There’s a lot to love about the customary day-after-Thanksgiving sandwich: ho-hum turkey dressed with hot, full-bodied gravy; the act of putting bread-based stuffing between two slices of bread; the silly way the sweet potatoes ooze out every time you take a bite; the slick of cranberry sauce that adds zing; that smear of mayonnaise that ties it all together.

But after one, maybe two, of those monstrosities, I start itching for something different. Something that’s not a sandwich. Maybe a soup? Maybe a chili. Maybe something more substantial, like this pot pie stuffed with leftover turkey in a vegetable-filled sauce, thick and rich under a craggy, soft-and-crunchy stuffing topping.

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