Turkey Rice Soup

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving from the Ladybug house!

Turkey day is over in our house, and there is so much left over! What to do with all that food in the fridge?? I'm slowly gathering a collection of Turkey dishes to use up leftovers, but this is one of those family favourites. 

This is a classic after Turkey day meal, great for a rainy day, whether you're relaxing or busy doing those projects, entertaining casual style, have weekend guests you need to feed after a heavy holiday meal, sharing a home-made meal with someone else, or hanging out with the family.

I've been wanting to share this recipe for years, but I just haven't been able to sit down and write it out or take a picture, but we got it done this year.

Turkey Soup

1 onion, diced

1 cup carrots, diced

1 cup celery, diced

2 cups Shredded Turkey Meat

1 cup leftover gravy if you have it

8 cups Turkey Stock

2 Bay Leaves

1/4 tsp Poultry Seasoning

Salt and Pepper to taste

Chicken Bullion (optional)

2 cups Rice

1 cup frozen peas

Dice onion, carrots and celery and cook in a large soup pot for a few minutes until soft and browned. Add turkey meat, gravy, and stock. Season with bay leaves, poultry seasoning, and salt and pepper to taste, depending on the flavour of your turkey, stock, and gravy, you may need to add chicken bullion or chicken stock/flavouring. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 20-30 minutes. Taste your soup base and adjust seasonings if needed.

30 minutes before serving, add rice and simmer for 20 minutes, then add peas. Add additional stock to adjust to your desired consistency, the rice really makes it thick, so add more stock if needed.

Serve hot with fresh buns or bread for a tasty, comfort meal.

Don't forget to use those old canning jars to share the love it's an easy way to bring joy to others.

with gratitude,

~Adel~

Need More Turkey Recipes?

Turkey Tetrazzini

Sweet Potato Turkey Shepherd's Pie

Turkey Soup Broth

Every time I make a turkey, I get excited about the thought of delicious broth to make soup with, why would I waste all that delicious flavour still in that mangled pile of meat and bones.

So I make broth.

It's pretty simple.

Turkey Soup Broth

In a large slow cooker

1 Turkey carcass (I had to squish mine in there)

2 carrots, whole

2 stalks of celery, whole

1 onion, quartered with skin on

2 bay leaves

4 peeled cloves of garlic

Cover with water and let cook on low for up to 8 hours.

This is actually the second round for these bones, earlier in the morning I boiled this same mixture on the stove in my huge dutch oven for an hour and got the first batch of delicious broth to make Turkey Soup with.

Strain the broth to get rid of bits of bones and meat and store in your favourite containers, I love old canning jars.

Now to make Turkey Soup!

~Adel~