Day-After-Thanksgiving Turkey Carcass Soup

Description

This easy and delicious turkey soup is made using leftovers from Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. I usually make cornbread muffins to serve with it.

Ingredients

  • 1 picked over turkey carcass
  • 1 ½ cups leftover stuffing
  • 2 celery stalks, chopped
  • 2 carrots, peeled and sliced
  • 1 onion, peeled and diced
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon ground sage
  • 2 ½ quarts chicken broth
  • garlic salt to taste
  • ground black pepper, to taste
  • 2 cups (uncooked) regular long-grain white rice
  • 1 (16 ounce) package frozen green peas

Instructions

  1. Place turkey carcass in a large
  2. deep pot. Add stuffing
  3. onion
  4. carrots
  5. celery
  6. poultry seasoning
  7. sage
  8. and bay leaves. Pour in chicken broth
  9. and add additional water
  10. if needed
  11. to cover. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
  12. Reduce heat to medium and simmer
  13. skimming off any foam
  14. for about 1 hour. Remove carcass and any bones.
  15. Pick any meat off carcass and bones. Return meat to the pot and discard bones and skin.
  16. Season soup with garlic salt and pepper. Stir in rice and return to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in peas
  17. and continue to simmer until rice is tender
  18. about 10 minutes more.
  19. Adjust seasonings to taste before serving.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Servings: 10

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