Smoked Turkey Noodle Soup Recipe
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This Smoked Turkey Noodle Soup Recipe is the perfect leftover comfort food for turkey! I have fallen in love with smoking turkeys and finding new ways to use up the leftovers. Now turkey noodle soup is something I am always down for making at home it tastes so much better than soup from a can.
One of the reasons why I have a tall stockpot is that I know cooking down turkey carcasses into broth and soups would be happening. The taller stock pots allow you to drop the whole thing and boil down. Now the best part about cooking with Smoked Turkey is that the seasonings on the turkey cook into the soup as well.
Smoked Turkey Noodle Soup Recipe Ingredients:
- Smoked Turkey Carcass– You will want to have meat on this, but using the bones adds flavor to the soup.
- Water
- Celery
- Carrots
- Green Onion
- Red Onion
- Better Than Buioullion Chicken– The garlic base better than bouillon would be amazing in this recipe as well.
- Egg Noodles
- Minced Garlic
- Pink Salt and Ground Black Pepper
- Johnnys Seasoning Salt
- Garlic Salt
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Smoked Turkey Soup Directions:
Fill your stockpot full of water and add in the Buiollion paste.
Once the pot is at a rolling boil, add in your turkey carcass. I dropped in my carcass at 11:30 to start it up.
*I did this with my Brined Turkey so I had all of the stuffing from inside of it with garlic, green onions, Rosemary, and Thyme in it. You can add more seasonings to it if you want. I recommend tasting it after it has boiled for a while to see what else needs to be added to it.*
Next, allow the pot to continue to boil for about 3 hours, and use a fork to remove more meat from the bones.
Remove the skin that was left on for flavor. (2:30 pm)
**You will need to add more water as it cooks in the pot be sure to keep an eye on this**
Chop and prep your veggies to go in.
Drop in your celery, carrots, and red onion into the broth and turkey after 4 hours. (was about 3:30)
After 5 hours, I tasted the broth and added some garlic salt, seasoned all, pink Himalayan salt, and fresh ground black pepper.
Take a strainer to dig more bones and gristle out of the soup. This strainer with a handle is fantastic for scooping out the bones.
After 5 1/2 hours, drop in the bags of egg noodles and allow to boil for about 10-20 minutes until the noodles are soft. This makes the smoked turkey soup with noodles ready to serve!
Serve and enjoy
What do you make with leftover turkey from holiday dinners??
How To Store Turkey Noodle Soup
Store in the fridge in an airtight container for up to three days. Allow the soup to cool completely before storing it in the fridge.
You can also divide into air-tight containers and freeze for up to three months.
Storing leftovers properly requires the right tools! My preferred storage method is if the leftovers can be sealed in a food saver. If not, then an air-tight container or Ziploc bag for the fridge is the way I go. The air-tight container and a freezer Ziploc bag are the next best bet for freezing the leftovers. I also use a food scale to measure portions and divide them into serving sizes.
How To Reheat Leftover Turkey Noodle Soup
If reheating frozen turkey noodles soup allows it to defrost overnight in the fridge or use the defrost setting on your microwave.
Either reheat in the microwave or in a pan on the stove.
What To Serve With Turkey Noodle Soup
Bread: Cheesy Garlic Pull Apart Bread, Garlic Parmesan Biscuit Pull Part Bread, English Muffin Garlic Cheese Bread, Easy Cheesy Monkey Bread
Sides: Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms, Smoked Baked Potatoes, Cesar Salad, Air Fryer Roasted Potatoes, Classic Smoked Green Bean Casserole, Air Fryer Broccoli, Grilled Loaded Twice Baked Potatoes, Grilled Corn On The Cob, Grilled Bacon Wrapped Asparagus
The Best Leftover Smoked Turkey Recipes:
I love to use leftover smoked turkey in other recipes! From Pot Pies to soup to a casserole, there are no limits. I even use my Pit Boss Grills and Blackstone griddle to make leftover dishes too!! Check out all my tried and true leftover turkey recipes ->HERE.
Smoked Turkey Recipes:
A dry rub works amazingly well on turkey, but doing a brine with the dry rub adds more flavor. There is no wrong way to smoke a turkey. Now, I buy extras during the holidays, so I have extra turkeys to smoke later in the year!
Other Ingredients To Put In Smoked Turkey Noodle Soup:
- Turkey Stock
- Thyme
- Bay Leaf
- Parsley
- Peas
- Sage
- Rosemary
- Spinach
- Green Onions
Smoked Turkey Noodle Soup Recipe
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Ingredients
- Smoked Turkey Carcass With Meat
- Water
- Celery
- Carrots
- Green Onion
- Red Onion
- Better then Buioullion Chicken
- 24 ounce No Yolk Noodles
- 2 Tablespoon Minced Garlic
- Pink Salt
- Ground Pepper
- Johnnys Seasoning Salt
- Garlic Salt
Instructions
- Fill your stockpot full of water and add in the Buiollion paste.
- Once the pot is at a rolling boil add in your turkey carcass. I dropped in my carcass at 11:30 to start it up.
- *I did this with my Brined Turkey so I had all of the stuffing from inside of it with garlic, green onions, Rosemary, and Thyme in it. You can add more seasonings to it if you want. I recommend tasting after it has boiled for a while to see what else it needs to be added to it.*
- Next allow the pot to continue to boil for about 3 hours and use a fork to start to remove more of the meat from the bones. Also, remove the skin that was left on for flavor. (2:30 pm)
- **You will need to add more water as it cooks in the pot be sure to keep an eye on this**
- Chop and prep your veggies to go in.
- Drop-in your celery, carrots, and red onion into the broth and turkey after 4 hours. (was about 3:30)
- After 5 hours I tasted the broth and added some garlic salt, season all, pink Himalayan salt, and fresh ground black pepper.
- Take a strainer to dig more bones and gristle out of the soup.
- After 5 1/2 hours drop in the bags of egg noodles and allow to boil for about 10-20 minutes until the noodles are soft.
- Serve and enjoy
