Turkey Wild Rice Pumpkin Soup

PSU Lioness's Note:

I found this recipe in The Favorite Brand Names Cookbook and posted it before trying it. After I made it, I am glad that I posted. I have the ingredient listing below as the book called for, but I wound up adding an extra half cup of cream after a reader suggested that it was neither a broth nor cream soup and I thought it rounded it out nicely. I also followed the advice of another reviewer and used Pumpkin Pie Filling instead of solid pack pumpkin and then skipped the cinnamon and I thought it was great. I hope you enjoy it! (PS - I freezes and thaws pretty good. I had it frozen for 5 months and it held up well when I reheated it)

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 0 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 2 tablespoons margarine or 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup sliced celery
• 4 cups chicken broth or 4 cups turkey broth
• 1 (16 ounce) can solid-pack pumpkin
• 2 cups cubed cooked turkey
• 2 cups cooked wild rice
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:

1. Cook and stir margarine, onions and celery in Dutch oven over medium heat until vegetables are crisp-tender, about 5 minutes.
2. Add broth and pumpkin.
3. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes.
4. Stir in turkey, rice, half and half, salt and cinnamon.
5. Heat to serving temperature. DO NOT BOIL.

Reviews

[kitchenho']

Did not care for this at all. Extremely thin, neither broth nor cream. To say the flavor was subtle is reaching. Strange after-bite. I loved all the components, but unhappily, I felt it was a waste of lovely ingredients and precious time, two big sins in my culinary bible! But one cook's meat is another cooks poison, and this is just one kitchenho's opinion!

[MommaEllen]

Dear flipside1794, You have GOT to try this! Your recipe is, in my teenagers' terms, is "rockin'!" The pumpkin (try Pumpkin Pie Filling) is a very subtle flavor, but changes the way I view turkey soup. This is forever going into my keeper file as the way leftover Thanksgiving turkey is used. I used regular salt instead of seasoning salt and can't think of another way to improve this recipe. Thank you for sharing this gem.