After Thanksgiving the last thing I wanted to think about was more cooking or turkey for that matter but after years of making wonderful stock from our leftover chicken bones, I knew I could do the same with the turkey bones. So, I froze the turkey carcass (and hoped I wouldn't about it). Well, Monday it was COLD here, snow was on the ground and my boys weren't feeling their best...I knew I had to make soup. So, I searched my favorite site Allrecipes.com to see if there was something besides stock I could do with a turkey carcass...this soup!!
It's soooo good! This picture is from yesterday where I kept in on the burner on low all day. Nicholas wasn't feeling well so I thought I would have it ready for when he wanted something warm to eat. I was also baking alot and thought it would be easier to have something ready when Matthew and I needed a baking break (-:
This recipe makes alot!! I still have about 1/3 of a pot left for lunch today and I think I'll freeze the rest for when someone comes up sick. I also had 4 quart jars of stock saved from it in the freezer.
It's super good, really nutritious and thrifty!!
Turkey Carcass Soup
(adapted from a recipe found on Allrecipes.com)
1 Leftover Turkey Carcass
3 onions, chopped
3 carrots, diced
2 celery ribs, diced
1/2 cup of butter
1 c flour
1 cup of milk
1 cup of brown rice
2tsp sea salt
1 tsp. chicken bouillion
3/4 tsp black pepper
Place turkey carcass in kettle/soup pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil and then cover and simmer for several hours(the longer you simmer, the better flavor-I simmered it about 4 hours). Remove the carcass and cool. Set aside 3 1/2 quarts of broth for soup(I had more than this that I just froze to use for other recipes)
Remove turkey meat from bones-I was shocked at how much meat we still had on the bones..I estimated about 3 cups of meat!
In the now empty soup pot, saute onions, carrots and celery in butter. Redue heat, stir in flour until blended. Gradually add 1 qt. broth and bring to a boil..cook 2 minutes. Add milk, rice, salt, bouillion, pepper, remaining broth and turkey meat. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 40 minutes until rice is tender.
I made some whole wheat biscuits to accompany the soup and topped them my favorite way-with butter and raspberry jam!
I made some whole wheat biscuits to accompany the soup and topped them my favorite way-with butter and raspberry jam!
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