5 Latin Recipes For Holiday Leftovers

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Jan 04, 2016 07:00 AM EST

After spending the holiday with many different Latin foods, people find themselves surrounded with leftovers that can still be turned into a scrumptious dish. To know what type of dish you can make out of the leftovers, all you need to do is search it online and you may find yourself eating one of the best recalentado or left over lunch you can have in your lifetime.

Here are the 5 Latin Recipes for the holiday leftovers:

1. Potato Croquettes. This dish will certainly earn someone points from his or her family. One just needs to prepare the turkey meat leftover, mashed potatoes and cranberry, and then ask the whole family to help you organize the dish. People will love it! This is the type of food the makes the whole team gathers at the table thinking the holiday is not over yet.

2. Day-After Turkey Soup. As people enjoy the cold winter weather, there is no other dish that can make it perfect. The "Day-After Turkey Soup" is certainly the people's comfort food during the cold winter weather. All that have to be done is to prepare the turkey meat and broth, put in some vegetable and let it cook in the over. It is easy to cook and taste like no other. With only 1 hour and 25 minutes preparation and cooking time, this Food Network recipe will surely be a hit.

3. Turkey Tostadas with Spicy Cranberry-Chipotle Sauce. Turkey is a common left over during the Holidays, and mix it up with tortillas, people will get a delicious dish. The tortilla just need to be fried or baked to make it crispy, put some fried beans and the leftover turkey. Southern Living shared that vegetables can also be added to this dish. One will be looking at a perfect Tostada once the preparation is complete.

4. Turkey Tamales. This delicious dish just needs some cornbread leftover to complete the turkey recipe. Add some onions, garlic and chili sauce; the guests will definitely love it. This About Food recipe only needs 30 minutes to complete the dish.

5. Habañero Breakfast Hash. The last recipe but certainly not the least is the Habañero Breakfast Hash. Mix scrambled eggs with roasted potatoes leftover and one will have this great dish. After some late night activities with the whole family, Latina shared that this food will be a breath of fresh air early in the morning.

There are definitely more leftover food ideas that can be found online. The sky is the limit when it comes to the Latin food scene, one just need to be creative and resourceful.

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