Turkey Wild Rice Soup II

Description

This soup will warm your home and your heart. True Northern comfort food. Save Thanksgiving and Christmas turkey leftovers just so that you can make this yummy soup. I created this recipe using leftovers that I had frozen.

Ingredients

  • ⅔ cup uncooked wild rice
  • 2 cups water
  • 6 tablespoons butter
  • ¼ cup finely chopped onion
  • ¼ cup finely chopped celery
  • ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
  • 4 cups turkey broth
  • ⅓ cup shredded carrot
  • 2 cups chopped cooked turkey
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste
  • ¼ cup chopped slivered almonds
  • ½ teaspoon lemon juice
  • ¾ cup half-and-half cream

Instructions

  1. Melt butter in a soup pot over medium heat. Add onion and celery; cook and stir until translucent
  2. about 5 minutes. Stir in flour
  3. and cook until it turns a pale
  4. yellowish-brown color
  5. 3 to 5 minutes. Gradually whisk in turkey stock until no lumps of flour remain.
  6. Stir in carrot and bring mixture to a simmer. Cook
  7. whisking constantly
  8. until stock is thick and smooth and carrots are tender
  9. about 2 minutes.
  10. Stir in turkey
  11. wild rice
  12. almonds
  13. salt
  14. and pepper; simmer until heated through
  15. about 5 minutes.
  16. Stir in lemon juice and half-and-half; bring soup almost to a boil. Serve immediately.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Servings: 8

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