Homemade Turkey soup | Thanksgiving leftovers cooking tips

Ingredients (nutrition)

• 1 leftover turkey carcass
• 3 chopped large onions
• 2 diced large carrots
• 2 diced celery sticks
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 2 cups half and half cream
• 1 cup uncooked long grain rice
• 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules
• salt and ground black pepper to taste

Cooking Instructions

1. Place turkey carcass in a Dutch oven or soup kettle and cover with water.
2. Bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1 hour.
3. Remove carcass and allow to cool.
4. Set aside 3/4 of the broth.
5. Remove turkey from bones and cut into bite size pieces. Set aside.
6. Saute the onions, carrots and celery in butter until tender.
7. Reduce heat and stir in flour until blended. Gradually add 1/4 of reserved broth.
8. Bring to a boil, cook and stir for 3 minutes or until it thickens.
9. Add cream, rice, salt, bouillon, pepper, remaining broth and reserved turkey.
10. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 35 minutes until rice is tender.

Servings: 16

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