Leftover Turkey Mushroom And Wild Rice Soup |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Wondering what to do with some of that leftover turkey, other than sandwiches. This is a soup that will be a great change from the usual turkey casseroles. Ingredients:
2-3 cups diced leftover turkey |
6 cups chicken stock (or 4 cans chicken broth) |
1 tsp. dried thyme or 2 tsp. fresh thyme leaves |
1 onion, diced small |
1/2 cup diced celery |
2 t butter, divided |
vege-sal or salt to taste |
fresh ground black pepper to taste |
8 oz. sliced white or brown mushrooms |
8 oz. sliced baby bella or shitake mushrooms (not dried shitakes) |
2 cups water |
1 t better than bouillon mushroom base (optional but recommended) |
1 t soy sauce (or more if you do not have the mushroom base) |
3 t flour |
1 cup cooked wild rice or wild/brown rice mix |
1 cup half and half or cream |
Directions:
1. Put stock or broth in soup pot with turkey and thyme and heat to low simmer. Melt 1/2 T butter in small frying pan and saute onion and celery 3-5 minutes. Add to soup pot with water, mushroom base, and soy sauce and simmer 15 minutes.
2. While soup simmers, saute mushrooms about 5 minutes in 1/2 T of butter. Add mushrooms to soup and simmer 15-20 minutes more. In same pan that mushrooms and veggies were cooked in, melt remaining 1 T butter. Wisk in flour and cook 2 minutes. One cup at a time, wisk 2 cups of soup liquid into the flour mixture and heat until mixture starts to thicken. Pour thickened mixture back into soup pot and stir to distribute.
3. Taste for seasoning, add salt and pepper to taste. If mixture seems too thin, cook down for a few minutes. When soup has reached desired thickness, add wild rice and cook 2-3 minutes. Add half and half or cream, stir in and heat thoroughly but do not boil. Serve hot.
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