So what is in your turkey soup this year?

[snoozy]

My turkey came out perfect this year. An 18#er, not home raised, but organic and free range. Anyway, naturally, I have a huge pot of turkey soup on the stove. So far it's got celery, onion, garlic, carrot and tarragon in it. Mushrooms to come. Don't know whether I'll keep it simple like this or if I'll add other stuff.

What have you got in your turkey soup pot?

[Annsni]

I always first make the turkey stock with lots of garlic, onions, celery and carrots along with spices (whatever I feel like putting in). I cook that in the crockpot overnight and then strain it in the morning.

Then I make this:

http://cookingonthesound.blogspot.co...rkey-soup.html

[DW]

Our favorite: cr celery soup, turkey, grated carrots & green chili...very fast and great tasting.

[brosil]

Carrots, onions, celery, a smoked hock, cannelini beans and dumplings.

[Use Less]

If there's any dabs of mashed potatoes or stuffing, I drop that right in. I just make soup, I don't mess with stock. I put in celery, carrot, onion, parsley, and cook for a while. I pull all the solids out, let the fat rise at room temp then chill the broth, remove the fat, remove the bones from the solids, put everything that's left back in the big pot.

[Michael W. Smith]

I always cook the bones down and make stock - at least twice, sometimes 3 times out of one batch of bones. One of the batches goes into the fridge, the others go into the freezer.

When I'm hungry for turkey noodle soup, I dump the stock into a pot, add vegetables, seasonings and cut up pieces of turkey and get it boiling. I then add noodles - trying to get enough noodles in that it sucks up the majority of the soup (I like mine more on the dry side rather than lots of liquid). and either add more noodles to suck up the broth or add some water if I've put too many noodles in.

It's always tasty.

[Janis R]

I make my turkey soup without noodles or rice or whatever, just veggies and such, I then can it. When I want soup I just open it up dump in the pot and then make whatever kind of soup I want like lemon soup, noodle , rice , barley or make turkey pot pie filling.

[billinwv]

Shredded turkey "creamed" with half and half or mushroom soup, whatever veggies I have on hand, brought to boil in dutch oven then topped with biscuits and baked until they are brown. mmmm

[lemonthyme7]

Originally Posted by Janis R

I make my turkey soup without noodles or rice or whatever, just veggies and such, I then can it. When I want soup I just open it up dump in the pot and then make whatever kind of soup I want like lemon soup, noodle , rice , barley or make turkey pot pie filling.

This is exactly what I'm doing this year! DH likes ham so we had a small ham as well. I'm going to make bean soup with the ham bone and can that also (if we don't eat it all first!).

[BlackFeather]

I clean out the fridge, turkey, corn, peas, whats left of the mashed potatoes, even tossed in the bit of squash left over from thanksgiving. Dumped in the left over gravy, tossed in a bullion cube for each cup of water needed, bay leaf and spices, crockpoted it for 5 hrs. Upon serving sometimes put in what ever cheese is handy. If the potatoes don't thicken it enough I add flour before starting, as I like stews more than watery soup. Almost forgot, I made dumplings to cook in it.

[snoozy]

How do you dumpling partisans make your dumplings? I've never actually made them.

[bjgarlich]

Celery, onion, barley, gravy and bouillon - that's it, and it is delicious!!!

Originally Posted by snoozy

How do you dumpling partisans make your dumplings? I've never actually made them.

The easiest dumplings are the cheap little cans of refrigerator biscuits, cut into quarters. LOL!

From scratch, a biscuit dough works well.

[BlackFeather]

Originally Posted by snoozy

How do you dumpling partisans make your dumplings? I've never actually made them.

From Better Homes and Gardens new cook book (c 1976).....

1 cup sifted flour
2 tea baking powder
1/2 tea salt

sift together

add 1/2 cup milk
2 tbl salad oil

stir till moist, add to bubbling stew, cover let cook 12-15 minutes
says it makes 10 but I make them bigger so I get about 7 or 8

My daughter always wants them made with my thick soups or stews and they are filling.

