Turkey Carcass Soup

Recipe By:
Celine
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  • Total Time 190 min Ico-add
  • Yield 1 Gallon
  • Level Easy

Besides being the source for a lot of sandwiches, the left over turkey carcass itself has plenty of flavor for a soup. Next time you cook a whole turkey, try this recipe for yourself and see.
 

Ingredients

  • 1 turkey carcass (or chicken carcass)
  • 6 quarts water
  • 12 peppercorns
  • 3 stalks celery, sliced
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 onion, cut into eighths
  • Pinch of garlic powder
  • 1 cup barley, uncooked (or 6 ounces medium egg noodles, uncooked)
  • 2 cans (16 ounces each) tomatoes, drained and chopped
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 1 cup chopped carrot
  • 1 cup chopped celery
  • Salt and pepper to taste
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Directions

  1. 1. Combine first 7 ingredients in a large Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour. Remove carcass from broth and pick meat from bones; set aside.
  2. 2. Measure 4 quarts broth and return to Dutch oven; refrigerate remaining broth for other uses. Bring broth to a boil. Add barley or noodles. If barley is added, reduce heat to medium and cook 45 minutes.
  3. 3. If noodles are added, reduce heat to medium and cook for 8 minutes. Add turkey meat, tomatoes and remaining ingredients.
  4. 4. Simmer 30 minutes. Remove and discard bay leaves.