Williamsburg Turkey Soup

CURLEYBERLEY's Note:

I found this recipe quite a few years ago in a Southern Living Cookbook. It's a good way to use up some of the leftover turkey from the holidays.

• Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 turkey carcass
• 4 quarts water
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup flour
• 3 onions, chopped
• 2 large carrots, diced
• 2 celery ribs, diced
• 1 cup long grain rice, raw
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 3/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 cups half-and-half

Directions:

1. Place turkey carcass and water in Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, simmer 1 hour.
2. Remove carcass and pick off meat. Broth should measure 3 quarts.
3. Heat butter in Dutch oven; add flour and cook over medium heat stirring constantly 5 minutes.
4. Stir onion, carrot and celery into roux; cook over medium heat 10 minutes, stirring often.
5. Add broth, turkey, rice, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat. Simmer 20 minutes.
6. Add half and half. Heat through.

Reviews

[evewitch]

This is my first time using my turkey carcass instead of throwing it away. We really enjoyed this soup. My daughter, sarahbug, helped with the first step. I no longer have a stockpot for some reason, so I made this in a dutch oven. She said she used about 3 1/2 quarts of water, which was all that would fit. At the end I also ended up skipping the half-and-half because there was no way it would go in the pot. I would not make this again without replacing my stockpot. I made a massive mess! I was told that the half-and-half was not necessary, but sometime I might try it just to see. Really really good. No more turkey carcasses in the garbage!

[Jmommy209]

My absolute favorite soup when I worked at Whole Foods was the Williamsburg Turkey Soup that was only served in Nov & Dec. I never got the recipe, and I've looked a few times to try to find a good one. This was FANTASTIC! I used homemade turkey stock that I had made earlier in the week, added a pound of tofu, because I only had a little bit of leftover turkey thawed, evaporated milk instead of cream, and added a small head of cauliflower that I needed to use up. I can't thank you enough for this recipe! Between my husband and I we ate the WHOLE pot (highly unusual for us to eat that much in one sitting!)

[Chef #874900]

I was given this recipe 7 years ago and lost it. Thankfully the recipe was posted on this site. I love everything about this soup. Two things I did different from recipe were 1) omitted the celery since I didn't have any on hand and 2) added a tablespoon or so of dried Tarragon. I feel the Tarragon adds so much to the soup. It's an easy soup to make and is so enjoyable. You must try it!