How to Make Tennessee Smoked Turkey Sandwiches

Hosts Bridget Lancaster and Julia Collin Davison cook up a Southern specialty-Tennessee Pulled Turkey Sandwiches.
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[@bpp325]

I've done this recipe 2X (recipe available since August) using chicken breasts (butcher could not get the turkey) and with the white bbq sauce recipe it was over the top, best chicken I've had. I follow the recipe exactly except for the chicken replacement. Here's a TIP...the white bbq sauce goes on EVERYTHING...poultry, fish, beef, pork, salads....everything. I make a batch enough so it's available 24/7. It adds amazing umami to food. 👍👍

[@Grumdy]

The perfect outdoor recipe for December!

[@Anonymous-pm7jf]

All the presenters on this channel are great but these two are my favorite.

[@stevelogan5475]

Nice recipe ladies, i'm a 56 yr. old irishnan in Kentucky, we either smoke or deep fry our turkeys, if you eat them that way you will never want to eat a roasted/baked turkey again. I speak the truth. p.s. i like smoked turkey with 75/25% hickory to applewood, i like deep fried in peanut oil. You want to do either of these outside, do not want to smoke up the house, & definitely do not want a boil over on the deep fryer to start a fire in the house. Merry Christmas everyone !

[@KevinHullinger]

I made this today and it’s absolutely delicious 😋. I’ve been smoking and grilling for close to 30 years and never had anything quite like it. This recipe is quite easy as well. Highly recommend especially if your tired of the same old BBQ. It’s on my rotation from now on!!! Well done America’s test kitchen 👍🏻👍🏻

[@ATG23]

Tennessee turkey sandwich, with Alabama white BBQ sauce on it, sounds good!

[@jessicalt4121]

I really enjoy watching you two and your guests. I am going to try this sandwich. It looks delicious and with the sauce, lettuce and soft bun... perfection.

[@kennethburns6064]

This is keeper. Thanks Ladies

[@IngaHicks]

This looks sooo good!! And an easy recipe too! ATK recipes really never fail 💕

[@TanyaP822]

Thank u for sharing. As always great job.. And I can do this.

[@joycejohnson7061]

Oh my goodness! That looks delicious! Definitely would like to try that yummy recipe! Love your cooking videos!

[@semco72057]

Those sandwiches gives me an idea on how I can use my leftover chicken and turkey after the holidays. Thanks for sharing this recipe and may you all have a Very Merry Christmas with your families.

[@Avacarho]

Those sandwiches look so delicious. Saving this a future recipe to make on our kettle grill.

[@334outdoors8]

Smoked turkey sandwich with Alabama white sauce

[@gordonholland2374]

I cut a few corners and bought a Butterball Smoked Pre-cooked Turkey. Then steamed it in the oven @ 225 degrees for a couple of hours. Then shredded the meat, which came off very easy. Then I put the meat into a crock pot on low with a touch of chicken broth to keep it moist. The rest of the recipe, I followed to a tee.......including the white sauce. Served on buns, with shredded lettuce to 13 hungry relatives at Thanksgiving.......and it was a huge hit. Hats off to the America’s Test Kitchen crew.....this recipe will be repeated often!!!

[@diannem5775]

Yum!

[@kylecollins6835]

Man that looks good!

[@majoroldladyakamom6948]

Greetings from the Great State of Washington and the Pacific NorthWET; yes, it is raining now. You can buy "smoker/wood" packages for the oven. Just have the fan on and the window(s) open. Also, would have added a tbsp of relish to the mayo blend and a tiny amount of (to taste) some minced red onions with the lettuce for colour and an extra depth/kick. Yummy! ❤ LOVE IT! Like? Click the 👍 ...

[@stevelogan5475]

@ Deborah Kennedy , Ms. kennedy, you can buy portable smokers where you place the meat in a zip lock type bag, they work great, they are no bigger than a bic candle lighter & you get small almost saw dust type wood for smoking, hickory, post oak , applewood , etc... & you pump the smoke into the bag with the meat, you will love it, search under google for portable smokers, i was impressed. p.s. you can use it in the house without opening the windows or using the oven. God Bless & Merry Christmas to you & yours,

[@misscndnwoman2177]

@@stevelogan5475 🌹🙏

[@gordhend]

Yummy!

[@cynthiaamitrano8915]

Yum. I'm getting hungry. Time to think about supper.

[@hollym5873]

Love these recipe videos. Thanks

[@brendakrieger7000]

Beautiful farm🐎🐴🚜

[@SuperWhatevah]

I love and enjoy the back and forth (joke) punches!

