Homemade Turkey Soup

Homemade Turkey Soup

Use your leftover holiday turkey to make this flavorful, from-scratch soup!

CAL/SERV :

226

PREP TIME :

15 MINS

YIELDS :

16 SERVINGS

COOK TIME:

3 HOURS

INGREDIENTS
  • 1 turkey carcass—it should have some meat (at least 2 C) remaining
  • 2 medium onions
  • 3 stalks of celery
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • ½ tsp dried rosemary
  • ½ tsp dried sage
  • 1 tsp dried basil
  • ½ tsp dried marjoram
  • ½ tsp dried tarragon
  • ½ tsp salt
  • Ground black pepper, to taste
  • ½ lb Italian pastina or other small pasta

INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Place turkey carcass in a large 6-quart pot. Cover with water, at least ¾ full.
  2. Peel onions, cut into large pieces, and add to pot. Wash celery stalks, slice, and add to pot as well.
  3. Simmer, covered, for about 2 ½ hours.
  4. Remove carcass from pot. Cool soup in the refrigerator (hint: divide soup into smaller, shallower containers for quicker cooling).
  5. While soup is cooling, remove remaining meat from turkey carcass. Discard bones and cut meat into bite-sized pieces.
  6. After soup has cooled, skim off fat from top. Return soup to pot.
  7. Add turkey meat to skimmed soup, along with herbs and spices.
  8. 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.

Nutrition (per serving):

Calories 226, Total fat 5 g, Saturated fat 1 g, Cholesterol 93 mg, Sodium 217 mg
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

 Courtesy of National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute