How to Make Leftover Turkey Soup

So the day after Thanksgiving when I was growing up my mom always made turkey soup. This is a wonderful way to make use of your leftover turkey, you can also use any vegetables that are leftover as well.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• leftover turkey carcass
• 2 onions
• 2 carrots
• 3 stalks of celery
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 sprigs thyme
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 teaspoon peppercorn
• 1 lb leftover turkey meet diced or shredded
• 2 cups corn
• 2 cups peas
• 1 cup rice
• salt and pepper to taste

1. To start your turkey soup in a large stock pot cover your bones with water and add the thyme, bay leaf, cloves garlic and pepper corn to the water. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer.

2. Dice half of the carrots, celery and onion into 1/2 inch dice and add to the simmering stock a half hour into the cooking process. Continue cooking for another hour and a half skimming often.

3. Strain the bones and vegetables out of the stock. You now have a classic turkey stock for the base of your soup.

4. Now return the stock to a stock pot. Dice the rest of the carrots, onions, and celery into 1/2 inch dice and add them to the stock along with the rice and turkey meet. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Simmer for a half hour or until the rice is tender.

5. Add the corn and the peas and simmer another 5 minutes. Then season with salt and pepper. You will be amazed how fresh the soup tastes when you make your own stock.

[jenng]

on 6/5/2009 Yum turkey soup 5*