Leftover Turkey Soup Recipe
Easy Soup Recipes from Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey
Looking for a way to use up your leftover turkey from Thanksgiving? This easy soup recipe may be just the ticket!
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If you roast a large enough turkey on Thanksgiving, Christmas (or any other time), chances are you're going to get sick of having regular turkey dinner leftovers sooner or later. So, you're going to start looking for other ways to serve the turkey.
I love soup, but I've never really liked the kind you make from the turkey carcass for some reason. So, I went in search for a different kind of turkey soup recipe and found one I could adapt to what I had on hand. So, here it is...
Leftover Turkey Rice Soup
Ingredients:
1.5 cups chopped cooked turkey
1.25 cups rice
Handful of chopped mushrooms
Handful of shredded carrots
1 cup frozen corn
1/2 minced onion
3 to 5 cups chicken or turkey broth
2 cups water
4 to 8 slices bacon
1/4 c. unsalted butter
3/8 cup flour
Salt, pepper, poultry seasoning
2 cups milk
2 T. sherry
Directions:
Prep & gather all the ingredients. Start heating 3 cups of broth and the water in a large soup pot. Add the rice and vegetables and bring to a simmer. Turn the heat down and cook until rice is done, about 15 to 20 minutes. Meanwhile, fry up the bacon and drain off the fat on paper towels, then crumble the bacon.
When rice is tender, melt the margarine in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir in flour (I use Wondra flour), salt, poultry seasoning and pepper to taste all at once. Cook and stir until smooth & bubbly. Stir in the milk and cook until thickened, about 2 minutes. Stir the milk mixture into the soup pot. Add in the bacon, turkey and sherry. Heat through and serve.
This recipe is easy and adaptable, using ingredients you have on hand with your leftover turkey. I liked that little bit of extra creaminess from the white sauce you add at the end. I lightened up a few of the ingredients from the original recipe to make it lower in fat.
Variations
- Vary the vegetables by what you have available, such as peas or green peppers
- Use sage instead of poultry seasoning
- Don't make the creamy version; just skip those steps
- Use half and half instead of skim milk
- Use leftover chicken instead of turkey
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