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This Easy Turkey Noodle Soup is an excellent recipe to have on hand after the holidays, as it utilize your leftover turkey’s carcass and even the gravy if you so desire. 

This Easy Turkey Noodle Soup is a great recipe to make, that utilizes the whole bird.

You can put almost any type of vegetable into this soup.

I used carrots and kale as it was what I had on hand. But really any type of vegetable will work!

EASY TURKEY NOODLES SOUP WITH CARCASS

So you probably know how good homemade chicken noodle soup is, but have you tried homemade turkey noodle soup? Well then you are in for something special. Because it is rich as it uses the whole carcus of the turkey!

If you have leftover gravy as well then you are going to want to add that in this soup too, trust me people will be begging for this recipe. It’s that good 🙂

I will typically make a BIG pot of turkey noodle soup the day after the holidays or the night of. 

This way I am not wasting any food by utilizing the leftover turkey and gravy.

What I will do is fill a stock pot up with water and then I will put the carcass from my leftover Turkey inside.

Then all there is to do is simply boil the bird for a good 30 minutes or more.

Then I will remove the bird and skim away anything that looks less appealing and use the remaining broth as my soup stock.

Now there are plenty of ways to make this kind of soup, so I’m going to give you a few options here and let you decide what works best for you.

Really you cannot go wrong with making this soup, it’s healthy and also an excellent recipe to keep on hand after the holidays when you have leftover turkey.

When I talk options, I mean you can decide what type of noodle to place in the soup and vegetables.

For the noodles there are thick or thin, large and small, options.

So the type you use totally depends on what you prefer, however I do recommend using “egg noodles” because they are much lighter and work so much better in this kind of soup.

If you are feeling under the weather, feel free to add more garlic and onions to the stock as they carry antibacterial properties and have been proven to help people get better much faster. 

I hope you give it a try and let me know what you think. Enjoy! 

Note: If you have a leftover turkey, then you can omit the chicken stock and simmer your turkey carcass for one hour in 8 cups of water, covered.

And use the turkey stock in replace if the chicken stock. Also use the leftover white turkey breast instead of buying turkey breasts as that works great too for this soup.

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Easy Turkey Noodle Soup

Yield: 6

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour

A Great Recipe for your Leftover Turkey

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Ingredients

• 2 cups White Turkey Meat
• 8 cups Turkey bone broth/stock
• 1 cup Turkey Gravy
• 1 cup Cold water
• 1 cup Egg noodles
• 1 cup Carrots
• 1 Onion
• 2 Garlic
• 2 cups Kale

SPICES

• 1 Bay Leaf
• 1 tbsp Fresh Thyme
• 1/2 tsp Sage
• 1 tbsp Dried Rosemary
• Sea Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Start by washing all the vegetables to remove any dirt.
2. Once cleaned, cut everything up into tiny bite size pieces.
3. In a large stock pot add your water, and put your leftover turkey carcass inside. Allow this to simmer on medium - low for 30 minutes. If you do not have a turkey carcass, you can use chicken stock in replace.
4. Once the time is up discard of the carcass and discard anything that looks less appealing.
5. Add your onions and garlic and a bit of olive oil, along with all your dry spices.
6. Simmer on medium to low heat and add in your pre cooked shredded turkey meat simmering for another 10 minutes.
7. Add in all your vegetables, bay leaf and spices and allow to simmer for roughly 10 more minutes till tender.
8. Add in your egg noodles and simmer on low heat for roughly 7 minutes till tender, be careful not to overcook the noodles otherwise they will turn mushy.
9. Taste to see if salt is needed, if so add 1 tsp at a time.
10. Remove the bay leaf, and ladle the hot soup into bowls and serve.
11. Enjoy!

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 515Total Fat: 17gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 251mgSodium: 595mgCarbohydrates: 17gFiber: 3gSugar: 3gProtein: 69g

These calculations are based off Nutritionix

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