Turkey pot roast, brought to you by the letters Jennie and O
I received a Jennie-O turkey post roast for purposes of review. All opinions here, however, are my own
So a couple of months ago, I made a toss-off comment in a Dominick's deals post about "what the heck is turkey pot roast?"
Well, now I know! Look what showed up on my doorstep this morning, courtesy of the nice folks at Jennie-O, who read my post and wanted to spread the word. 🙂
This was fortuitous, because I didn't have dinner plans for the evening yet. So, I opened one up...
And I cooked it... and I pulled out the bone per package directions...
And I shredded it...
And we ate it! Easy-peasy. You can oven cook or microwave this. I opted for the oven method -- it's pre-cooked, so only takes an hour -- and it shredded easily and made the house smell like Thanksgiving.
Yes, but how did it taste?
This is dark meat, which isn't Mr. Mashup Mom's favorite. He pronounced it: "OK, I'd eat it again." The boys pronounced it: YUMMY. I pronounced it: Pretty darn good. They have a nice recipe on the back for making turkey tortilla soup with the leftovers, which I may try if there are enough left. (Or just eat it for lunch tomorrow. Decisions, decisions.)
So there you go
Am I the only one who had never heard of this?
Nope! I have never heard of a Turkey Pot Roast before. That looks pretty darn good. I might have to try me one of those.
Yes, I have heard of turkey pot roast, and let me just say....I am a white meat all the way kinda girl, but, this has changed my opinion forever. I have bought several from the deli (when they have them, and they are to say the least ABSOLUTELY THE BEST THING!) i have never eaten turkey anything like this. It is so juicy, tender and flavorful! I just want to know how to cook turkey thighs or wings like this at home. The best money ever spent!
just wanted to say i love your blog 🙂
WOW, it looks super tender. My DH would love that its dark meat, I on the other hand...and miss 3, she does'nt care what we eat, she just knows she's not eating any LOL (ya, that phase)
Never in my life heard of such a thing and umm, no likey the dark meat so it would be a no go at our house. Glad y'all liked it though, nice of Jennie-O to let you give it a try. I'm partial to their turkey products; the grond turkey with italian seasoning is THE BOMB!
wow!!
I love there ground turkey.. i may have to give this a try..
oh and I tried what you do with companies I like:
I emailed ARNOLDs sandwich thins and told them what a GREAT product they have and how GREAT it was for my weight watchers..
THEY SENT ME TWO $1 OFF Q'S !!!
thanks for the tips Rachel.. you and your site rock
I e-mailed Hershey about the out-dated rancid Hershey products at CVS, they sent me one $1.00 Q on any product.
never heard of it
wonder how much it cost if it's more than 6.00 not worth for me
Looks yummy but what is retail cost?
Sodium count?
I wonder if a turkey breast slow cooked in a crockpot (with a little chicken broth for moisture) would be cheaper?
It's cool they sent you one, though. You're so lucky!
OK guys, let's see. Mine was actually stickered with a $9.49 price tag. It looks like it's sold in the deli at variable cost because it lists price per pound $3.39 and net wt 2.80 lb. I don't think I'd pay that much (wait for the turkey breast to go on sale!), but I'd buy it on sale.
Serving size 3 oz
Sodium 390 mg 16%
ingredients: dark turkey, water, less than 2% of the following: modified food starch, salt, sugar, sodium phosphate, seasoning (yeast extract, natural flavors, salt), flavoring.
Thanks for checking for us Rachel!
I agree, at almost $10 it is too high for me. But regular turkey goes on sale and freezes so well. (I guess I won't be getting any free ones! ha ha!)
Also I see I saved a $5 rebate from Jenni-o back in Feb. IP . Anyone else print one and maybe forgot ? Their are pictures on the IP showing all kinds of Jenni-o
interesting. Never heard of it before and its not what I thought it would be. From the bone picture it looks like it might basically a big ol' turkey leg. weird. I'd try it if I could get a SUPER deal on it, but at that normal price - not a chance.
Saw this post earlier. This afternoon I made a trip to the St. Charles Dom to get some of the mini cream cheeses (they had none) and as soon as I walked in the door...BAM...big sign Turkey Pot Roast....freaky!
I've NEVER heard of such a thing as Turkey Pot Roast! I think Jennie-O should have you do a giveaway so we can try it too :)!
Well, I live in CA, and turkey pot-roast in carried at Stater Bros. It's 7.99 for the package that is shown in Rachel's pics. And I think it is YUMMY! I've been an adict of Mimi's (restaurant chain) pot roast for about the last 10 years...but when I tried Jen-o's, I converted. I'm a TPR groupie. And 7.99 is MUCH cheaper than pot roast and eggs at Mimi's for 8.99 (even IF it IS delicious!)
I had a friend over for Christmas Eve dinner. Had the TPR, mashed taters, stuffin', cranberry sauce and sweet tater pie. Yummy! And enough left over to make "carnitas" burritos with next day. That's a bargain.
Wow, sorry to pop into a conversation that ended months ago.. :p But while googling "Jenni-O turkey pot roast" I found your awesome website!
I picked up one of the J/O turkey pot roast today @ Costco here in Anchorage. Since the boxes were identical to the photo on here, but since they varied in weight, they had them priced anywhere from 6-something to 9-something.
I haven't figured out how I'll use mine yet.. but I'm really glad that I stumbled in here! Very fun posts to read!
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They have these with the roasted chickens already made at our grocery store. They sell for $5.99. Delicious.
really? 5.99? For the same weight? where do you live, Kelly?
