiving leftover sandwich.
Holiday Recipes
Leftovers used: turkey, stuffing, and Italian bread
Turkey recipe
- Adobo
- Sazon
- Garlic (minced or paste)
- Butter
- Sofrito
- Sofrito consists of tomatoes, peppers, cilantro, onions, and garlic.
- Cook for 3-5 hours at 250° until cooked to desired level
- Sofrito consists of tomatoes, peppers, cilantro, onions, and garlic.
Stuffing
- Stove top stuffing mix
- Turkey or chicken broth
- Microwave for 3-5 minutes
- Turkey or chicken broth
Dessert to sweeten your pallet:
Banana pudding
- Jell-o instant banana cream
- Nilla wafers
- Fresh bananas
- Layer this starting with nilla wafers, jell-o, and then bananas and repeat
