Vegan Thanksgiving Leftover "Sandwich"
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I wanted to share my thanksgiving leftover recipes with you starting with my thanksgiving leftover sandwich! These simple Thanksgiving leftover sandwiches are a fun way to use up leftover dishes with a twist. In only 10 minutes, you can turn sad containers into a gourmet sandwich.
Author: The Edgy Veg
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Vegan
Serves: 4 Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 4 slices of leftover vegan holiday roast, schnitzel, veggie meatloaf, or whatever you have for vegan protein
- ΒΌ cup leftover cranberry sauce
- ⅓ cup leftover vegan gravy, heated
- 4 hamburger buns
- 1½ cup (roughly) leftover mashed potatoes
If you want to fry your mashed potatoes into a hashbrowns for your sandwich use:
- ½-1 cup flour
- ¾ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp-1/2 tsp sea salt
- oil, for frying
Instructions
- You can use leftover mashed potatoes on your burger, or fry them into a hashbrown layer or round croquettes and I'll tell you how to make them. If you just want to make a simple thanksgiving leftover sandwich in 1 mins, just heat and combine all your leftovers into a sandwich.
- To make the hashbrown / croquette, add mashed potatoes to a large bowl. Then add flour, baking powder, garlic powder, and salt, and mix together until well combined. You can start with ½ cup flour and see if you need more flour based on how big your mashed potato portion is.
- Prep a lipped baking sheet with a wire cooling rack and place it next to your stove. If you do not own a wire cooling rack (you should get one lol) for excess oil/moisture to drip then you can use a plate & paper towel, but it won't result as crispy so definitely recommend wire cooling rack.
- Heat about 1 cup of oil (about ¼ depth) in a pan over medium-high heat. Test the oil by adding a bit of the potato mixture-- it should sizzle right away.
- Using a ¼ cup measuring cup or an ice cream scoop, flatten and form the dough into discs with your fingers.
- Cook them in the oil until nicely browned and crispy, about 3-4 mins, flip and cook for another 3-4 mins, or until the second side is also nicely browned and crispy. Allow excess oil to drip off into the pan, and place cooked hasbrowns/croquettes onto a wire cooling rack, and repeat with the remaining potato mixture.
- Preheat pan/grill/BBQ to medium-high to heat up your leftover thanksgiving protein.
- Brush with oil and place the protein onto your grill or pan and cook until heated about 2 mins per side.
- Toast your sandwich slices or buns
- Spread some cranberry sauce on the bottom of each bun, and place the grilled protein.
- On top of that, stack your mashed potato patty, and drizzle with gravy. Add the top bun and serve leftover sides or repurposed leftover sides like my cranberry-glazed veggie skewers.
Recipe by The Edgy Veg at https://www.theedgyveg.com/2020/11/26/thanksgiving-leftover-sandwich/