HOLIDAY TURKEY SOUP

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Provided by suhaila.nichol

Categories Stocks

Time 3h30m

Yield 8-10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 15

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1 turkey carcass (meat removed from Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner)
1 bay leaf
turkey broth
2 -3 cups cut up turkey meat
1 cup dry barley
1/2 cup dry rice (brown preferred)
1 chopped onion
1 cup chopped fresh parsley
12 cups water (filtered preferred)
1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1 teaspoon salt (sea salt preferred)
4 -6 pressed garlic cloves or 1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 cup chopped carrot
2 -3 chopped celery ribs
pepper

Steps:

Cover turkey carass with with the 12 cups of water and add the bay leaf. Bring to boil, then cook on low for 1 to 2 hours. Let cool, remove carass & bay leaf & skim the fat.
Bring broth to boil and add barley, salt, pepper, poulty seasoning.
Once barley has been started, cook rice in a separate pot.
After barley has cooked for about 40 minutes, add turkey & all remaining veggies. Cook an additional 20 minutes.
Stir in cooked rice. Serves a crowd & is even better the second day. Freezes great as well.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 141.2, Fat 0.7, SaturatedFat 0.2, Sodium 322.8, Carbohydrate 30, Fiber 5.1, Sugar 1.4, Protein 4.3