Turkey soup is a great way to use up the leftover turkey at Thanksgiving. But also, turkey vegetable rice soup is a great way to warm up any cold day in the winter. You can buy a breast of turkey raw to use to create the soup anytime!
Turkey Vegetable and Rice Soup
A full meal for pennies when you have leftover turkey from Thanksgiving.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 432kcal
Ingredients
- 3 cups water
- 1 1/2 cups uncooked long grain rice
- 1 cup chopped green pepper unseeded
- 2 stalks celery washed and cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1 yellow onion finely chopped
- 1 lb. boneless uncooked (or cooked) chopped turkey meat
- 1 14.5 oz can, stewed tomatoes drained
- preferred spice - salt, pepper, basil, sage to taste
- 1 tbsp canola oil
Instructions
- Heat canola oil in large pan over medium heat.
- Add onion, green pepper and celery.
- Cook 3 minutes or until vegetables are tender to your liking.
- Add turkey and continue to cook until turkey is no longer pink.
- Reduce heat to low.
- Add tomatoes.
- Cover and simmer about 20 minutes or until turkey is cooked completely through.
- Bring water to a boil over high heat.
- Add rice.
- Reduce heat to low.
- Cover and cook for 20 minutes or until rice is tender.
- Season to taste
- Serve turkey and vegetables over hot rice.
Notes
This soup can be created with cooked and uncooked turkey meat. Just cook the uncooked turkey meat till it is cooked. Put cooked turkey meat in last after the rice so it doesn't get overcooked.
Add water after rice is cooked if there isn't enough "soup" and cook /stir for 20 minutes and season until you get a soup taste you like. Sometimes, rice absorbs too much water when cooking so you have to be willing to adjust the liquid.
Nutrition
Calories: 432kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 76mg | Sodium: 165mg | Potassium: 504mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 263IU | Vitamin C: 33mg | Calcium: 55mg | Iron: 2mg
Tip: Turkey is known for its calming agents.
You don’t need a lot of dried rice as it expands so make sure you follow the recipe!
