Hearty Turkey Soup Recipes

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• Combine turkey carcass, water, 1 cup celery, 2 carrots, onion, 2 teaspoons salt, thyme, bouillon, and bay leaf in large 4 quart stockpot. Bring to boiling. Lower heat, and cover. Simmer for 1 1/2 hours. Strain stock, and discard solids. Skim off fat using ladle or fat separator. Pick meat off bones when cooled. Reserve meat.
• Combine 6 tablespoons flour and 1/2 cup milk in a jar with a tight fitting lid. Shake to combine. Pour stock into pot. Bring to simmering. Strain flour mixture through sieve into stock, stirring.
• Slice remaining 3 carrots. Add rutabaga, ground pepper, remaining 1/2 cup celery, and sliced carrots. Simmer 20 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.
• While the soup is simmering, prepare the dumplings. Combine parsley and bread in processor; whirl until medium size crumbs. Add 1 1/4 cups flour, baking powder, and salt; process just until combined. Add 1/2 cup milk and butter; process using on-off pulses just until blended.
• Drop mounded tablespoons of dumpling mixture into simmering soup. Place cover on pot. Cook for 12 minutes, or until dumplings are dry in center. Add turkey meat; cook 3 minutes, or until heated through.

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• In a small bowl, combine the egg whites, bread crumbs, cheese and 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning. Crumble turkey over mixture and mix well. Shape into 3/4-in. balls. , Place in a 15x10x1-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 10-15 minutes or until no longer pink., Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, saute carrots and celery in oil for 5 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add the broth, pepper and remaining Italian seasoning. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes. , Stir in pasta; cook 10-12 minutes longer or until vegetables and pasta are tender. Add meatballs and heat through.

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• In a Dutch oven coated with cooking spray, cook turkey and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add zucchini and carrot; cook and stir 1 minute longer. Stir in the broth, pasta sauce, beans, tomatoes, parsley, oregano, pepper and hot pepper sauce., Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 45 minutes. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions; drain. Just before serving, stir in pasta.

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• Melt the butter in a pot over medium heat. Place onions in the pot and cook until tender. Stir in celery and carrots, and cook until tender. Stir in the potatoes and flour. Pour in the chicken stock, and season soup with marjoram. Place turkey in the pot, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 30 minutes.
• Mix the green bell pepper into the soup, and continue cooking 10 minutes, until pepper is tender.

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• In a large saucepan with a lid, heat oil over medium. Add onion and garlic. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomato paste.
• Add sweet potato, tomatoes and their juice, broth, 1 cup water, and rosemary; season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, and reduce to a simmer. Cover; cook until potato is tender, 12 to 15 minutes.
• Stir in turkey; add escarole in 2 batches, waiting for the first batch to wilt before adding the second. Cover, and simmer just until turkey is heated through. Season with salt and pepper. Serve.

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• Place the turkey carcass in a stockpot; add the water, onion, salt and bay leaves. Slowly bring to a boil over low heat; cover and simmer for 2 hours., Remove carcass; cool. Strain broth and skim fat. Discard onion and bay leaves. Return broth to the pan. Add the carrots, rice, celery and chopped onion; cover and simmer until rice and vegetables are tender. , Remove turkey from bones; discard bones and cut turkey into bite-size pieces. Add turkey and cream soup to broth; heat through.

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• Place turkey carcass in a large pot or Dutch oven and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, cover, and simmer for 1 hour. Remove carcass and allow to cool. Separate turkey meat from the bones. Cut meat into bite-size pieces; discard bones. Reserve about 12 cups turkey broth in a large bowl. Save remaining broth for another use.
• Melt butter in another large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat; cook and stir onion, carrots, and celery in melted butter until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir flour into vegetable mixture; cook and stir until smooth, about 5 minutes. Gradually stir in about 1/3 the reserved turkey broth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes.
• Stir remaining turkey broth, turkey meat, half-and-half, fettuccine, stuffing, salt, chicken bouillon, pepper, and poultry seasoning into half-and-half mixture. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until noodles are tender, about 10 minutes more.

