Best Turkey Bean Soup Recipes

TUSCAN SMOKED TURKEY-BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place the beans into a large bowl, fill the bowl with water, and cover the bowl with a cloth. Allow to soak overnight. Drain and rinse the beans.
• Place the soaked beans, turkey legs, onion, and bay leaves into a large soup pot, cover with water, then bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 3 hours. Remove bay leaves, and discard. Remove the turkey legs from the broth, separate the meat from the bones and tendons, and return the meat to the broth. Stir in celery, carrots, diced tomatoes, Italian seasoning, and salt and pepper; simmer until the celery and carrots are tender, about 1 hour. Serve in bowls and sprinkle each serving with about 1 teaspoon of Parmesan cheese.

SPICY GARBANZO BEAN AND TURKEY SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in heavy large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add turkey sausage and chopped garlic and sauté until sausage is golden brown and cooked through, breaking up sausage with back of fork, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Add tomatoes with their juices, sliced jalapeño chili, ground cumin and chopped fresh rosemary and simmer 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Add garbanzo beans with their liquid and chicken broth and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer soup 15 minutes. Stir in fresh lemon juice. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over medium heat before continuing.)
• Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle soup with chopped fresh cilantro and top with sliced avocado. Serve immediately.

LEMONY WHITE BEAN SOUP WITH TURKEY AND GREENS

Steps:

• Heat a large pot over medium-high for a minute or so to warm it up. Add the oil and heat until it thins out, about 30 seconds. Add onion and carrot, and sauté until very soft and brown at the edges, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, rinse the greens and pull the leaves off the stems. Tear or chop into bite-size pieces and set aside.
• When the onion is golden, add tomato paste, 3/4 teaspoon cumin and 1/8 teaspoon red-pepper flakes to the pot, and sauté until paste darkens, about 1 minute. Add turkey, garlic, ginger and 1 teaspoon salt, and sauté, breaking up the meat with your spoon, until turkey is browned in spots, 4 to 7 minutes.
• Add stock and beans, and bring to a simmer. Let simmer until the soup is thick and flavorful, adding more salt if needed, 15 to 25 minutes. If you like a thicker broth, you can smash some of the beans with the back of the spoon to release their starch. Or leave the beans whole for a brothier soup.
• Add the greens to the pot and simmer until they are very soft. This will take 5 to 10 minutes for most greens, but tough collard greens might take 15 minutes. (Add a little water if the broth gets too reduced.)
• Stir herbs and lemon juice into the pot, taste and add more salt, cumin and lemon until the broth is lively and bright-tasting. Serve topped with a drizzle of olive oil and more red-pepper flakes, if desired.

TURKEY BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook the turkey, onion and celery in oil over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Add the broth, corn, beans, chilies, oregano, cumin, chili powder and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until heated through. Serve with cheese if desired.

SPICY SMOKED TURKEY AND BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over high heat. Cook and stir onion, green bell pepper, and red bell pepper in hot oil until softened, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Pour chicken stock into the pot and reduce heat to low. Stir vegetable juice, black beans, turkey, diced tomatoes, garlic, lemon juice, cumin, chili powder, jalapeno pepper, salt, and pepper into the stock. Raise heat to medium, bring the soup to a simmer, and cook until heated through and the flavors meld, 15 to 30 minutes.

TURKEY-WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, cook garlic in oil for 1 minute. Add rosemary and pepper flakes; cook 1 minute longer. , Stir in the tomatoes, broth and carrots. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in the beans, spinach and turkey; return to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 10 minutes longer. Serve with cheese if desired.

SLOW-COOKER BLACK-BEAN SOUP WITH TURKEY

Steps:

• Set aside half an onion and chop the rest. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chopped onions, carrots and garlic; sprinkle with the flour and cook, stirring, until slightly browned, 5 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons water and scrape up any browned bits from the pan. Transfer the vegetables and cooking liquid to a slow cooker. Add the beans, turkey drumstick, pickling-spice packet, red pepper flakes and 8 cups water. Cover and cook on low 6 hours.
• Remove the drumstick and shred the meat; keep warm. Remove about 2 cups beans from the cooker and blend until smooth (or partially blend with an immersion blender). Return the beans and turkey meat to the soup. Season with salt and pepper.
• Mince the reserved 1/2 onion. Ladle the soup into bowls and top with the cilantro and minced onion. Garnish with sour cream and lime, if desired.

SMOKED TURKEY AND BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place dry beans into a large pot, cover with 2 quarts of water and soak overnight (or at least 8 hours). After soaking, drain water.
• Heat oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrots and celery and saute 5-10 minutes or until tender.
• Add garlic, rosemary, sage, bay leaves, chili powder and pepper to the vegetables during the last 2 minutes of cooking.
• Layer the ingredients in CrockPot: add beans, top with turkey, add sauteed vegetables and spices, and finally add the broth.
• Cook on low for 6-8 hours.

ITALIAN WHITE BEAN TURKEY SOUP WITH SAGE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a saucepan. Add garlic and saute over low heat until garlic turns golden. Add sage and saute a few seconds, then add pureed beans and broth. Bring to a simmer and add turkey; simmer a few minutes to heat turkey through. Add lemon juice, off heat and season to taste with salt and pepper.

