Description
My leftover turkey and rice soup is the perfect comfort food after cooking for days for a Thanksgiving feast. Turn your Thanksgiving turkey into a super comforting and healthy soup in only 30 minutes and just a few ingredients!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large onion (diced)
- 2 large carrots (peeled and chopped into half moons)
- 2 large celery ribs (chopped into half moons)
- 3 thyme stems
- 2 cups leftover turkey (white or dark meat is fine)
- 1/4 cup of uncooked rice
- 6–7 cups of chicken broth
- 1 tbsp of Better Than Bouillon
- juice and zest of 1 lemon
- a handful of parsley stems and some chopped parsley as a garnish
Instructions
- Throw all your veggies into a pot with olive oil heated to medium heat and let them sweat for about 5-10 minutes. No need for color here so feel free to cover with a lid. And in your thyme and please do season with salt and pepper. Feel free to add some minced garlic as well.
- Pour in about 6-7 cups of chicken broth into the pot.
- While the soup is bubbling away, shred the turkey.
- Add in your turkey and a handful of parsley stems. I just feel like they make all the flavor difference.
- Add the rice and continue simmering.
- Let the soup simmer away for about 20 minutes. Taste for seasoning.
- Add in Better than Bouillon. Add it in 1 tbsp at a time, making sure you mix it well each time until desired flavor is achieved.
- Add in juice of a lemon and taste.
- Now pour yourself a hearty bowl of soup and slurp away the hard days!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Soup
- Cuisine: American