Spice up a turkey-vegetable soup with tomatoes, lemon juice, and jalapenos and enjoy a zesty meal. It’s a great way to use up leftover turkey.
Spicy Smoked Turkey and Black Bean Soup
Spice up a turkey-vegetable soup with tomatoes, lemon juice, and jalapenos and enjoy a zesty meal. It's a great way to use up leftover turkey.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 large onion chopped
- 1 green bell pepper sliced thin
- 1 red bell pepper sliced thin
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 4 cups vegetable juice such as V-8®
- 14 ounce cans black beans rinsed and drained
- 3 cups shredded smoked turkey
- 14 ounce can diced tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 jalapeno pepper minced (or more to taste)
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Heat vegetable oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over high heat. Cook and stir onion, green bell pepper, and red bell pepper in hot oil until softened, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Pour chicken stock into the pot and reduce heat to low. Stir vegetable juice, black beans, turkey, diced tomatoes, garlic, lemon juice, cumin, chili powder, jalapeno pepper, salt, and pepper into the stock. Raise heat to medium, bring the soup to a simmer, and cook until heated through and the flavors meld, 15 to 30 minutes.
