This list of the best Turkey Recipes for your holiday dinner includes classics like juicy Turkey, Sheet Pan Turkey Dinner, and more.
The holiday season is upon us, and while it’s a wonderful time to gather with family and friends, it can also be a particularly busy time of year. I am busy cooking up awesome Thanksgiving Side Dishes as well as really fun Thanksgiving Appetizers.
To help make your celebration as stress-free as possible, I’ve assembled this collection of the very best Turkey recipes. These flavorful and festive Turkey ideas will help you accommodate everyone’s taste buds.
Bintu’s Tips for Holiday Cooking
- Make a timeline: identifying when certain tasks need to be done will help ensure your meal comes together smoothly.
- Prep ahead: defrosting, chopping, slicing, and assembling certain dishes ahead of time means you’ll have less to do on the day of the event.
- Set your table: Get your dishes, serving platters, utensils, and glasses washed and set out the night before to ensure you have everything you need.
Handy Tip: Use Good Kitchen Tools!
For the best tools to help make your recipe even easier and more successful, check out my collection of the Best Kitchen Tools on Amazon.
Turkey Recipes
This sheet pan turkey dinner is the perfect dish for small gatherings. Packed with roast turkey, veggies, and a delicious stuffing, you’ll want to go for seconds.
This stuffed turkey breast is filled with a creamy mixture of spinach, bacon, and herbs, then rolled and roasted, and will impress your next dinner guests. It’s a simple yet elegant holiday main dish that’s ready in 35 minutes.
Air Fryer Turkey Breast is incredibly moist, juicy and so easy to make! This Turkey dinner is perfect for both busy midweek meals and holiday celebrations.
This oven-roasted turkey breast is tender and juicy, flavored with garlic and herbs, and served with an easy and delicious pan gravy. This turkey breast is the perfect centerpiece for your Thanksgiving meal and is ideal for small gatherings.
With this recipe for Instant Pot Turkey Breast with Garlic Butter Gravy you can make moist and juicy turkey and gravy in less than an hour! So easy and so delicious, you will not only want to make this for Thanksgiving but all year long as well.
This air fryer turkey legs recipe requires almost no prep work, cooks quickly, and turns out juicy and delicious. Perfect for serving at smaller Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations, game day gatherings, and as an easy weeknight meal.
Baked turkey meatballs are so easy and flavorful! This ground turkey meatballs recipe is perfect for meal prep and when you need a quick dinner on those busy weeknights.
Make this succulent Smoked Turkey Breast perfectly seasoned with cumin, smoked paprika, and other spices for a mouthwatering meal. Easy to prepare with step-by-step instructions, this recipe gives you a tender, flavorful turkey every time. Perfect for any festive occasion or a tasty family dinner.
This spiced Turkey Stew is the perfect 20-minute meal to feed you on cold fall and winter nights. Leftover turkey, apricots, chickpeas, apple juice and spices combine into a fragrant comforting stew that friends and family alike would love.
This easy and Healthy Turkey Salad recipe with a Tahini dressing is the perfect balance of colourful, crunchy and creamy. It requires only a few ingredients and comes together in as little as 10 mins.
This Turkey Marinade recipe is the key to a flavorful Christmas or Thanksgiving turkey. Whip up this simple marinade in just 5 minutes with ingredients you already have in your pantry. Can be used for turkey wings, turkey legs, a whole turkey or chicken.
Slow Cooker Weight Watchers Turkey Chili is a delicious Weight Watchers turkey chili recipe that can be easily made in your slow cooker or on the stove top.
Give your leftover turkey new life and make these delicious turkey patties in just 20 minutes! Cook this easy and versatile dish on the stovetop or in air fryer.
This turkey rub is perfect for your next holiday turkey or as a go-to seasoning for everyday meals. It’s made with spices that you probably already have in your pantry, so it’s easy to whip up anytime you need it.
Learning how to cook ground turkey any other way than plain was revolutionary for my family’s meals. Blending spices like cumin and chili powder for a Mexican flair or oregano and garlic for a Mediterranean spin can create just the lift your cooked ground turkey needs, too!
Turkey Stroganoff is the perfect way to use up leftover turkey during the holiday season! It’s a satisfying, easy-to-make dish that’s chock full of flavor.
Air Fryer Turkey Wings are slathered in a flavorful herb rub and air fried until they are crispy on the outside and juicy and delicious on the inside. Perfect for serving at Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any time you don’t want to roast a whole turkey.
These Air Fryer Turkey Burgers are a healthy burger alternative that doesn’t compromise on texture or flavor. It’s so easy to make delicious juicy turkey burgers in less than 10 minutes in the air fryer.
This Smothered Turkey Wings recipe is classic comfort food that is sure to satisfy. Smothered turkey wings with silky turkey wing gravy are perfect for Sunday dinner, a holiday meal, or any time you’re craving a Southern style meal.
Foodies, meet these delicious Air Fryer Turkey Meatballs. Turkey, juicy bell pepper and fresh herbs all mixed up and air fried to perfection. Appetizers and dinners have never tasted sooooo good.
This leftover turkey pot pie recipe is the best way to use holiday meal leftovers! It is a classic make-ahead comfort food meal that is ideal for using up leftover Thanksgiving turkey and can be made with chicken, too.
Instant Pot Turkey Wings are meaty, flavorful, and smothered with creole-spiced gravy. This Southern staple is perfect for Sunday dinner or a non-traditional Thanksgiving meal.
More Holiday Recipes You Might like
- 35 Best Thanksgiving Appetizers.
- The best Thanksgiving Main Dishes.
- 50 Thanksgiving Side Dishes.
- 35 Christmas Main Dishes.
- The best easy Brie Appetizers.
- The best Christmas Cookie Recipes.
Recommended Tools
- Kitchen appliances like an air fryer, Instant Pot, and Crockpot will make holiday meal prep easy.
- This handy thermometer to check your food for doneness.
- For the best tools to help make your recipe even easier and more successful, check out my collection of the Best Kitchen Tools on Amazon.
Did you make this recipe? Then I would love to hear how it turned out. Please leave a comment and star rating below. And I really appreciate you sharing this recipe with your family and friends. Enjoy every mouthful 😊🍲 – Bintu
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