This Leftover Turkey Wrap is a healthy turkey wrap, using up leftover turkey and loaded with vegetables! And unlike most cold turkey wraps, this one makes a great dinner wrap because it's served WARM. I love turkey leftovers just about as much as I love turkey. In fact, I always make a bigger turkey than we need, just so I will be guaranteed leftovers. Hey, turkey only happens a couple times a year in my world and I want to savor it!
If you don't have a lot of leftover Thanksgiving turkey, no need to worry -you only need a couple of cups of turkey to make this amazing healthy turkey wrap! It's not only delicious, it's healthy and it's Weight Watchers friendly @ only 5 WW points. It's perfect for using up your leftovers post-Thanksgiving, but it's great for dinner on busy weeknights or a quick lunch any time of the year. You can even pack it along in the lunchbox for a healthy lunch.
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- Why You'll Love This Recipe
- 🥘Ingredient Notes
- 📖Variations & Substitutions
- 🔪How to Make Healthy Leftover Turkey Wraps
- 🎥 Video
- 🥗 What to serve with Healthy Leftover Turkey Wraps?
- 🔢WW POINTS
- 🌡️Storage
- Top tip
- 👪 Serving Size
- ❔ Recipe FAQ's
- 📋 More Holiday Leftover Turkey Recipes
- 🦃 Healthy Leftover Turkey Wrap recipe
Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Served Warm. This wrap is served WARM - a nice change up from cold wraps!
- Hearty. This wrap isn't your typical lunch sandwich wrap - it's filling enough for a stand-alone dinner or lunch.
- Healthy! This wrap is light, loaded with veggies, healthy, and WW friendly!
- Reinvents leftovers. This healthy wrap is a great way to use up your leftover turkey!
- Uses a small amount of turkey. You don't need a lot of turkey so it's great for using leftovers (only a couple of cups).
- Easy to make. You make a quick sauce, stir-fry the veggies, put it in a wrap and you're done!
This healthy turkey wrap was inspired by my Leftover Turkey Enchiladas on this site. But I love these leftover turkey wraps because they are what I consider a dinner wrap.
However, if you are looking for a cold lunch turkey wrap to pack along to work or school, try my Turkey Ranch Wrap!
Leftover Thanksgiving sandwiches can almost be as fattening as the meal itself, but this one is a really light and healthy turkey wrap and a great way to use up your leftover turkey in the form of a healthy dinner. Who wants a heavy or high-calorie meal after an indulgent turkey dinner? Not me. If you are looking for healthy choices, this turkey wrap is a great option!
🥘Ingredient Notes
For this Thanksgiving Leftover Sandwich you'll need:
- Sauce: soy sauce, ketchup, lime juice, liquid honey, fresh ginger, garlic, olive oil, sesame seeds and cornstarch make up this delicious sweet savory, and a little spicy sauce that the turkey and vegetables are sauteed in!
- Filling: leftover turkey, bean sprouts, snow peas, carrots, red bell peppers, cilantro (fresh) and green onion make up the fresh and healthy filling.
- Large Tortillas. I use flour tortillas, but you can use any type!
*see recipe card for quantities.
📖Variations & Substitutions
- Spicy - add chili pepper flakes while cooking or sriracha sauce
- Panini press- throw it on the panini press if you want a grilled wrap
- Gluten-free - use gluten-free tortillas
- Low carb- use low-carb tortillas
- Dairy-free - this recipe is naturally dairy-free
- Onion - you could use red onions instead of green onions
- Turkey - you can use deli turkey meat, white or dark meat (using dark turkey meat will increase the WW points), or ground turkey breast instead of leftover roast turkey
- Add-ins- baby spinach,
🔪How to Make Healthy Leftover Turkey Wraps
This healthy turkey wrap is easy to make with leftover turkey, sauteed vegetables and fresh vegetables!
Make the sauce and filling:
- Step 1: Combine soy sauce, ketchup, honey, lime juice, ginger, garlic cornstarch, olive oil, and sesame seeds in a small bowl.
