Recipe: Chunky Vegetable Soup (Using Leftover Turkey)

So the first thing I made after making the turkey stock was this - chunky vegetable soup! We've been experiencing a slew of rain recently, so soups are perfect for those cooler evenings. 

Once you have your rich, flavorful turkey stock, you just need to add in your choice of vegetables - potatoes are a good choice as it helps thicken up the soup. I also added carrots and zucchini, and simply season with some salt and black pepper. You can also add in some of the shredded turkey to the soup to make it more substantial. That's one tasty, warming soup! You can serve the soup with crusty bread, or if you have leftover turkey meat, make some turkey sandwiches to go with your soup.

For the turkey sandwiches, lightly butter and toast your buns. Then, add your turkey (cold or you can heat them up slightly in the pan with some leftover gravy) and a dollop of cranberry sauce. 

Chunky Vegetable Soup (Using Leftover Turkey)
Recipe by Baby Sumo

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 30-40 minutes

Serves 4


Ingredients
1.2l turkey stock (recipe here)

1 carrot, cut into chunks
2 potato, cubed
1 zucchini, sliced then halved
150g leftover turkey meat, shredded


1. Place turkey stock with potato in a pot and simmer for 20 minutes over medium heat. 

2. Add carrots and zucchini and cook for further 10 minutes. 

3.Using a masher, roughly mash the potatoes and carrots. This will help thicken the soup.

4. Add leftover turkey meat. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with crusty bread or sandwiches.

Note: I have shredded all the leftover turkey meat and placed them in tupperwares (in the freezer), about 300g each and take them out of the freezer whenever I need them.

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Recipe: Leftover Turkey Stock

Who had turkey for Christmas this year? Do you have lots of leftovers from the meal and not quite sure what to do with them?

Well, waste not. You can shred the meat off the turkey and store them in individual tupperwares in the chiller or freezer. And the turkey carcass - don't throw that away either. You can use it to make a really nice and rich turkey stock, which you can use for making soups, noodles, risotto and more. From one turkey carcass, I managed to make about 4l of turkey stock. Not bad at all!

Homemade turkey stock

How to Make Turkey Stock

Ingredients

Leftover turkey carcass (from a 4-5kg turkey)
4 - 5l water
2 bay leaves
2 cloves garlic, crushed


1. Remove meat from the turkey and shred and store in tupperwares. 

2. Place turkey carcass, bay leaves and garlic in a large pot with water. Boil carcass with water over medium high heat for 2 to 3 hours, until stock is a rich, milky colour.

3. Allow to cool, then place stock in glass jars. The stock will keep well in the fridge for 3-4 days or in the freezer for up to a month.

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