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• Heat stock pot on medium heat and add the olive oil.
• Saute onions and garlic until just transparent -- 5 minutes.
• Add celery, cabbage and mushrooms cooking and stirring until soft -- 5 more minutes.
• Add potato, green beans, salt, pepper, rosemary and thyme.
• Pour in chicken stock and bring to a boil; then turn down to a simmer and cook for 45 minutes.
• Add macaroni, cover and cook for 15 minutes.
• Add butter beans, and turkey or chicken, cooking just until heated.
• Taste for seasoning and serve.

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• In a large saucepan, brown turkey.
• Add the next 10 ingredients and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until cauliflower and carrots are tender.
• Add green beans.
• Cover and simmer 15 minutes longer or until the beans are tender.

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• In large covered kettle place turkey cage, bones, S& P,carrots, celery plus half the onions in water.
• Simmer 1 hour.
• Remove the turkey parts and let cool.
• Pick the turkey meat and discard bones.
• Add turkey, remaining onions and cook ten minutes.
• Add noodles to soup.
• Simmer until noodles are tender.
• Add frozen peas to hot soup and serve.

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• Bring water and turkey carcass to a boil in a large pot; add 1 1/2 cup chopped onion, 3 stalks celery, 1/2 cup chopped carrot, peppercorns, 1 pinch thyme, and 1 bay leaf. Simmer, skimming excess fat and foam from top of stock as needed, 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Add more water to stock as it evaporates. Remove carcass from stock and cool. Pull meat from bones and shred; refrigerate until needed. Strain stock and return liquid to pot.
• Mix 1 1/2 pounds carrots, 2 onions, 6 stalks celery, barley, mushrooms, 2 bay leaves, salt, marjoram, black pepper, and 1 pinch thyme into turkey stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer soup, stirring occasionally, until barley is fully cooked, 1 hour and 20 minutes. Add turkey meat to the soup and simmer for 10 more minutes. Remove bay leaves before serving.

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• Heat oil in a large saucepan or stockpot; add mushrooms and saute about 5 minutes or until tender.
• Stir in chicken broth, barley, onion, sage and pepper.
• Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes or until barley is almost tender.
• Stir in carrot, celery, zucchini and tomatoes; cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add turkey and continue to cook, covered, about 15 minutes or until barley and vegetables are tender.

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• For Broth.
• Melt butter in heavy Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Add turkey carcass and brown lightly, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes.
• Add onion,carrot,celery, garlic,juniper berries and thyme.
• Cook until vehetables soften, stirring frequently, about 10 minutes.
• Add chicken broth,tomato,gravy and pan juices.
• Bring to boil, skimming surface.
• Reduce heat, cover partially and simmer 2 hours.
• Strain broth, remove as much meat from bones as possible and return broth and meat to clean pan.
• For Soup.
• Add potatoes and celery root to broth; boil gently until tender, about 20 minutes.
• Transfer vegetables to processor, using slotted spoon; puree until smooth.
• Add carrots to broth, cover partially and simmer 5 minutes.
• Whisk in potato-celery root puree; add turkey meat, celery and mushrooms.
• Cover partially and simmer 10 minutes.
• (Can be prepared 1 day ahead and refrigerated. Bring to simmer before continuing.).
• Mix in 2 tablespoons parsley and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Ladle soup into bowls , sprinkle with remaining parsley and serve.

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• In a large saucepan, saute the onions, carrots, celery and red pepper in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 2 minutes longer. Stir in the water, tomatoes, peas, bay leaf, bouillon, basil, thyme, cumin, pepper and, if desired, pepper sauce. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. , Meanwhile, cook orzo according to package directions; drain. Stir orzo and turkey into soup; heat through. Discard bay leaf. Sprinkle with cilantro. Freeze option: Freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little broth, water or milk if necessary.

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• In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add celery, carrot and mushrooms; cook and stir 6-8 minutes or until tender. Stir in broth, cheese, turkey, rice, bouillon, celery salt and pepper. Cook and stir until cheese is melted and soup is heated through.