Creamy After-Thanksgiving Turkey Soup

Description

This is a version of Valorie Walker’s recipe with a few of my changes. Enjoy.

Ingredients

  • 1 turkey carcass
  • 1 cup butter, cubed
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 2 large carrots, diced
  • 2 stalks celery, diced
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups half-and-half
  • 4 ounces fettuccine, broken into 2-inch pieces
  • ¼ cup prepared stuffing, or more to taste
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules
  • ¾ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 pinch poultry seasoning, or to taste

Instructions

  1. Place turkey carcass in a large pot or Dutch oven and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium
  2. cover
  3. 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.
  4. Melt butter in another large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat; cook and stir onion
  5. carrots
  6. and celery in melted butter until tender
  7. about 5 minutes. Stir flour into vegetable mixture; cook and stir until smooth
  8. about 5 minutes. Gradually stir in about 1/3 the reserved turkey broth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened
  9. about 2 minutes.
  10. Stir remaining turkey broth
  11. turkey meat
  12. half-and-half
  13. fettuccine
  14. stuffing
  15. salt
  16. chicken bouillon
  17. pepper
  18. and poultry seasoning into half-and-half mixture. Reduce heat to medium-low
  19. cover
  20. and simmer until noodles are tender
  21. about 10 minutes more.

Prep Time: 25 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins

Servings: 16

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