[@Anthony_DP]

Check out wood pellet smoking tubes. less finicky and affordable

[@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276]

I’m from East TN, and my family has been here for around 200 years. I’ve never heard of a TN pulled turkey dish of any kind. I have a feeling some carpetbagger made this up; not to mention a mayonnaise based barbecue sauce is about as un-Tennessee as it gets.

[@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276]

You did get the hickory right, but even suggesting mesquite is wrong, and no one uses oak. Oak smoke tastes terrible.

[@itburns5756]

You guys are still troubled by those Yankee carpetbaggers?

[@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276]

I’m troubled by shit that is just wrong.

[@savannahn2169]

White bbq sauce is from Alabama and pulled Turkey is something health-conscious people use in place of pork. Unsure how they associated it with TN

[@alienencounters6038]

You're not going to find this sandwich in a can at the corner store Seth. Try getting out a little more often.

[@stocktonnash]

Is it important that I mix the mayo and vinegar together before adding garlic and worster sauce? weird that you did.

[@CorwynGC]

There may be an issue with emulsification. I like to mix mayo and any vinegar first (with a touch of mustard as an emulsifier), I have never had one break (oil separation), but if it did, I haven't wasted any other ingredients.

[@alantaylor2117]

Fantastic ladies, looks nice and juicy..

[@franksherbondy4916]

I didn't have much luck with this recipe. You should double-check the weight of the turkey breast. The recipe calls for 4 pounds, but it appears in the video the breast halves were much larger. Overall, the results were delicious, but the smaller turkey breast I used (4 pounds) was WAY TOO SMALL for the amount of seasoning, resulting in an over-seasoned meat and sauce as well. I do want to try it again, but use a much larger turkey breast and cutting way down on the spices. That should do the trick!

[@misscndnwoman2177]

Hi girls, fantastically fantastical fantastic. Love sue. Beautiful British Columbia 🇨🇦 we love you.🙋🌹🌹

[@roberteastman1396]

I may have been born under a rock, but I was definitely born and raised in Tennessee, and I've never heard of this sandwich.

[@stevelogan5475]

@ Robert Eastman, my friend, i'm 56 yr. old irishman from Kentucky, if you ever cook/eat smoked or deep fried turkey you will never want roasted/baked again, is delicious. I had never heard of the mayo/vinegar white sauce either. It is huge in Alabama, & the # 1 place is big bob gibson's but they use it on whole chickens(yard birds, lol) if you search you tube for big bob gibson's bbq you will see what i mean my friend, not sure if they do turkeys but it should work. Merry Christmas to you & yours, God Bless

[@bpp325]

Doesn't matter. Come out from under the rock and DO THIS! 😎

[@Sinistergrasp]

Probably because it's just normal smoked turkey with North Alabama white sauce on it. But if it's a local tradition in Tennessee somewhere, wouldn't mind trying it!

[@ducamealy5652]

It's the smoking that gives it the pulled pork look. How about a video on smoking just smoking like salmon 🐟 meats etc etc etc.

[@TheRealJoeyB]

Toast your buns, it will make your Sammy much better

[@wookie4798]

Finally a new video, not reposting old ones for ad revenue

[@peregrineslim4446]

One horrible white bun, but the cooking of the meat is excellent.

[@itburns5756]

For me the mayo ruins it, but I bet it'd be good with some other barbeque sauces.

[@rudeboymon3177]

🦃 is gross but i watched cause i love u guys 😎

[@mrallan8063]

You can't trust skinny chefs...

[@misscndnwoman2177]

Sir,is this necessary ?

[@alicehoward7582]

I just wanted to say hi I really enjoyed watching

[@MsBlonde0000]

I think they are only considered skinny in America

[@valeriepowell1736]

Girl's I love you but that's too much.

[@bpp325]

too much what?😏

[@valeriepowell1736]

@@bpp325 too much stuff to do... sometimes life is too short Bob.

[@wnickelson]

Again, ladies, it irritates me to no end that you're attributing this to Tennessee when smoked poultry is a north Alabama thing, just like the white sauce you use. NoAL ain't good for much, but at least give it it's due. And horseradish has zero business in white sauce, to say nothing of the addition of lettuce.

[@IngeniousPlagiarist]

Will Nickelson This was exactly what I was thinking. Turkey and White sauce is definitely an Alabama thing. Tennessee does Memphis style and I see a lot of pulled pork.