Turkey Soup for the Slow Cooker

Sage's Note:

This is how I take care of the turkey carcass. But you can make this soup by following the directions and using 12 cups of chicken broth with 1/2 teaspoon of poulty seasoning. You can freeze the carcass and make the broth when convenient for you.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• bouillon
• 1 turkey carcass
• 1 onion
• 1 carrot
• 1 celery
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 poultry, seasonning
• 2 teaspoons instant chicken bouillon granules
• 12 cups water
• soup
• 2 onions
• 2 carrots, peeled and chopped (I slice them)
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 2 cups cooked turkey, shredded
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• noodles, uncooked your choice
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley leaves, chopped

Directions:

1. Turkey Broth:.
2. Put the turkey carcass in your slow cooker at Low with an onion, celery stalk,a carrot, salt and pepper,bay leaf, 1/2 poultry seasoning, 2 tblsp chicken powder and water. Cook on Low overnight.
3. Next morning, strain the both and pour it back in the slow cooker.
4. Remove turkey meat from bones, set meat aside.
5. Soup:.
6. In the slow cooker with the broth, add.
7. onions, garlic, carrots, celery, thyme, salt and pepper.
8. Cook at High for 4 hours; add reserved turkey and noodles.
9. Cook another 1/2 hour.
10. Enjoy!
11. Cooking time doesn't include the overnight that your broth is cooking.

Reviews

[Domestic Goddess]

I made this soup for tonights dinner, and even though the soup is a bit time consuming, in the end you will have a delicious tasting soup. I cooked this soup in my 6-quart slow-cooker, (which I highly suggest one uses a 6-quart slow-cooker) and I cooked the broth ingredients... the turkey, vegetables, spices, and water for exactly 13 hours. I did however add a few more spices to the broth, to make it more flavorable, such as... 2 Tablespoons of the chicken bouillon granules, as per instructed in the cooking directions, and not the 2 tsp., as listed in the ingredients, but I only added 1/4 teaspoon of the pepper, (rather than a 1/2 teaspoon) plus I also added 2 bay leaves. After straining the broth, and returning it to the slow-cooker, you will end up with 10-1/2 cups of the broth. When it came to adding the ingredients to make the soup, (the next day) I only added a 1/2 cup of diced onion, (rather than the 2 onions) and I thought that was more than enough onion (taste wise). But, I did add 4 carrots, thinly sliced (rather than the 2 carrots) plus I added 2 large cloves of garlic, minced. Instead of chopping the celery, I thinly sliced it, and the total amount of spices I added to the recipe were as follow... 1/4 tsp ground black pepper, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp dried basil leaves, 1/2 tsp dried majoram, 1/2 tsp dried oregano, and 1/2 tsp dried thyme. As for the noodles, I added 7 ounces, (3-1/2 cups) of Creamettes Dumpling Egg Noodles, but next time I will use a firmer type of pasta, such as... Rotini (spiral shaped) macaroni, and add 8 ounces (2 cups). Also, I did add more turkey meat to the soup. I added 3 cups. One more thing, when adding the parsley, I used a dry parsley, and added just 1 tablespoon. Thank you Sage for posting this slow-cooked soup recipe. It was an easy way to make a soup with your leftover turkey carcass, meat, etc... Plus it was very good!!

[jellyko]

this did fill my 6 qt. crockpt to the brim! Was so worth making homemade broth. turned out delicious and amazed at the meat i got from carcass in addition to what i had carved. Thank you

[Chef #720649]

Sage, I was looking for a slow cooker recipe for this soup. This is delicious and so easy. I did not use the turkey carcass, just tossed in some of my cut up turkey meat. Doubled the thyme and poultry seasonning. Used "chicken base" that comes in a jar instead of bouillon. Used 7 oz Pennsylvania Dutch broad noodles. Delicious!! Great with a slice of Italian bread. Thanks for sharing. Chef #720649