Delicious and Easy Turkey Bone Broth with Amazing Soup Recipe
After we cook a turkey, we use the leftover turkey carcass to make turkey bone broth. We have a tradition of turning this homemade turkey stock into turkey soup that is so full of flavor.
Ingredients needed for turkey bone broth
- turkey carcass
- water
Turkey Bone Broth Video
Instructions for turkey bone broth
- Remove any meat left on the turkey carcass
- Place the carcass in a large stockpot on the stove top or in an Instant Pot, or Slow Cooker
- Add enough water to cover the carcus
- Heat until the liquid comes to a boil, then turn it down to a simmer. Let simmer for several hours
- Remove the turkey carcass and let cool.
What can you do with turkey broth?
- Freeze it in small batches in a freezer-safe container or mason jar for future recipes
- Turn it into soup
- Use it to add anytime a recipe calls for chicken broth
Our traditional turkey soup recipe
Every year after we make our turkey for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or both, we have a tradition of making this soup. We make a huge batch and freeze part. This allows us to pull it out on a cold night or help us when we are needing a quick meal.
- Make bone broth using the above method.
- Add sliced carrots, celery, onion, and potatoes
- Add seasonings – salt, pepper, and other seasonings to taste. You may try adding thyme, parsley, rosemary, sage, bay leaf
- Let simmer all day until the vegetables are tender.
- Add previously cooked turkey
- Enjoy
Feel free to make this your own, and here are some additional tips or ideas
- strain the fat
- use filtered water
- add some herbs
- add other flavor like garlic, peppercorns
- add apple cider vinegar or lemon juice for flavor
- celery ribs, or other vegetables.
Store the leftovers in the fridge, and we like to put it in small containers for freezing. You’ll benefit from the collagen that is pulled from the turkey bones. This is great for nails,
Turkey Soup Video
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Delicious and Easy Turkey Bone Broth
Ingredients
- turkey carcus
- water
Instructions
- Remove any meat left on the turkey carcus
- Place the carcus in a stockpot, Instant Pot, or Slow Cooker
- Add enough water to cover the carcus
- Heat until boiling, then turn down to a simmer. Let simmer for several hours
- Remove the turkey carcus and let cool.
Video
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