This Homemade Turkey Noodle soup Recipe is the perfect soup for making with leftover turkey! Tender chunks of leftover turkey, with carrots, celery, onion, and egg noodles all simmered in a homemade turkey stock. This soup is perfect for using up those turkey leftovers!
Easy Homemade Turkey Noodle Soup Recipe
Homemade turkey soup is the best thing to make with leftover Thanksgiving turkey. I make this easy turkey soup recipe every year with our leftover turkey, and my kids love it. It has the perfect flavor, with turkey, spices, and is made with leftover turkey meat. You can use homemade stock made with the turkey carcass, or you can use store-bought when making this easy turkey noodle soup recipe.
If you are looking for a budget friendly way to have a lot of meals, cooking a turkey is a great way to have lots of meals on the cheap. There are many times that I will cook a turkey to be one meal, and then I make lots of different meals using the leftover turkey all week long. My favorite way to cook a turkey is with a dry salt brine. Just because this recipe is aimed at
This turkey soup recipe is perfect for using up the Thanksgiving leftovers. It freezes well, so it is the perfect soup recipe for making large batches that you can freeze and heat later.
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Why You Will Love This Recipe
This from scratch turkey soup recipe is the one I make every year with our Thanksgiving turkey leftovers.
- Freezer-friendly
- Perfect for leftover Thanksgiving turkey
- Cozy comfort-food flavors
- Easy to customize with any veggies or noodles
- Great for meal prep
- Kid-approved in my house
What to serve with Turkey Noodle Soup
Easy homemade turkey noodle soup is a meal on its own. Loaded with chicken and veggies, it makes almost a full and complete healthy meal all by itself.
Many times when I make chicken noodle soup for dinner, it is our main dish, and I serve it with a salad and some fresh bread, biscuits, cheddar biscuits, or crackers. If you are looking for an amazing salad dressing to put on your salad, be sure to check out honey poppyseed dressing and garlic lime vinaigrette salad dressing. If you are using the leftovers from a large turkey you made for a holiday, use the bread you have as your side dish.
Do I need to use Stock when making Turkey soup?
You will need 8 cups of turkey broth to make this turkey soup recipe: either the homemade turkey broth included in this recipe, straight homemade turkey stock (with directions below), or store-bought turkey stock.
How to Make Turkey Broth
To make things cook quicker, I use Turkey or chicken stock in the water while boiling the leftover turkey carcass. If you do not want to use stock at all then you will want to use 12 cups of water and boil the turkey carcass in the water for about 2 hours until you have reduced the broth by about 1/3rd. Then you will want to remove the bones and any fat from the pot by straining it through a cheese cloth into a large bowl. You can make more turkey broth if you want by starting with more water and letting it cook down.
If you want a more flavorful broth you can also add vegetables like celery, carrots and onions, mushrooms, parsnips, and leeks while you are cooking the carcass. All you have to do is toss them in the water with the carcass and discard them with the carcass after you are done making the broth.
If you are making extra broth that you won’t use in the soup, it is easy to store and freeze for later use in recipes.
How to Store Turkey Broth
Storing broth is easy; it must be refrigerated or frozen. When storing in the fridge, you can store it in ziploc bags or my favorite way which is in a mason jar. It is essential to store broth in an air-tight container. Broth will last for 4-5 days in the fridge.
How to Freeze Homemade Turkey Broth
There are multiple ways to freeze homemade turkey broth. However, I find the easiest way to freeze chicken broth is to pour it into ice cube trays and freeze it. Then, once the broth is frozen, store it in a Ziploc freezer bag.
You can also cool your turkey broth and then pour it into a freezer bag and freeze it by laying it flat in the freezer.
The most important thing to remember when freezing turkey broth is that you put a date on it. Turkey Broth will keep in the freezer for 6 months or a deep freezer for 12 months.
Be sure to check out the full instructions for how to freeze soups and stocks.
What are the Best noodles for turkey noodle soup?
Traditionally, I make my turkey noodle soup with egg noodles. However, you can also use Chinese egg noodles, Fusilli noodles, or Acini Di Pepe Pasta. You can also use homemade egg noodles if you prefer to use homemade noodles
What vegetables go in turkey noodle soup?
When I make chicken noodle soup most of the time, I stick to carrots, onions and celery but there are lots of veggies that you can also add to chicken noodle soup to change things up a bit. Some of the veggies I have also added to this soup recipe are:
- peas
- green beans
- corn
- Broccoli
- Kale
How to Store Turkey Noodle Soup
When you make turkey soup, it is a great soup to double or triple so you have leftovers. You can store leftover turkey soup in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days.
How to Freeze Homemade Turkey Soup
If you want to freeze turkey soup to enjoy later, follow the recipe until adding in the noodles. You will then boil the soup without the noodles, but with the vegetables, until the vegetables are soft.
Once they are soft, turn the heat off and allow the soup to cool completely. You can freeze this turkey noodle soup in Ziploc freezer bags or in air-tight containers. Be sure you leave space at the top for expanding when you freeze it.
You want to leave the noodles out of the soup when you are freezing it as they will become soggy.
When it is time to serve, cook egg noodles in a pot while defrosting and heating the soup in another pot. Then drain the noodles and add them to the soup when they are done cooking.
Homemade Turkey Soup Recipe Ingredients
- 1 turkey carcass
- 5 cups water
- 4 cups turkey or chicken stock
- 4 stocks celery, sliced
- 2 carrots, sliced
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 sprigs of thyme
- 2 springs rosemary
- 2 cups turkey meat
- 12 ounces dried egg noodles
How to Make Homemade Turkey Soup
Get a large stockpot, large soup pot, or Dutch oven, and place the turkey carcass, water, and stock in the pot. Bring it up to a boil over high heat, once it is boiling reduce the heat to medium-low heat, cover with a lid and let it simmer for 30 minutes.
Once simmering is complete, remove the bones and any fat from the pot by straining them through a cheesecloth or a strainer into a large bowl.
Discard the turkey carcass gunk, then pour 8 cups of turkey broth back into the stockpot. You will have leftover turkey broth, you can discard it or freeze it. I like to freeze it so I can make more soup later or use it in other dishes.
Wash and chop the celery, carrots, and onion, and add them to the broth.
Chop the turkey into bite-sized pieces and add it to the stockpot.
Add the bay leaf, salt, black pepper, thyme, rosemary, and egg noodles to the pot and boil until the noodles are cooked.
Remove the bay leaf from the soup and serve or store.
Recipes to make with Leftover Turkey
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- Sweet Potato Turkey Shepherd’s Pie
Homemade Turkey Noodle soup
Ingredients
Instructions
- Get a large stockpot or dutch oven and place the turkey carcass, water, and stock into the pot. Bring it up to a boil over high heat, once it is boiling reduce the heat to medium-low heat, cover with a lid and let it simmer for 30 minutes.
- Once done simmering, remove the bones and any fat from the pot by straining it thru a cheese cloth or a strainer in to a large bowl.
- Discard the turkey carcass gunk and pour 8 cups of turkey broth back into the stock pot.
- Wash and chop the celery, carrots and onion and add them to the broth.
- Chop the turkey into bite sized pieces and add into the stock pot.
- Add the bay leaf, salt, pepper, thyme, rosemary and egg noodles to the pot and boil until the noodles are cooked.
- Remove the bay leaf from the soup and serve or store.
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