- Step 2: Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add bean sprouts, peas, and red pepper. Sautee for 5 minutes, then add turkey and sauce
- Step 3: Cook for about 8-10 more minutes or until vegetables soften and sauce thickens.
To assemble:
- Place tortilla on cutting board and add ⅛ of the hot turkey/veggie mix. Then add ⅛ of the carrots and cilantro.
- Fold the sides over.
- Then fold the bottom up. ,
- Then roll up to the top. *See video how to fold a wrap
*see recipe card for full instructions
🎥 Video
And if you're wondering how to fold a wrap tortilla for this healthy turkey wrap, then watch this video: How to make tortilla wraps!
🥗 What to serve with Healthy Leftover Turkey Wraps?
I love to serve this delicious wrap with Tomato Soup, but this turkey wrap recipe also pairs well with:
🔢WW POINTS
These leftover turkey wraps are low fat and Weight Watchers friendly @ 5 WW points. You could use a lighter tortilla to bring down the points. If you don't want the carbs and want to lighten them up even more, make them into lettuce wraps - replace the tortilla with lettuce.
🌡️Storage
If you want to cook the veggies in the sauce ahead, store those wet ingredients separately from the dry ingredients (tortillas) and grated carrots, in an airtight container in the fridge, and combine when ready. Good for 2-3 days.
If you need to make it into a wrap in advance, make sure you wrap it well in plastic wrap, then in foil. Store leftover wraps the same way.
These ingredients don't stand up well to freezing.
Top tip
Don't put the wraps together too far in advance of serving them or they will get soggy. Ideally, you want to put them together and serve immediately (within 10- 15 minutes)
👪 Serving Size
This leftover turkey wrap recipe serves 8. However, you can half, double, or even triple the recipe by clicking on the serving number in the recipe card. Then select the number of servings you would like and the ingredient amounts will adjust accordingly.
❔ Recipe FAQ's
Yes! You can skip the sautéing step and use the sauce as a dressing instead. Just toss the turkey and veggies in the sauce and wrap them up for a cold version.
Yes, but keep the wet ingredients (sauce and sautéed veggies) separate from the tortillas to avoid sogginess. Assemble the wraps just before serving.
I use large flour tortillas, but you can use whole wheat, gluten-free, low-carb, or spinach tortillas based on your preference.
These healthy leftover turkey wraps make a great lunch or dinner. If you are looking for recipes for turkey wraps that the whole family will love, or turkey wrap ideas, this is the one!
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🦃 Healthy Leftover Turkey Wrap recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 tbsp ketchup
- 4 teaspoon lime juice
- 4 teaspoon liquid honey
- 4 teaspoon ginger (fresh, grated)
- 2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 2 teaspoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoon sesame seeds
- 2 teaspoon cornstarch
- 2 cups leftover turkey, cut into thin strips
- 4 large (10 inch) tortillas
- 8 oz - package of bean sprouts
- 6 oz - package of snow peas - ends trimmed
- ½ cup carrots peeled and grated
- 1 red pepper, chopped into thin strips
- 4 tablespoon cilantro (fresh)
- 3 green onions, chopped
Instructions
- Combine soy sauce, ketchup, honey, lime juice, ginger, garlic cornstarch, olive oil and sesame seeds in small bowl.
- Heat a large skillet over medium- high heat and add bean sprouts, peas and red pepper. Sautee for 5 minutes, then add turkey and sauce
- Cook for about 8-10 more minutes or until vegetables soften and sauce thickens.
- To Assemble: place tortilla on cutting board. Add ⅛ of the hot turkey mix, then add ⅛ of the carrots and cilantro. Fold the bottom up, then the sides, then roll up to the top. *see video how to fold a wrap
Terri Gilson
This Healthy Turkey Wrap is a fantastic way to use up Thanksgiving leftovers. I love that it's both delicious and light at only 5 WW points. The combination of warm turkey with fresh veggies like red pepper and snow peas makes it a satisfying meal any time of year, not just after the holidays!