If you’re still wondering what to do with some of your leftovers from Thanksgiving, why not make some soup! Today I took the last of my turkey leftovers and made a pot of Creamy Turkey and Rice soup.
I saved the breast carcass, put it in a pot with some water, celery, onions, carrot, and a splash of white wine. Seasoned with salt, pepper, and thyme, then simmered it for about an hour and a half.
When my stock was finished I strained it of all the veggies, picked the meat off the bone, and also added in some breast meat I had put away in a container. Then in another pot, I sauteed in butter, some celery, carrots, onions, and crimini mushrooms, mixed in 1/2 cup of flour, let that cook till it was all blended, then ladle, by ladle I whisked in the stock and after it thickened up, I threw in some cooked brown rice, and then finished it off with a little half and half for color. Garnish with some parsley.
The salad was just pears, arugula, red onion, blue cheese and walnuts, tossed in a balsamic vinaigrette.
It was perfect for a cold and snowy day we had here today! Yes, it snowed a little already! Yuck!
I love the day after soup thing I made a stratchiatella with the rich turky stock, sauteed chopped crimini, spinach, garlic and finished it by adding beaten egg and parm into the boiling broth!
Thanks for this recipe. I thought it looked delish in your picture. Tried it for dinner tonight and as my husband said “this recipe is a keeper”.
Oh yum! What a wonderfully delicious soup that must be! I made a similar salad for Thanksgiving.. I love salads like that!
The last of my turkey will be going into this soup. I love adding wine – it adds a new layer of flavor to soups.
Soup is always a wonderful way to quickly use up leftovers. I also like making Roasted Vegetable Soup by running my extra roasted veggies in a food processor and adding a little chicken stock.
Great creative tip for leftovers!!Thanks!!
That’s pretty much exactly what I’m making tonight for dinner..I just picked up the mushrooms about 2 hours ago…So odd how that happens in the blog world.
We’ll be having Fontina Flatbread to go with it–though we should be healthy like you and have a wonderful salad.
Hi Marie-
I made a similar soup myself. I just love they way you write your recipes on this blog, you are a real cook and don’t need a long drawn out recipe to make something great. That salad looked delicious as well. I’m going to have to see if I can find some arugula in my one horse town.
Yes, that is creamy! I always complain how cold it is here on cape cod, but you’re in Chicago, I’m sure it’s waaaaay colder there.
mmmm! Marie delicious! I love it! and I love snow, please send me a little!!! here so hot!!! xxGloria
Perfect for today. I cant get used to frozen car doors yet.And the salad you served alongside it sounded perfect to. I want to come over to your house one day and eat.
Your Turkey soup looks good Marie, I love soup on a cold day too, no snow here in San Fran but it was definitely cold out there.
I love your soup, this is the kind of soup week need on the east coast in the winter!
Turkey soup is my favorite thing to do with the leftover carcass. I throw in the veggies leftover from the crudities platter and make a nice broth, let it sit overnight in the frig, skim off all the fat the next day and strain, and then add new veggies and noodles. It’s sooo good! 🙂
I too put a turkey carcass to the pot, making a broth to finish off later…. well I’m glad I waited for yours to appear. This looks so good, I’ll be making it soon 😉
I love making soup with all the Thanksgiving leftovers… This year we left all the leftovers at my daughters so I am cooking another Thanksgiving meal for just me & hubby… that way we’ll have the leftovers…LOL LOL
Have a great night…
(((HUGS)))
Donna
I’m loving all of these turkey leftover recipes. There really is no reason to get tired of turkey with recipes like this. I also want some of that other dish from the picture – potatoes?
Love the idea of adding crimini mushrooms to the soup. It looks really good.
My mom always made a turkey barley soup with the leftovers, Marie. I made a veggie version with baby bella mushrooms and grilled tofu that was scrumptious. We had snow flurries and sleet in the valley on Sunday, and I thought the same thing: What a perfect day to stay in and make a big pot of soup! We must be on the same wavelength. 😉
You are good! My turkey carcass tends to sit in the freezer for three months before I bother to cook it up for soup. I’m usually too burnt out from Thanksgiving to think about simmering a pot of stock for a while.
Leftovers? What leftovers?
Though I might need to make another turkey just for this soup.
This looks just perfect! I didn’t host Thanksgiving this year, but your soup makes me want to make a Thanksgiving dinner just so that I’ll have some leftovers I can use to make this soup! I hope that you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Soup and salad…sounds like dinner’s complete!
Oh wow,I’ll have to cook a turkey so that I can have leftovers just for this morish soup!!!! Just the right thing to warm up a cold tum!!!!
Hi Marie – I made soup too, last night, turkey and barley. I used almost the same ingredients as you (barley instead of rice), and it looks similar to yours!
What a hoot!
LL
Delish!
I love Thanksgiving leftovers. Your soup looks amazing, and considering what a dismal day it is today, I could go for some right now.
Soup is the perfect way to use up the last of the turkey. And I love the salad with it. Yum.
“JUST” pears, walnuts, blue cheese and arugula?
Hah! you’re funny.
If you said “just” iceberg lettuce, then I would say ok.
That’s a nice salad and a beautiful soup.
Glad this holiday is once a year!
For me, the best part of roasting a turkey is making soup with the leftovers! It looks great!
I like your version of turkey soup. And yes, we got our first snow here in New York too.
Of course this is the perfect way to enjoy those leftovers:D Next to family, and what to be thankful for turkey leftovers are what Thanksgiving is all about:D
Your soup looks mighty good. Nothing like a nice hot bowl of hearty soup on a wintry Chicago day.