A turkey carcass soup is the answer when you don't want to waste a single bite of turkey. This is a delicious soup and one of my favorites. If you want to freeze some, leave out the potatoes.
Ingredients
- turkey carcass: 1 piece
- quarts water: 4 piece
- whole peeled tomatoes: 1 can (28 ounce can, chopped)
- potatoes: 6 piece (diced)
- carrots: 4 piece (diced)
- onion: 1 piece (diced)
- stalks celery: 2 piece (diced)
- ½ cups shredded cabbage: 1 piece
- uncooked barley: 0.5 cup
- Worcestershire sauce: 1 Tbsp
- ½ teaspoons salt: 1 piece
- parsley: 1 tsp (dried)
- basil: 1 tsp (dried)
- bay leaf: 1 piece
- freshly cracked black pepper: 0.25 tsp
- ground paprika: 0.25 tsp
- poultry seasoning: 0.25 tsp
- pinch dried thyme: 1 piece
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Place turkey carcass into a large soup pot; pour in water and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to a simmer, and cook until the remaining meat falls off the bones, about 1 hour. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Remove turkey carcass from the pot. Remove and chop any remaining turkey meat. Discard carcass. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Strain broth through a fine mesh strainer into a clean soup pot. Add chopped turkey to the strained broth and bring to a boil. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Reduce heat and stir in tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, onion, celery, cabbage, barley, Worcestershire sauce, salt, parsley, basil, bay leaf, pepper, paprika, poultry seasoning, and thyme. Simmer until vegetables are tender, about 1 more hour. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Remove bay leaf before serving.