I LOVE Jenny O's Turkey Pot roast. I did get it at Costco in Issaquah WA but now they no longer carry it. I'm trying to find it in the Seattle/Bellevue WA area. I think part of the confusion is the name pot roast. But, whatever, it's fabulous and I'm sick that I can no longer find it in my stores..
Hi there. I just got home from Costco Kapolei, HI with this exact product. I found your conversation when trying to figure out exactly what it is that I bought and how to prepare (I was determined to find SOMETHING for dinner in there). I think I'll pop it in the oven at 350 for 1 hour and hope it turns out looking like yours. Thanks!
It was pretty good! 🙂
lol, Erinn, that is precisely how I found this blog (googling "turkey pot roast"). I think it is incredibly yummy. Stater Bros in CA cooks it and has it for 7.99. Fresh & Easy has it non-cooked (well, it's not raw, but you have to prep it) for around 10.00. I sort of like it non-prepped so I can use the drippings for gravy. Wish I had a Costco card so i could search for one there.
Just finished dinner. All 5 of us agree that it was good and that we would eat it again. Note: I added cut carrots and onions which were good.
Jennie-O has done it again. That great turkey ham and now the turkey POT ROAST...delicious!! Stores like Henry's, Sprouts, Vons, Albertsons, etc., seem very reluctant to carry it. They say it doesn't sell. Well, I know the reason for that...people don't understand what it is. One taste, and I guarantee future purchases. It's really great!
Ron- so true. When I saw it in Stater Bros. for the first time, I thought "what's this? Can't be good". But it smelled so wonderful (it is in their pre-cooked case, for $7.99....no, you don't get any 'gravy' this way, but you also miss out on the fat, as it drips off on their spit).
I tried it, and the rest is history....more stores should carry!
A little off subject but I thought I would post it before it was gone.
At Meijer, the center cut bacon is on sale for $3.50. At the Oswego store, in the meat section by the pork, there is a freezer full of them with peelies for free low salt turkey bacon when you buy the center cut. So that's two packages of bacon for $3.50 (not the pre-cooked type).
Our local market has a deli sale on the Jennie O Turkey Pot Roast for $5.99. Thanks to your comments, I think I will give it a try!
Jo
THAT WILL BE THE BEST SIX DOLLARS YOU WILL EVER SPEND! WHAT STORE IS IT???
THAT WILL BE THE BEST 6 DOLLARS YOU WILL EVER SPEND! yum yum!!! WHAT STORE IS IT?
Never heard of this until the local Kroger in Columbus OH started carrying them a month or 2 ago. Delicious! I've always been a dark turkey fan and this is great. BTW for the poster who thought the photo looked like a leg, it's actually a thigh.
I really do enjoy this turkey pot roast. $7.99 at winn-dixie grocery here in St. Augustine, FL.
Plus, winn-dixie has it prepared with bone for sell also, same price.
Is this real meat? I tried some on this weekend at the recommendation of the deli staff at farm fresh and I just don't understand the texture of this turkey it taste amazing but is this real meat
Caught this on clearance, thought I'd give it a go...
Maybe the clearance was the mistake, only had one week left to go. Anyhow--looked like dog food, smelled like dog food, gave it to the dog. He loved it!
Even at the clearance price, you can find perfectly respectable rotisserie chickens for less. I can't imagine recommending this clearly industrialized 'food product' over a nice fresh whole chicken. AVOID.
Saw one at Meijer definetely did not look like that! Selling two that looked like someone already ate it. All bones no meat!
FYI the bone is a thigh bone and the meat is on the thigh and possibly drumstick meat added. It is way better than regular dark meat almost has a bit of smoky flavor but primo taste. If I could get kn sale I would buy a bunch!!!
It was last December that I posted above how happy I was that Kroger started carrying it. Now less than a year later, it looks like they've discontinued it. 🙁 🙁 🙁 Guess I'll have to find some time to look elsewhere.
I skimmed through and saw someone found at Costco, I will have to look when I am there next, but where else can you find this? Just curious… would like to try since I don't eat red meat and think it would be a great substitute for a traditional pot roast! 🙂
Hi, Soapbox....i buy mine at Stater Bros and have also seen it at both Albertson's and Fresh and Easy (though not lately). Stater Bros buys it frozen and then puts it on their own rotis, so you are saved the trouble of cooking. Hope that helps
I have been running around trying to find this product at my local costco stores. No luck so far but will check out stater bros and albertson tomorrow. Anyone else know other stores that sells them? Much appreciated!
I know I am way late to the party...lol. But I just got a Turkey Pot Roast Meal in Southern California at Stater Brothers, in the deli area where they have the Rotisserie chickens. Basically Stater Brothers cooked up a little meal using the Jenny-O Turkey Pot Roast with potatoes, onions, carrots and celery. It was amazing! I have a friend that used to own a restaurant and her supplier sold a turkey pot roast ( a very large one) for about $50.00 and it was amazing, I was hooked. The restaurant closed a few years back and the supplier would no longer sell it to her, so I have been craving it since. So happy to have found this, my craving has been satisfied.
OMG! My favorite thing ever! We LOVE them! Ate them consistently from our deli area at Martins for two years and then they disappeared for a couple of years and we felt devastated! We’d eat them 1-2 times a week and the store was a long drive away! Now our new office is a block away from Martins and about two months ago there they were again but renamed as turkey dark roast with different packaging and we’ve been known to buy two at a time since they’re not there everyday.....eat one for lunch hot then warm up the other that night or the next in our ninja foodie ;(airfry) for dinner and it’s just as good as fresh! Only wish we could order them and have our freezer stocked up to always have them as an option! If only I could recreate that mouth watering magic! We’ve tried and never up to snuff