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Homemade Turkey Soup

Use your leftover holiday turkey to make from-scratch soup packed with barley and vegetables. 

Homemade Turkey Soup

BettyCrocker Recipe by BettyCrocker

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Prep Time

30min

Total Time

2hrs55min

Servings

10servings

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Ingredients

  • Carcass from cooked 10- to 12-lb turkey
  • 3  quarts (12 cups) water
  • 1  teaspoon salt
  • 1/2  teaspoon pepper
  • 1/4  teaspoon poultry seasoning or dried sage leaves
  • 1  dried bay leaf
  • 1/2  cup uncooked pearl barley
  • 3  medium carrots, sliced (1 1/2 cups)
  • 1  large onion, chopped (1 cup)
  • 2  medium stalks celery, sliced (1 cup)
  • 3  cups cut-up cooked turkey
  • 2  tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, if desired

Directions

  1. Break up turkey carcass to fit 6-quart Dutch oven. Add water, salt, pepper, poultry seasoning and bay leaf. Heat to boiling over high heat; reduce heat to low. Cover; simmer 1 hour 30 minutes.

  2. Skim off any residue that rises to the surface. Remove bones, meat and bay leaf from broth; cool. When cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones and cut into bite-size pieces; set aside. Discard bones and bay leaf.

  3. Skim fat from broth; discard. Add turkey meat cut from bones to broth; stir in barley. Heat to boiling; reduce heat to low. Cover; simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

  4. Stir in carrots, onion, celery and 3 cups cooked turkey. Simmer uncovered 20 to 25 minutes longer, stirring occasionally, until vegetables and barley are tender. Stir in parsley.

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Tips & Notes

  • High Altitude (3500-6500 ft):

    No change.

  • Variation

    Turn this into Homemade Turkey-Vegetable Soup by adding up to 3 cups raw or cooked vegetables, such as whole kernel corn, green peas, diced potatoes, sliced zucchini, sliced mushrooms or any combination, along with the carrots, onion and celery.

  • How-To

    An easy way to add layers of flavor is to use poultry seasoning. A blend of sage, thyme, marjoram, rosemary, black pepper and nutmeg, this seasoning lends a subtle savory note to chicken and turkey dishes.

Nutritional Information

  • 1 Serving:
  • 140
  • 3 1/2g (Saturated Fat 1g, Trans Fat 0g)
  • 40mg
  • 330mg
  • 13g (Dietary Fiber 3g, Sugars 2g)
  • 15g
  • Percent Daily Value*:
  • 70%
  • 4%
  • 4%
  • 6%
  • Exchanges:
  • 2
  • 1
  • Carbohydrate Choices:
  • 1

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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