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turkey wild rice soup

(2 ratings)
Recipe by
deb baldwin
blanchard, ID

This is a great soup to use up that extra turkey. I tweeked this recipe a little, for my own use. I really like cream based soups, so this is right up my alley. Allreipes.com - J Novak

(2 ratings)
yield 8 serving(s)
prep time 15 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Stove Top

Ingredients For turkey wild rice soup

  • 1
    each -carrot, celery, onion
  • olive oil, extra virgin
  • 4 c
    chicken broth (3 - 10.5 oz condenced cans of chicken broth)
  • 2 c
    water
  • 1/2 c
    uncooked wild rice
  • 8 slice
    bacon
  • 1/2 c
    butter
  • 3/4 c
    flour
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1/4 tsp
    poultry seasoning
  • 1/8 tsp
    pepper
  • 2 c
    half and half or 2 cans of canned milk
  • 1 1/2 c
    cooked, large diced, turkey meat
  • 2 Tbsp
    dry sherry (*opt)

How To Make turkey wild rice soup

  • 1
    Chop the carrot, celery, and onion into small pieces. (I like to put carrots and onion in my small food processer and mince.)
  • 2
    Select a large pot, and put in enough olive oil to just cover about 1/2 the bottom (you can alway add more if needed) Set on medium heat. Add minced carrot, celery & onion. Stir often and cook for about 10 minutes. Add chicken broth and 2 cups of water. Add rice (I like to use 1/2 wild rice and 1/2 white rice). Bring to a boil and simer until rice is tender, 35 to 40 minutes.
  • 3
    Meanwhile, cook the bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp. Allow to cool and then crumble. Set aside.
  • 4
    When rice is tender, melt the butter in a sauce pan over medium-low heat. Stir in flour, salt, poultry seasoning and pepper all at once into the melted butter. Cook, stirring, until smooth and bubbly. Stir in half-in-half (or caned milk) into flour mixture and cook until thickened, 2 minutes. Stir half-in-half/flour mixture into pot with the rice. Stir in bacon (sometimes I will add the bacon dripings too), turkey, and sherry. Heat through and serve.
  • 5
    This makes a pretty thick soup. To thin, add more broth or milk. Season to taste.

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