TURKEY SAUSAGE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook sausage, onion, fennel and celery root over medium heat 4-5 minutes or until sausage is no longer pink, breaking into crumbles; drain. Stir in tomatoes, water, bay leaves, beef base, Italian seasoning and pepper., Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in beans; heat through. Remove bay leaves. If desired, top servings with cheese. Freeze option: Freeze soup without cheese in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally. If desired, top with cheese.

GROUND TURKEY, BLACK BEAN, AND KALE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine turkey, red onion, celery, water, garlic, and ginger in a large pot over medium-high heat. Saute until vegetables are soft and turkey is no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Add broth, butternut squash, kale, great Northern beans, black beans, butter beans, basil, thyme, and cumin and bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer until vegetables are tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

ITALIAN TURKEY, BEAN, AND TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Sauté fennel and pancetta in heavy large pot over high heat until pancetta starts to brown, about 4 minutes. Add tomatoes. Cover, reduce heat to medium, and cook until tomatoes soften, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Using back of fork, crush tomatoes. Mix in broth, beans, gravy, chopped turkey, and crushed red pepper. Simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. Mix in basil. Season with salt and pepper.
• Italian bacon cured in salt; available at some supermarkets and specialty foods stores and at Italian markets.

HEALTHY BLACK BEAN SOUP WITH TURKEY SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Spray a soup pan with cooking spray and bring up to medium high heat. Add onions and cook for about 2 minutes. Add the sausage and cook for another two minutes. Add the bell pepper and garlic. Cook an additional 2 minutes.
• Add the broth, cumin, and tomatoes. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and add chipotle and beans. Cook covered for about 10 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Serve with a sprinkle of Cilantro or some fat free sour cream.
• **Variation Idea: I have tried this as a smooth soup -- brown off the turkey in a separate pan, following all of the other directions up until the point the beans are added. I use a hand held blender to blend up the soup. Afterwards I add the turkey and some additional beans to give a little texture.

TURKEY AND NAVY BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a 3 quart saucepan over medium heat, saute the onions and smoked turkey in the oil for 5 minutes, or until lightly browned.
• Add the garlic and stir for 1 minute.
• Add the stock, diced turkey, beans and pepper. Bring to a boil.
• Cover. Reduce the heat, and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add salt to taste. Stir in the basil.
• Ladle into individual bowls, and sprinkle with the Parmesan.

TURKEY GARBANZO BEAN AND KALE SOUP WITH PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Stir in the pasta, and return to a boil. Boil, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but still firm to the bite, about 12-15 minutes. Drain well.
• Heat olive oil in a large soup pot; add turkey, onion, and garlic. Cook over medium heat until meat browns and onion is soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in sage and rosemary and cook for about 1 minute, do not allow herbs to brown. Pour the broth and water into the pot along with the garbanzo beans and tomato paste. Bring to a boil and add kale. Simmer until kale softens, about 5 minutes. Season soup with salt and pepper.
• To serve, place a serving of cooked pasta in the bottom of a soup bowl and ladle hot soup over.

ONE-POT GROUND TURKEY BLACK BEAN TACO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add turkey, onion, garlic, salt-free seasoning, Cajun seasoning, garlic powder, black pepper, cayenne pepper, paprika, curry powder, and cumin. Cook and stir until turkey is no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and add chicken stock, salsa, chili beans, black beans, hominy, olives, and hot sauce. Stir and bring soup to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until flavors have combined, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Whisk condensed Cheddar cheese soup into the stockpot. Remove from heat when soup is melted and smooth, about 5 minutes. Top each bowl with 1/4 cup shredded Mexican cheese blend.

TURKEY SAUSAGE AND BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a medium frying pan, saute sausage and onion until sausage has browned. Drain.
• In crockpot, mix water and dressing mix. Add kidney and garbanzo beans, and black-eyed peas.
• Add sausage and onion to crockpot.
• Simmer on low 3-4 hours, or until heated through.

BEAN AND TURKEY SOUP

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a large dutch oven; bring to a boil over medium heat.
• Reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 2 hours stirring occasionally.
• Can Freeze.

LEMONY WHITE BEAN SOUP WITH TURKEY AND GREENS

Steps:

• Heat a large pot over medium-high for a minute or so to warm it up. Add the oil and heat until it thins out, about 30 seconds. Add onion and carrot, and sauce until very soft and brown at the edges, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, rinse the greens and pull the leaves off the stems. Tear or chop into bit-size pieces and set aside.
• When the onion is golden, add tomato paste, cumin and red-pepper flakes to the pot, and sauce until paste darkens, about 1 minuet. Add turkey, garlic, ginger, and 1 t salt if using, breaking up the meat with your spoon, until the turkey is browned in spots, 4 to 7 minutes.
• Add stock and beans, and bring to a simmer. Let simmer until the soup is thick and flavorful, adding more salt if needed, 15 to 25 minutes. If you like a thicker broth, you can smash some of the beans with the back of the spoon to release their starch. Or leave the beans whole for a brother soup.
• Add the greens to the pot and simmer until they are very soft. This will take 5 to 10 minutes for most greens. Add a little water if the broth becomes too reduced.
• Stir herbs and lemon juice into the pot, tase and add more salt, cumin and lemon until the broth is lively and bright-tasting. Server topped with a drizzle of olive oil and more red-pepper flakes, if desired.

SPICY TURKEY BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. slow cooker, combine all ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until heated through.