Comment on Easy Turkey and Rice Soup by Nancy J Rogers

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Made with roasted turkey, veggies, and rice simmered in a seasoned broth, this turkey and rice soup is a healthy and comforting meal.

Made with leftover roasted turkey, veggies, and rice simmered in a seasoned broth, this turkey and rice soup is a healthy and comforting way to warm up in cold weather.

It’s a cozy comfort food meal that you can feel good about enjoying by the bowlful.

Stovetop Turkey and Rice soup is an easy recipe to help you use up leftover turkey from Thanksgiving, as well as those last few carrots, onion, and celery you needed to make the Roasted Carrots and Savory Sausage Stuffing.

Of course, you can toss in any of your favorite diced veggies or add extra herbs for more flavor, but we’ll talk more about that below.

Here’s everything you need to make this turkey soup happen:

While the recipe below only calls for the ingredients I’ve just listed, if you have more veggies on hand, you can always add to the mix. A few other favorites for this soup are:

You’d simply add these veggies along with the rice and roasted turkey.

Rinsing rice is usually done before cooking to remove any surface starch and prevent it from getting gummy. However, since we are adding it to a soup and not using it as a side or in a stir-fry, rinsing isn’t necessary.

If you happen to have leftover rice from a previous meal, you can add that instead.

Simply wait to add it until right just you are ready to serve, about 10 minutes. This will allow the leftover rice to warm up without getting mushy.

The best option is whatever’s easily available to you. Both turkey or chicken broth can be used without much difference in flavor. However, if you’re using leftover roasted turkey from Thanksgiving, the bones and skin can be simmered down with vegetables into an epic homemade broth.

This homemade soup is the easiest meal that cooks up fast on the stove-top. Here’s how to make it:

They say soup tastes better the second day, so if you’d like to work ahead, prepare this recipe the night before. It will give the veggies and rice more time to absorb flavor from the broth and roasted turkey meat.

Want to turn this turkey and rice soup into a slow cooker recipe? We can make that happen.

Follow the directions below, and you’re all set:

This is definitely a day-after-Thanksgiving recipe, so if you need a plan for those leftovers, this turkey and rice soup is perfect!

And if it’s not Thanksgiving Day yet, but you’re looking forward to a delicious bowl of soup, grab the recipe below along with your copy of the Giving Thanks: a Thanksgiving Menu. It has over 23 mouthwatering recipes to choose from and a prep guide to help you stay one step ahead.

This classic soup isn’t the only idea for leftover turkey, you can also use it to make:

Made with roasted turkey, veggies, and rice simmered in a seasoned broth, this turkey and rice soup is a healthy and comforting meal.

1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped

2 garlic cloves, minced

2 medium carrots, chopped

½ cup chopped celery

½ teaspoon dried thyme or poultry seasoning

1 bay leaf

2 32 ounce containers chicken stock

1 cup of water

1 cup white rice

2 cups shredded cooked turkey

salt & pepper to taste

In a large soup pot, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion, garlic, carrots, celery, thyme, and bay leaf. Cook and stir until the veggies are soft, about 5 minutes.
Add the chicken stock and water. Bring to a boil. Add the rice and turkey meat, stir and cook over medium-low heat until the rice is tender about 25 to 30 minutes.