Leftover Turkey and Apricot Curry with Vegetable Rice

Leftover Turkey and Apricot Curry with Vegetable Rice is a modern Fusion recipe (based on South African cookery) for a classic curry of turkey, broccoli and apricots served with vegetable rice that's an excellent way of using-up leftover Christmas or Thanksgiving turkey. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Fusion version of: Leftover Turkey and Apricot Curry with Vegetable Rice.

prep time

15 minutes

cook time

40 minutes

Total Time:

55 minutes

Serves:

Rating:

Tags : Curry Spice Recipes Vegetable Recipes Fusion Recipes Fusion Recipes

This is a great South African inspired turkey curry using leftover turkey (it also works with leftover chicken or guinea fowl) that adds dried apricots to the curry and serves with vegetable rice.

Ingredients:

1 onion, chopped
4 tbsp sunflower oil
1 tbs Medium Curry Powder
700g cooked turkey, diced
75g dried apricots, cut into quarters
1 chicken stock cube, dissolved in 300ml boiling water
200g frozen broccoli
400g rice, washed, drained and boiled until tender
100g mixed bell peppers, sliced and cut into 1cm lengths
100g fine beans, cut into 1cm lengths
50g frozen peas
50g sweetcorn

Method:

Place a pan over medium heat, and when hot add half the oil and fry the onion until soft and translucent. Stir in the curry powder, cook for 1 minute then add the cooked turkey and apricots. Stir well to coat then pour in the hot stock, add the broccoli, bring to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.

In the meantime, cook the rice according to the packet instructions.

In a separate pan over medium heat. Add the bell peppers and fine beans. Cook, stirring, for 6 minutes until just tender. When the rice is cooked drain and add to the pan with the bell peppers and fine beans. Now add the peas and sweetcorn. Stir to combine and cook for 3 minutes.

At this point take the turkey mixture off the heat. Using a spoon, take out most of the apricots (but leave some behind). Transfer the fruit to a blender, add 100ml of the cooking liquid and render to a paste.

Stir this back into the turkey mixture. Serve the turkey curry alongside the rice.