Mom's Turkey Soup Recipe

Serves: 6 Save

Ingredients (19)

  • 1 turkey carcass, leftover from carving a whole turkey, including any leftover drippings or giblets (not the liver) if you have them
  • Cold water
  • 1 medium to large yellow onion, quartered or cut into thick wedges
  • 1 to 2 carrots, roughly chopped (can include tops)
  • Several sprigs of fresh parsley
  • 1 to 2 sprigs of thyme, or a teaspoon of dried thyme
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 celery rib (roughly chopped) and some celery tops
  • 5 to 10 peppercorns
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • 3 to 4 quarts of the turkey stock you just made
  • 1 to 1 1/2 cups each, chopped carrots, onion, and celery
  • A few sprigs of fresh parsley, leaves chopped (about 2 to 4 tablespoons)
  • A couple cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 teaspoons of poultry seasoning (more to taste) or a combination of ground sage, thyme, marjoram, and/or a bouillon cube
  • 2 to 4 cups of leftover chopped or shredded cooked turkey meat (don't use any of the meat from making the stock, the goodness will have been cooked out of it by then)
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 4 to 8 ounces of egg noodles OR  1/2 to 1 cup dry rice (optional, skip egg noodles for gluten-free version)

Directions

Learn how to make this recipe at Simply Recipes