Mrs. Lurker's Best Ever Turkey Soup
1 lb. left over turkey meat.
1 sweet onion, chopped. (Vidalias do nicely)
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped carrots
1 red bell pepper, chopped.
2-3 cloves fresh garlic chopped fine.
2-3 quarts turkey stock (make this by simmering the leftover turkey carcass in about a gallon of water-you didn't throw that out, did you?)
1 12 oz package of egg noodles.
salt
freshly ground black pepper.
Prepare the turkey stock by simmering the bones and carcass of the bird in a large stock pot with at least a gallon of water. Simmer this for at least an hour. Remove the carcass and let it and the stock cool
Slowly sweat the vegetables and garlic in a large soup pot with just a bit of olive oil until they are tender and the onions are clear. Add a pinch of salt to the vegetables while they sweat.
While the vegetables are cooking you can pick the meat you missed from the turkey carcass and add it to what you already have leftover. All this should be chopped roughly into 1-2 inch cubes.
Next take that turkey stock and pour it into the cooked vegetables and bring to a slow simmer.
Next add the chopped leftover turkey meat and let it come to temperature in the soup.
Finally toss in the egg noodles and cook just until soft.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Serve immediately with some warm, crusty bread.
This freezes very well and will keep for a month. Any leftover turkey stock can be frozen and used in place of chicken stock. Frozen stock will keep for months in the deep freeze.
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Wonderful recipe .. Thanks so much.. :)
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Thank the Mrs.. What a great recipe... Happy Holidays my FRiend.. :)