Easy Leftover Turkey Soup Recipe

• servings: 4 servings
• active time: 10 minutes
• total time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups cooked turkey meat (white and/or dark meat)

Optional: any turkey carcass or bones

1 tbsp ghee (or your favorite cooking oil)

1 onion (diced)

2 celery stalks (chopped)

2 carrots (chopped)

4 garlic cloves (minced)

1 tsp fresh thyme leaves

5 cups chicken broth (or water, if using bones, use 6 cups if adding rice)

Optional: 1/2 cup white rice (omit for paleo & Whole30)

1/2 tsp sea salt

1/4 tsp ground black pepper

Juice of 1/2 lemon

Chopped parsley (for garnish)

Directions

Instant Pot Turkey Soup

Remove turkey meat from the bones and dice it until you have 2 cups. If available, save the bones to add to the soup.

Turn on Instant Pot to Sauté and add ghee into the pot.

Once hot, add onion, celery, and carrots, and cook stirring for 5 minutes until softened.

Add garlic and thyme, and stir for 1 minute.

Turn off the Instant Pot, then add turkey, any turkey bones (if using), chicken broth (or water if adding bones), rice (if using), salt and pepper.

Stir together, then secure the lid. Cook on HIGH pressure for 10 minutes. Once it beeps to a finish, release pressure naturally for 10 minutes. Manually release remaining pressure.

Add lemon juice and remove any turkey carcass and bones. Taste to add more salt, if needed.

Serve in a bowl, sprinkled with parsley.

Turkey and Rice Soup Stovetop Method

Remove turkey meat from the bones and dice it until you have 2 cups. If available, save the bones to add to the soup.

Warm a stockpot or a Dutch oven over medium-high heat and melt ghee or your favorite cooking oil.

Add the carrot, celery, and onion, and cook stirring for 5 minutes until softened.

Add the garlic and thyme, and cook stirring for 1 minute.

Into the same pot, add turkey, any turkey bones (if using), chicken broth (or water if adding bones), rice (if using), salt, and pepper.

Stir and bring to a boil. Once boiling, lower the heat and simmer for 20-25 minutes.

Squeeze in lemon juice and remove any turkey carcass and bones. Taste to add more salt if needed.

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1 serving - makes 4
• Calories: 283 kcal
• Total Fat: 8 g
• Saturated Fat: 4 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
• Cholesterol: 63 mg
• Sodium: 1745 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 27 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2 g
• Total Sugars: 3 g
• Protein: 24 g