Leftover Thanksgiving Soup

Submitted by Maineiac

"This is the best gosh darn soup! MIL makes it every year and I finagled the recipe from her..I know it sounds weird but its heavenly. She got the recipe out of a store flyer."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 2 celery ribs, sliced
• 1 carrot, sliced
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 3 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth
• 2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon thyme
• 3 cups cooked turkey
• 1 (12 ounce) jar turkey gravy
• 1⁄4 cup left over prepared stuffing
• 1⁄4 cup left over mashed potatoes
• 2 tablespoons cranberry sauce (the jellied kind)
• 1 cup pearl barley

directions

1. Sauté first 4 ingredients for 2 minutes then cover and cook for 2 more minutes.
2. Add next 4 ingredients and cover and cook on low for 15 minutes.
3. Add remaining ingredients and cook until leftovers dissolve and barley is plump.

Reviews

[Dedradee]

This turned out wonderfully! I made a double batch with the leftovers from the Thanksgiving dinner I made while visiting a friend in Florida. He took it to work for "potluck" and they all wanted the recipe. I used more barley than called for as I wanted to ensure a "stew" consistency rather than a soup. I was sorry I could not take any home on the plane!

 

[HisMonie]

Very good!! Roasted a turkey, complete with all the traditional trimmings yesterday. Took advantage of the leftovers to make this soup, glad I did. It was so full of flavor, and quite filling. Thanks for a new tradition for Thanksgiving leftovers, Marla.

 

[peace_love_chickens2]

Was making this with some "Thanksgiving practice" leftovers and realized I only had one can of chicken broth and no boullion cubes (to make broth) so I improvised! Replace two cans broth with one can each of cream of celery and cream of chicken soup. OMIT: mashed potatoes, barley, and gravy. Prepare per recipe, then bake into a pot pie crust. BEST. POT PIE RECIPE. EVER. Will try this as a soup next time I have all the ingredients ^_^ ???

 

[DaniLynn002]

Love leftover Thanksgiving "dump" soup! I used turkey stock that I made with the carcass the day prior instead of chicken broth. I didn't add the cranberry sauce, but I added sweet potatoes. Subbed the barley for leftover rice and added a little salt. Easy and a great way to use up leftovers. Look forward to this soup every year!

 

[CookGordon]

This was pretty darn good. I substituted some left over rice in place of the barley and added 1/2 a fresh jalepeno pepper (diced) at the end of the cooking time. Thanks for the post.