Best Homemade Turkey Soup Recipes

HOMEMADE TURKEY SOUP

Steps:

• Break up turkey carcass to fit 6-quart Dutch oven. Add water, salt, pepper, poultry seasoning and bay leaf. Heat to boiling over high heat; reduce heat to low. Cover; simmer 1 hour 30 minutes.
• Skim off any residue that rises to the surface. Remove bones, meat and bay leaf from broth; cool. When cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones, and cut into bite-size pieces; reserve. Discard bones and bay leaf.
• Skim fat from broth; discard. Stir in barley. Heat to boiling; reduce heat to low. Cover; simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in carrots, onions, celery, 3 cups cooked turkey and reserved turkey cut from bones. Simmer uncovered 20 to 25 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables and barley are tender. Stir in parsley.

HOMEMADE TURKEY SOUP

Steps:

• 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.

HOMEMADE TURKEY NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a 6-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium-high. Add celery, carrots, onion, and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook until onion softens, about 3 minutes.
• Add stock and bring to a rapid simmer. Add noodles, rosemary, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and simmer until noodles are tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Add turkey and heat through.

HOMEMADE TURKEY SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat; saute celery, carrots, onion, parsley, and bay leaf until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Add beef stock, chicken stock, turkey, salt, and pepper to vegetable mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover pot with a lid, and simmer until soup is heated through, about 15 minutes.
• Stir rotini into soup and cook until pasta is tender yet firm to the bite, about 15 minutes.

JANE & MICHAEL STERN'S OLD-FASHIONED HOMEMADE TURKEY SOUP

Steps:

• Prepare broth: Cut turkey meat from carcass; chop to measure 3 cups; cover and refrigerate to add to soup. Break up turkey carcass and place with skin in large kettle. Add celery pieces, quartered carrots and onions, peppercorns, bay leaves and salt, if desired. Add 12 to 15 cups water to cover carcass completely. Bring to boil over high heat; reduce heat to low; simmer, covered, 4 hours, stirring occasionally. Cool broth; using colander, strain broth into large bowl; refrigerate to chill completely. Discard turkey bones and cooked vegetables.
• Prepare soup: In 4-quart saucepan over medium heat, melt butter; add diced celery, carrots, onions, zucchini, garlic, rosemary, and thyme. Cook 7-10 minutes, stirring frequently until vegetables are golden. Remove cooled broth from refrigerator; skim chilled fat from broth surface and discard. Measure 8 cups turkey broth, returning surplus to refrigerator for later use. Add broth to vegetables; bring to boil. Stir in noodles; return to boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer, covered, 15 minutes until noodles are tender. Add reserved 3 cups chopped cooked turkey meat and parsley, simmer 3 minutes longer to heat through. Season with salt and pepper.

TURKEY & HOMEMADE NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• Using a large piece of cheesecloth, bundle up the carcass and add 1/2 white onion and a handfull of celery tops.
• Tie the bundle securely.
• Boil turkey bundle for about 5 to 6 hours. In the meantime, mix salt and 5 eggs and whip with fork until lemon yellow. Add 6 tablespoon water.
• Pour over the 5 cups of flour in a large bowl. mix well, scraping sides. Turn out onto counter, mine is wood so it does not stick, even without extra flour. You may need to flour yours first. Get your husband or teenage son.or rent one for the occasion, lol. Have them knead the dough till it gets smooth and almost glossy.
• I use my Pasta Queen hand crank pasta maker at this point. Go to Recipe #78459 to find out how to hand roll them.
• After making them, toss with flour to prevent sticking to each other and lay them out till needed.
• When ready to add to the soup, shake off excess flour.
• After the carcass is done boiling take the bundle out and put it in a bowl to drain - do NOT open bundle yet!
• Strain soup through a fine mesh strainer and return to pot. Pour drained liquid from bundle and after straining add this to pot also.
• Bring broth to a boil and add carrots Boil for 8 minutes then add celery, turkey and noodles. Make sure noodles do not clump when added by stirring while adding.
• Cook soup for 9 minutes more.
• Soup's on!

HOMEMADE TURKEY SOUP

Steps:

• Break up turkey carcass to fit 6-quart Dutch oven. Add water, salt, pepper, poultry seasoning and bay leaf. Heat to boiling over high heat; reduce heat to low. Cover; simmer 1 hour 30 minutes.
• Skim off any residue that rises to the surface. Remove bones, meat and bay leaf from broth; cool. When cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones and cut into bite-size pieces; set aside. Discard bones and bay leaf.
• Skim fat-from broth; discard. Add turkey meat cut from bones to broth; stir in barley. Heat to boiling; reduce heat to low. Cover; simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in carrots, onion, celery and 3 cups cooked turkey. Simmer uncovered 20 to 25 minutes longer, stirring occasionally, until vegetables and barley are tender. Stir in parsley.

LOW-FAT HOMEMADE TURKEY SOUP

Steps:

• Place turkey breast in a large 6-quart pot. Cover with water, at least 3/4 full.
• Peel onions, cut in large pieces, and add to pot. Wash celery stalks, slice, and add to pot also.
• Simmer covered for about 2-1/2 hours.
• Remove carcass from pot. Divide soup into smaller, shallower containers for quick cooling in the refrigerator.
• After cooling, skim off fat.
• While soup is cooling, remove remaining meat from turkey carcass. Cut into pieces.
• Add turkey meat to skimmed soup along with herbs and spices.
• Bring to a boil and add pastina.
• Continue cooking on low boil for about 20 minutes until pastina is done. Serve at once or refrigerate for later reheating.

CREAMY TURKEY SOUP WITH HOMEMADE NOODLES

Steps:

• Noodle Preparation: place 2 cups flour, poultry seasoning and 1 teaspoon salt in medium bowl, stirring to combine. Make hole in middle and crack egg into hole. Add in 2 tablespoons ice water, stir with fork to combine. Add small amounts of ice water until dough comes together. Put out on floured surface, kneading until dough is smooth. Roll out with rolling pin to about 1/8". Cut with pizza cutter into long strips, to your desired width. (I like thin noodles, my husband cuts into 1" square 'dumplings'.) Leave on counter to 'dry'. Or place a cotton dish towel on a cookie sheet and lay noodles on cloth. Set aside until noodles are 'dry' to touch.
• In large stock pot over medium low heat, melt 1/2 cup butter, adding in chopped onion, celery, carrots and minced garlic. 'Sweat' the onions until translucent. Stir in flour, continually stirring for 1-2 minutes, or until flour is somewhat 'cooked'.
• Add the milk, salt and broth, and whir with a hand blender until smooth. (if you don't have a hand blender, you can add salt and a small amount of broth, stirring to combine with flour, and place in standard blender, pulsing until blended. Add back into stock pot, adding the remaining milk and broth.).
• Add to the pot the herbs de provence, bay leaves, celery seed, garlic powder, lemon pepper and black pepper.
• Simmer until begging to thicken, and add the cream cheese that is cut into cubes. Stir until smooth.
• Stir in the water, and bring the mixture to a simmer. Add the egg noodles, cooking for 8-10 minutes, until the noodles are tend.
• Stir in parmesan cheese and turkey. Reduce heat to low. Cover and heat until ready to serve.