Ingredients
- 1/2 to 1 pound leftover turkey, diced or shredded
- 8 ounces uncooked rice (brown or white), uncooked cauliflower rice, uncooked pasta or 2 medium-size uncooked zucchinis, cut into spaghetti like strands
- 4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 4 cups water
- 1/3 cup onion, diced
- 2 celery stalks, sliced
- 2 medium-size carrots, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tbsp oil (for pressure cooker)
Instructions
Slow Cooker
WITH RICE
- Brown rice: add all the ingredients to the slow cooker. Stir gently. Cook HIGH 3-4 hours or LOW 6-8 or until rice is tender.
- White rice: add all the ingredients to the slow cooker except the uncooked white rice. Stir to mix well. Cook HIGH 2-3 hours or LOW 4-6. Stir in rice and cook an additional hour or until rice is tender.
- Cauliflower rice: add all the ingredients to the slow cooker except the cauliflower rice. Stir to mix well. Cook HIGH 2-3 hours or LOW 4-6. Stir in rice and cook an additional 15-30 minutes or until rice is tender.
- Remove bay leaves before serving.
WITH NOODLES OR ZOODLES
- Add all ingredients EXCEPT for the noodles/zoodles into the slow cooker. Stir to mix well.
- Cook HIGH 3-4 or LOW 6-8.
- Add preferred pasta noodles or zucchini zoodles into the slow cooker. Cook on HIGH an additional 10-20 minutes or until pasta or zucchini is tender.
- Remove bay leaves before serving.
Electric Pressure Cooker (Instant Pot)
WITH RICE
- Turn on the pressure cooker and select sauté. Once hot add oil to the pot.
- Add celery, carrots, and onions and cook for a 5-7 minutes or until vegetables are soft. Add garlic and cook an additional minute. Turn off the pressure cooker.
- Add broth & water and deglaze the bottom of the pressure cooker by scraping all the bits off with a wooden spoon.
- Stir in the turkey, rice, salt, thyme, rosemary, and pepper. Add bay leaves.
- Close lid and seal valve. Set high pressure and cook for 5 minutes for white rice and 20 for brown rice. If using cauliflower rice, do not add yet.
- Natural release pressure for 10 minutes then manually the remaining pressure.
- If using cauliflower rice: turn the pressure cooker to saute and add the cauliflower rice. Cook 3-5 minutes or until cauliflower rice is tender to your liking.
- Remove bay leaves before serving.
WITH NOODLES OR ZOODLES
- Turn on the pressure cooker and select sauté. Once hot add oil to the pot.
- Add celery, carrots, and onions and cook for a 5-7 minutes or until vegetables are soft. Add garlic and cook an additional minute. Turn off the pressure cooker.
- Add broth & water and deglaze the bottom of the pressure cooker by scraping all the bits off with a wooden spoon.
- Stir in the turkey, salt, thyme, rosemary, and pepper. Add bay leaves.
- Close lid and seal valve. Set high pressure and cook for 5 minutes. When done cooking, natural release pressure for 10 minutes then manually the remaining pressure.
- Turn the pressure cooker to sauté and stir in the uncooked noodles or zoodles. Cook 3-5 minutes or until pasta or zucchini is tender.
- Remove bay leaves before serving.