After Thanksgiving Turkey Soup Recipes

DAY-AFTER-THANKSGIVING TURKEY CARCASS SOUP

Steps:

• Place the turkey carcass in a large, deep pot, and add the stuffing, celery, carrots, onion, bay leaves, poultry seasoning, sage, and chicken broth. Pour in additional water if needed to cover. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce heat to medium, and simmer for about 1 hour, skimming off any foam. Remove the carcass and any bones. Pick any meat off and return to the pot, discarding bones and skin.
• Season to taste with garlic salt and pepper. Stir in the rice and return to a boil over medium-high heat. Lower heat to medium, and simmer 15 minutes. Stir in the peas, and continue to simmer until rice is tender, about 10 minutes more. Adjust seasonings to taste.

CREAMY AFTER-THANKSGIVING TURKEY SOUP

Steps:

• Place turkey carcass in a large pot or Dutch oven and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, cover, and simmer for 1 hour. Remove carcass and allow to cool. Separate turkey meat from the bones. Cut meat into bite-size pieces; discard bones. Reserve about 12 cups turkey broth in a large bowl. Save remaining broth for another use.
• Melt butter in another large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat; cook and stir onion, carrots, and celery in melted butter until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir flour into vegetable mixture; cook and stir until smooth, about 5 minutes. Gradually stir in about 1/3 the reserved turkey broth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes.
• Stir remaining turkey broth, turkey meat, half-and-half, fettuccine, stuffing, salt, chicken bouillon, pepper, and poultry seasoning into half-and-half mixture. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until noodles are tender, about 10 minutes more.

DAY-AFTER TURKEY SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Put the turkey carcass, broth, garlic, bay leaves and thyme in a large Dutch oven (cut carcass in pieces if necessary so it fits) and add enough water to cover by an inch. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; lower heat and simmer, uncovered, about 40 minutes. Strain the soup through a fine-mesh strainer into a large bowl; discard the solids. Add all but 2 cups of the broth back to the Dutch oven; reserve the remaining broth for another use (it will keep refrigerated up to 3 days or frozen up to 1 month).
• 2. Add the turkey meat, green beans, corn and sweet potatoes to the pot; cover and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes. Add the pasta and continue to cook, uncovered, until the pasta and potatoes are tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Stir in the dill and pepper and season to taste with salt. Serve with the bread.

DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large dutch oven or soup pot over medium heat. Add turkey carcass and brown lightly, stirring occassionally (8-10 minutes).
• Add onion, carrot, celery, garlic and thyme (or sage) to pan and cook for 10 minutes.
• Add water (enough to cover turkey carcass), bouillion cubes, tomato, gravy (if available) and pan juices (if available). Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 2-3 hours.
• Strain broth, reserving turkey pieces (I usually get 1-3 cups turkey pieces).
• Return broth to pan (I use a clean pan). Bring to a boil and add pasta (or rice), celery, carrots, and mushrooms (or other vegetables). Bring to a boil and cook for 10-20 minutes or until pasta and vegetables are done.
• Stir in parsley and salt and pepper.

AFTER THANKSGIVING TURKEY SOUP

Steps:

• Break up turkey carcass, keeping wings intact; reserve all skin. Leave a generous fringe of meat on the frame.
• Remove the rest of the meat in large pieces and chop enough to measure two cups. Refrigerate, covered.
• Separate rib portion of carcass from back with your hands.
• Put turkey wings, skin and bones in a 5-6 quart pot and add enough water to cover by 3 inches.
• Bring to a boil, skimming off any froth.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 3-4 hours.
• Remove from heat and cool completely, uncovered.
• Refrigerate at least 8 hours.
• Remove congealed fat from broth and discard.
• Reheat broth over moderate heat until liquid, about 15 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Pour broth through a colander into large bowl; discard solids.
• Heat oil in a 3-4 quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat hot but not smoking.
• Add onions, carrots and celery.
• Cook until just golden, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes.
• Add broth and bring to a simmer.
• Simmer until vegetables are tender, 15-17 minutes.
• Stir in rice (or noodles) and simmer uncovered until tender, about 15 minutes.
• Just before serving, stir in chopped turkey and parsley and heat through.

AFTER-THANKSGIVING TURKEY SOUP

Steps:

• Place turkey carcass in a soup kettle or Dutch oven and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour.
• Remove carcass; cool. Set aside 3 quart broth.
• Remove turkey from bones and cut into bite-size pieces; set aside.
• In a soup kettle or Dutch oven, saute the onions, carrots and celery in butter until tender.
• Reduce heat; stir in flour until blended.
• Gradually add 1 quart of reserved broth.
• Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
• Add cream, rice, salt, bouillon, pepper, remaining broth and reserved turkey.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30-35 minutes or until rice is tender.

DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING TURKEY PHO

Steps:

• Toast the cardamom pod, cloves, star anise, fennel, and coriander in a small skillet over medium-low heat until fragrant, 5 to 7 minutes. Place the spices onto the center of a 8 inch square piece of cheesecloth. Gather together the edges of the cheesecloth, and tie with kitchen twine to secure. Sear both sides of the ginger and 1/2 onion in the same skillet until lightly charred, about 3 minutes on each side.
• Place the turkey carcass, water, sachet, ginger, and onion in a large pot over medium-high eat. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Simmer for 2 hours.
• Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling, stir in the rice noodles, and return to a boil. Cook the noodles uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the noodles have cooked through, but is still firm to the bite, 4 to 5 minutes. Drain well in a colander set in the sink.
• Remove the carcass, sachet, ginger, and onion from the soup. Strain the soup to remove any meat that may have fallen off the bones, if necessary. Season with fish sauce and salt. Divide the rice noodles and turkey meat evenly into 4 large bowls. Scatter the basil, cilantro, and sliced onion on top. Ladle the soup on top. Serve with a wedge of lime and hot sauce.