Smoked Turkey Wild Rice Soup
Very delicious, very savory, robust, and slightly sweet smoked turkey soup recipe that warms the body and the soul. Serve with cornbread.
Ingredients
- 2 smoked turkey legs
- 8 cups water
- 4 cubes chicken bouillon such as Knorr®
- 1 onion quartered
- 2 stalks celery chopped
- 1 small inner stalk of celery with leaves chopped
- 1 cup baby carrots sliced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
- 1 teaspoon curry powder Optional
- 1 cup uncooked wild rice
- 1 quart half-and-half
Instructions
- Place turkey legs, water, bouillon cubes, onion, celery, carrots, garlic, bay leaves, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, thyme, marjoram, and curry powder in a soup pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Stir in wild rice. Simmer soup for at least 1 hour. Remove turkey legs; strip meat from the bones and tendons. Chop meat and return it to soup.
- Pour in half-and-half and heat to just below a simmer; cook on low heat for about 30 more minutes.