Turkey (or Chicken) S–t

I have to share this – my family's favorite recipe
after Thanksgiving. It's called Turkey S–t.
This is not a joke.

In 1983, a couple of days after giving birth to my

DD, my neighbor stopped by & brought me lunch. No explanation about the
contents, she just said it was her current favorite recipe. Well, it
was so good that I called to thank her & asked for the name of the
dish & recipe. She started giggling & said,
“it's called chicken
s–t”. Turns out that she had gotten this recipe from someone (who had
not named the dish) and she liked it so much she was making it for her
family quite often. She had three (VERY ornery) little boys, and one
night as she served dinner, one exclaimed “OH NO!, we're having that
chicken s–t again!” ….. and the name stuck.

I thought it was a story worth preserving
and it is still known by
that name in my house – just the poultry name changes ;-). It is not
an exact recipe, and is not the healthiest, but, darn is it good:

In a large (preferably nonstick) soup pot, saute' about 1 cup each
of diced onion & diced celery in a generous amount of butter just
until barely tender. Stir in two or three cans of cream of mushroom
soup (undiluted) and stir well. Add about a pound or so of Velveeta
cheese, cubed. Stir mixture often over low heat until cheese is
melted. Stir in desired amount of leftover cubed chicken or turkey. (use your home canned – works great!)
Heat through. Season with about a teaspoon of Soul Seasoning. Add
one pound of cooked & drained wide egg noodles. Thin with chicken
broth as desired.

We like this with just cooked (frozen) baby peas, buttered. For some
reason, they are the perfect pairing with this (my DS always adds
the peas to his noodles). This is also fantastic reheated in the
microwave – the leftovers are much coveted for lunches. It is easily
increased if you need to feed more people by adding more soup,
noodles, etc.

Try it – it's a keeper.

Dede

My son is 31 and still loves this – it's THE question I get ON Thanksgiving Day from the SO and both my kids… "you are making turkey s–t tomorrow, right?" LOL.

Dede

Soul seasoning is just a mixture of spices

• 1/4 cup salt
• 2 tablespoons black pepper, ground
• 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder

and since it's s**t, i'm sure you can put in what you want/have on hand!

Thanks Cindy for posting that recipe and thanks Bee for copying it to Just Recipes

Soul Seasoning is often available in those 99 cent seasoning bottles at dollar stores and pharmacies, etc. but it is REALLY salty. There is a ton of sodium in Velveeta, so I just add pepper, paprika, etc. – pretty much what Cindy posted but with no salt. Will make up the mix posted without salt to have handy LOL.

Dede