[badlander]

For dumplings I just use a basic biscuit recipe. Yummy!

This was the first year I boiled out my turkey breast carcass, cleaned off all the meat and the dogs enjoyed the mushy remains. I put a half gallon of broth in the freezer. DH was impressed that nothing went to waste.

Love the ideas especially the turkey and dumplings. I was thinking soup but now I'm going to have to do some rethinking of the subject.

But then I was able to pick up a 'bargain' turkey prior to Thanksgiving for .86 cents a pound. I thawed the 10 pounder enough to take my poultry sheers to it, cut it into quarters (big enough for only the two of us to have for a meal), and popped the quarters back in the freezer before they were completely thawed.

I'm betting they will taste fantastic later on slow cooked in the crock pot with barbecue sauce or just roasted and once again reduced to broth.

I asked DH what he wanted for Christmas dinner and he blurted out "SPAGHETTI!"

We don't do a traditional meal for Christmas as neither of us like ham due to the high sodium content so guess it will be Spaghetti for us this year.

[emdeengee]

I make a basic turkey broth from the skin, bones and some meat along with onion or leeks, carrots, and celery. Strain the broth and add one half to one cup of oatmeal depending on the quantity of broth made and add the turkey meat. Simmer for about half an hour. This soup always sounds strange to people who have not tried it and yet whenever I have made it for friends they all love it.

[trulytricia]

Ok when the turkey was roasted I set it on a bed of vegetables. One parsnip, one large onion. a couple stalks of celery, a few carrots, all cut in about three inch pieces. I put some fresh herbs inside the bird, sage, parsley and thyme.

Anyway you know how they tell you to just throw away those veggies and strain the stock for gravy? Well I did not do that. Instead made a batch of gravy , which we ate , and creamed those leftover roasted veggies,, leaving out the carrots, which were sliced into smaller pieces, added all this to the stock .

Then made simple dumplings, leaving out the fat because I left the fat in the stock.

Added nothing else to this soup and man was this delicious!

[snoozy]

I saved those roasted beggies from the turkey bed, too, not really knowing what I would do with them, but pureeing them and adding to the soup is a great idea!

[Yvonne's hubby]

Originally Posted by badlander

For dumplings I just use a basic biscuit recipe. Yummy!

This was the first year I boiled out my turkey breast carcass, cleaned off all the meat and the dogs enjoyed the mushy remains. I put a half gallon of broth in the freezer. DH was impressed that nothing went to waste.

Love the ideas especially the turkey and dumplings. I was thinking soup but now I'm going to have to do some rethinking of the subject.

But then I was able to pick up a 'bargain' turkey prior to Thanksgiving for .86 cents a pound. I thawed the 10 pounder enough to take my poultry sheers to it, cut it into quarters (big enough for only the two of us to have for a meal), and popped the quarters back in the freezer before they were completely thawed.

I'm betting they will taste fantastic later on slow cooked in the crock pot with barbecue sauce or just roasted and once again reduced to broth.

I asked DH what he wanted for Christmas dinner and he blurted out "SPAGHETTI!"

We don't do a traditional meal for Christmas as neither of us like ham due to the high sodium content so guess it will be Spaghetti for us this year.

I make spaghetti as well as chili using turkey quite often. I grind it for the sgetti sauce, or dice it up for the chili. The price of beef has gotten ridiculous so turkey is seen a lot more often in my kitchen.

[moonwolf]

Had a couple large drumsticks in the freezer.
Put the in a crockpot seasoned with salt, pepper and
Poultry spice and couple cups water with teaspoon of
Liquid smoke and tablespoon of chopped garlic.
Cooked on low for about 4 hours, then removed meat from bone.
Added 1 med. chopped onion, cup of sliced carrots
and cup of strong coffee. Covered and cook another 2 hours.
Add Asian steam noodles. Cover, turn off heat and 1/2 hour
Later is ready.....delicious turkey with noodles.