Turkey soup

Name: Turkey soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 2 h
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4l water (can be a bit less or so, just note that some of that will evaporate while broth is boiling); 500g Turkey meat (actually, here you would use 4 turkey drumsticks but for a sake of nutritional value count, I’m stating here just meat); 1 onion (peeled and cut in half); 4 garlic cloves (peeled); 1 carrot (large, peeled skin, can be cut in half or big chunks); 1 tomato (cut in half); 100g celery (cut in big chunks); 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tbsp black pepper corns; 1 tbsp salt; 1 cup ditalini (or noodles, or any type of small pieces pasta); 3 yellow potatoes (med, chopped in small cubes, same size as pasta or slightly bigger); 1 onion (chopped); 1 carrot (med, shredded on med); 100 g parsley (chopped); 100g dill (chopped); 1 tbsp olive oil (for frying onion and carrots)

6 steps

Prep:20minCook:1h 40min

This soup is made with turkey drumsticks. However, since we don’t want for nutritional value to be spiked by skin (and bones? not sure), I’m putting there just “turkey meat”. But you should use the drumsticks as it makes much better broth.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:41:15 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories141.7 kcal (7%)

Total Fat3.6 g (5%)

Carbs17.4 g (7%)

Sugars2.1 g (2%)

Protein10.4 g (21%)

Sodium645.4 mg (32%)

Fiber2.4 g (9%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

12 servings

Broth

4lwater

can be a bit less or so, just note that some of that will evaporate while broth is boiling

500gTurkey meat

actually, here you would use 4 turkey drumsticks but for a sake of nutritional value count, I’m stating here just meat

1onion

peeled and cut in half

4garlic cloves

peeled

1carrot

large, peeled skin, can be cut in half or big chunks

1tomato

cut in half

100gcelery

cut in big chunks

1 tspturmeric powder

1 Tbspblack pepper corns

1 Tbspsalt

Soup additions

1 cupditalini

or noodles, or any type of small pieces pasta

3yellow potatoes

med, chopped in small cubes, same size as pasta or slightly bigger

100gparsley

100gdill

1 Tbspolive oil

for frying onion and carrots

Instructions

Step 1

Prepare turkey drumsticks for the broth: Remove the skin and rinse. Boil in just water for 5 min to remove the factory washable a from the meat (al that yucky foam you see). Drain them, rinse the drumsticks and wash the pot. Now, your drumsticks are ready for the broth.

Step 2

In the large pot, add all the ingredients of the broth and boil on med-low heat for 1-1.5h with a closed lid. Check so it’s not boiling too hard, adjust the heat to make sure it is just moderately boiling.

Step 3

When broth is ready, remove the turkey and drain through the mesh into a big bowl. Squeeze the tomato through the mesh, if it is still in one chunk. All the boiled broth leftovers can be disposed. Then pour the broth back into the pot through a fine mesh to make the broth clearer.

Step 4

Get the broth to a boiling point and add potatoes. Once potatoes are boiling, add pasta. In the meantime, fry on the side in a pan onions and carrots. Once the onion is golden, transfer it to the soup. Add peeled turkey meat back into the soup and boil for a few more min on med heat.

Step 5

Once pasta and potatoes are done, add parsley and dill and let it sit with closed lid for 5 min.

Step 6

Serve as is or with a toast. Add ground black pepper to taste.