Turkey Noodle Soup
If your home is anything like mine than you have Christmas dinner leftovers that will last you a week. I always try to get creative with our leftovers and I had a thought this year to make a soup with some of our leftovers.... Christmas leftover turkey noodle soup that is! The gravy already has flour in it to act as a thickening agent for the soup and I always keep pasta as a staple ingredient within our kitchen. This recipe is a rich Christmas twist on a classic hearty and healthy soup that we all know and love.
Equipment
- 1 Large Pot
- 1 Ladle Spoon
- 1 Large Knife
- 1 Medium Cutting Board
- 1 Medium Pot
- 1 Vegetable Peeler
Ingredients
- 1 lb Leftover Turkey - Dark and white meat mixture. Roughly chopped.
- 2 cups Leftover Turkey Gravy
- 5 Carrots - Skinned and sliced.
- 2 32oz cartons Vegetable stock or Chicken stock
- 1 tbsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tbsp Onion Powder
- 1 tbsp Black Pepper
- 1 tsp Thyme
- 1/2 Fresh Lemon Juice
- 2 Cloves Fresh Garlic - Roughly chopped.
- 3 cups Egg Noodles
- Salt - To taste. Use carefully as you cook your soup to prevent over salting.
- Cayenne Pepper - Optional.
Instructions
- Add water to a medium pot and pre-cook/boil 3 cups of egg noodles. Once the egg noodles are completely cooked, strain them, and set them aside.
- With a vegetable peeler, skin 5 carrots, and slice them. Set aside.
- Roughly chop 2 fresh garlic cloves and set aside.
- In a large pot, pour two cups of leftover turkey gravy, and cook over medium-low heat.
- While the gravy is heating up, roughly chop around 2 lbs of leftover turkey meat. Add the chopped turkey to the gravy and mix together until evenly combined.
- Slowly stir in 2 32oz containers of vegetable stock or chicken stock to your large pot until it is evenly combined and a smooth consistency.
- Stir in the sliced carrots and chopped garlic cloves.
- Add 1 tbsp garlic powder, 1 tbsp onion powder, 1 tbsp black pepper, 1 tsp thyme to the soup, and salt to taste. Salt as you cook this soup to prevent over salting.
- Squeeze in lemon juice from half of a fresh lemon.
- Stir everything together and cook for 30 minuets over medium-low heat to allow all of the flavors to come together.
- Stir in your pre-cooked egg noodles 10 minuets before serving.
- Once all of the ingredients have cooked together, lightly sprinkle with some cayenne pepper (optional), and serve with crackers of choice. Enjoy!