Turkey Vegetable Soup
What will you do with your turkey carcass on Thanksgiving? Don’t throw it out. Refrigerate it like you do with any food and you can make soup the next day. If you won’t have time, freeze the carcass along with about 1-2 cups of turkey meat to make soup another day. Break the carcass in half so it will fit better in a pan and don’t forgot to use the leg and wing bones too. Leave some meat attached to the bones for better flavor and then turn it into a delicious Turkey Soup!
Ingredients
Place all of the carcass bones into
a pot that is deep enough to just
cover the bones with water.
Place the carrots, celery, onion, salt,
pepper, sage and rosemary in the pot.
Cover the carcass with hot water.
Bring to a boil over medium heat
then turn to a simmer. Simmer
for about 2 hours with a lid.
Remove pot from the heat and using
a slotted spoon, remove the solids to a
colander with a bowl underneath
it to catch the broth. Carefully
pour the broth into the colander
to remove any small bones remaining.
Pour the strained broth back into the pan.
Taste the broth and if it doesn’t have
enough flavor (I like a lot of flavor) I
add Better Than Bouillon chicken
base to the broth a Tbsp at a time.
Stir well and taste after every
Tbsp until it tastes delicious!
Pick through the strained carcass,
removing all of the bones and cartilage,
and returning the rest to the broth.
Add the extra 1-2 cups of turkey you
saved, cooking until hot then serve.
Turkey Vegetable Soup
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Ingredients
- 1 cooked turkey carcass (with some meat still attached)
- 2 large carrots, peeled and cut into 1” pieces
- 2 large celery stalks, rinsed and sliced into 1/2” pieces
- 1 medium onion, peeled and diced
- 1/2 tsp salt (the bouillon is salty so don’t add more salt until you add the bouillon)
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp dried rosemary
- 1 tsp dried sage
- Better Than Bouillon chicken base, to taste
Directions
- Place all of the carcass bones into a pot that is just deep enough to cover the bones with water.
- Place the carrots, celery, onion, salt, pepper, sage and rosemary into the pot. Keep in mind if you use the Better Than Bouillon it is very salty so you don’t want to add any more salt than the 1/2 tsp until you taste it when it’s finished.
- Cover the carcass with hot water. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Put a lid on and turn to a simmer. Simmer for 2 hours.
- Remove from the heat and use a slotted spoon to remove all the solids from the broth and place them into a colander with a bowl underneath to catch all of the liquid. Pour the remaining broth into the colander with the bowl underneath catching all of the broth.
- Return the broth to the pan. Taste the broth and for better flavor add Better Than Bouillon chicken base a Tbsp at a time. Stir well and taste after each addition. Keep adding the bouillon until you get the taste you love.
- Remove all of the bones from the colander and discard. Return the remaining turkey and vegetables from the colander to the broth.
- Add the 1-2 cups of turkey and cook over medium heat just until hot, then serve.
Good stuff!
It really was…thank you!
Looks really good! A great benefit for the next few days. I’m allergic to maltodextrin (an ingredient in Better Than Bouillon), so I add poultry seasoning and Montreal Steak Seasoning to bring up the flavor of such broths. Works in any broth, not just poultry.
Virtual hugs,
Judie
Oh I love Montreal Steak Seasoning and just used it on my steak 2 days ago! I never thought about trying it in soup…what a great idea! Thanks!
I always turn bones into soup, so delicious
Good for you! Such a delicious soup!
And very cheap too
The best way!
🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷 delicious
Thank you!
A great idea for using up left overs, might have to try this after Christmas! 🙂
I know I get sick of just plain turkey leftovers this is always a nice change in taste. Thank you!
Great Post!
Thanks!
Now to decide what to do with the leftover stuffing … the pumpkin and pecan pie leftovers are probably non-existent. 🙂
Turkey vegetable? hmmm…vw
Very tasty give it a try!
will do..vw
I have several flavors of Better Than Boullion in my ref on a lazy susan…makes me super chef often and so easy to store.
I read it lasts 18 months after it is open. Not in my refrigerator! 😂🤣😂🤣
Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving!
This sounds incredible. Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome!
Okay. I see very interesting meal we have brewing here lol I really like this one. Must give it a try sometime. 🙂
There is so many recipes you can make with either turkey or chicken.
That looks so good!
It was you can’t beat homemade soup! Thank you so much and enjoy your weekend!