Hearty Turkey And Vegetable Soup Recipes

SLOW COOKER TURKEY AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground turkey in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Add onion and saute until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a slow cooker.
• Add 4 cups water, diced tomatoes with juice, potatoes, carrots, bell pepper, celery, lentils, broccoli, frozen corn, molasses, bay leaves, bouillon cubes, basil, salt, and pepper.
• Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours or on High for 5 to 6 hours, adding up to 2 cups more water depending on how thick you want the soup.

HEARTY TURKEY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven coated with cooking spray, cook turkey and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add zucchini and carrot; cook and stir 1 minute longer. Stir in the broth, pasta sauce, beans, tomatoes, parsley, oregano, pepper and hot pepper sauce., Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 45 minutes. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions; drain. Just before serving, stir in pasta.

HEARTY TURKEY STEW WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a pot over medium heat. Place onions in the pot and cook until tender. Stir in celery and carrots, and cook until tender. Stir in the potatoes and flour. Pour in the chicken stock, and season soup with marjoram. Place turkey in the pot, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 30 minutes.
• Mix the green bell pepper into the soup, and continue cooking 10 minutes, until pepper is tender.

HEARTY BARLEY TURKEY SOUP

Steps:

• Bring water and turkey carcass to a boil in a large pot; add 1 1/2 cup chopped onion, 3 stalks celery, 1/2 cup chopped carrot, peppercorns, 1 pinch thyme, and 1 bay leaf. Simmer, skimming excess fat and foam from top of stock as needed, 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Add more water to stock as it evaporates. Remove carcass from stock and cool. Pull meat from bones and shred; refrigerate until needed. Strain stock and return liquid to pot.
• Mix 1 1/2 pounds carrots, 2 onions, 6 stalks celery, barley, mushrooms, 2 bay leaves, salt, marjoram, black pepper, and 1 pinch thyme into turkey stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer soup, stirring occasionally, until barley is fully cooked, 1 hour and 20 minutes. Add turkey meat to the soup and simmer for 10 more minutes. Remove bay leaves before serving.

HEARTY TURKEY AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• For Broth.
• Melt butter in heavy Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Add turkey carcass and brown lightly, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes.
• Add onion,carrot,celery, garlic,juniper berries and thyme.
• Cook until vehetables soften, stirring frequently, about 10 minutes.
• Add chicken broth,tomato,gravy and pan juices.
• Bring to boil, skimming surface.
• Reduce heat, cover partially and simmer 2 hours.
• Strain broth, remove as much meat from bones as possible and return broth and meat to clean pan.
• For Soup.
• Add potatoes and celery root to broth; boil gently until tender, about 20 minutes.
• Transfer vegetables to processor, using slotted spoon; puree until smooth.
• Add carrots to broth, cover partially and simmer 5 minutes.
• Whisk in potato-celery root puree; add turkey meat, celery and mushrooms.
• Cover partially and simmer 10 minutes.
• (Can be prepared 1 day ahead and refrigerated. Bring to simmer before continuing.).
• Mix in 2 tablespoons parsley and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Ladle soup into bowls , sprinkle with remaining parsley and serve.

HEARTY TURKEY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat stock pot on medium heat and add the olive oil.
• Saute onions and garlic until just transparent -- 5 minutes.
• Add celery, cabbage and mushrooms cooking and stirring until soft -- 5 more minutes.
• Add potato, green beans, salt, pepper, rosemary and thyme.
• Pour in chicken stock and bring to a boil; then turn down to a simmer and cook for 45 minutes.
• Add macaroni, cover and cook for 15 minutes.
• Add butter beans, and turkey or chicken, cooking just until heated.
• Taste for seasoning and serve.