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Turkey Soup for the Slow Cooker

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Main Category: Soup, Stew & Chili
Degree of Difficulty: Moderate
Key Ingredients:
Submitted by: Sage
Cooking level: Intermediate
This is how I take care of the turkey carcass. But you can make this soup by following the directions and using 12 cups of chicken broth with 1/2 teaspoon of poultry seasoning.
  • Prep Time20 Minutes
  • Cook Time5 1/2 Hours
  • Ready In Time20 days

Ingredients

Servings: 8
Yield:
  • Broth

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  • 1 turkey carcass
  • 1 onion
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 celery
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
  • 2 teaspoons instant chicken bouillon granules
  • 12 cups water
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  • Soup

  • 2 onions
  • 2 carrots, peeled and chopped (I slice them)
  • 1 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 stalks celery, chopped
  • 2 cups cooked turkey, shredded
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
  • noodles, uncooked, your choice
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley leaves, chopped

Directions

  1. Turkey Broth: Put the turkey carcass in your slow cooker at Low with an onion, celery stalk, a carrot, salt and pepper, bay leaf, poultry seasoning, 2 tbsp chicken powder and water. Cook on Low overnight.
  2. Next morning, strain the both and pour it back in the slow cooker.
  3. Remove turkey meat from bones, set meat aside.
  4. Soup: In the slow cooker with the broth, add onions, garlic, carrots, celery, thyme, salt and pepper.
  5. Cook at High for 4 hours; add reserved turkey and noodles. Cook another 1/2 hour.

Notes & Tips

Notes & Tips: Cooking time doesn't include the overnight that your broth is cooking. You can freeze the carcass and make the broth when convenient for you.

Ratings & Reviews

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    Reviewed on Aug 31, 2012 by Andrea.
    Love the simplicity of this recipe, and it's great for time-starved parents too.

Reviews

    •  
    Reviewed on Aug 31, 2012 by Andrea.
    Love the simplicity of this recipe, and it's great for time-starved parents too.
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