Smoked Turkey Rice Soup
A great way to use the carcass of a holiday smoked turkey.
Ingredients
- 1 smoked turkey carcass
- 32 fluid ounce container vegetable broth
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups chopped fresh green beans
- 1 ½ cups frozen corn
- 1 cup shredded carrot
- 1 cup white rice
- ½ cup chopped celery or to taste
- ½ cup chopped onion
- ½ cup chopped green bell pepper
- ½ cup chopped red bell pepper
- 4 ounce package cream cheese or more to taste
- 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese or to taste
- ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place turkey carcass in a large soup pot and pour vegetable broth and water over the turkey frame. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until meat falls from the bones, 1 to 2 hours. Remove carcass, pick the meat from the bones, and discard bones. Chop turkey meat and return to broth.
- Stir green beans, corn, carrot, rice, celery, onion, green bell pepper, and red bell pepper into soup; bring to a simmer and cook until celery is tender and rice is cooked, about 1 more hour. Stir cream cheese and Cheddar cheese into soup until melted and smooth. Season with black pepper.