Smoked Turkey Rice Soup

A great way to use the carcass of a holiday smoked turkey.

Smoked Turkey Rice Soup Ingredients

• 1 smoked turkey carcass

• 1 (32 fluid ounce) container vegetable broth

• 2 cups water

• 2 cups chopped fresh green beans

• 1? cups frozen corn

• 1 cup shredded carrot

• 1 cup white rice

• cup chopped celery, or to taste

• cup chopped onion

• cup chopped green bell pepper

• cup chopped red bell pepper

• 1 (4 ounce) package cream cheese, or more to taste

• 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese, or to taste

• ground black pepper to taste

How to Make Smoked Turkey Rice Soup

1. Place turkey carcass in a large soup pot and pour vegetable broth and water over the turkey frame. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until meat falls from the bones, 1 to 2 hours. Remove carcass, pick the meat from the bones, and discard bones. Chop turkey meat and return to broth.

2. Stir green beans, corn, carrot, rice, celery, onion, green bell pepper, and red bell pepper into soup; bring to a simmer and cook until celery is tender and rice is cooked, about 1 more hour. Stir cream cheese and Cheddar cheese into soup until melted and smooth. Season with black pepper.

Smoked Turkey Rice Soup Nutritions

• Calories: 271.5 calories

• Carbohydrate: 33.5 g

• Cholesterol: 34 mg

• Fat: 11.7 g

• Fiber: 3.5 g

• Protein: 9.3 g

• SaturatedFat: 6.5 g

• ServingSize:

• Sodium: 383.3 mg

• Sugar: 4.8 g

• TransFat:

• UnsaturatedFat:

Smoked Turkey Rice Soup Reviews

• A perfect way to use the remains of my Greenburg smoked turkey. Very easy to make and so very tasty. I do find that this makes way more than 8 servings.

• Quite good. The folks at the table loved it. My only suggestion would be to cut back on the rice...it will expand.

• My family could not get enough of it I didnt have a turkey or carcass, so I just diced smoked turkey from the store and used chicken broth. Which also saved a couple of hours. It came out great. Making it a second time this week, as well.

• Way better than the chicken rice soup I had at Panera today. I had a smoked turkey carcass in the freezer leftover from Thanksgiving, googled it and this came up. So glad it did. It was very good. I did make a few changes, I didnt have green beans so omitted those. Also, I used 1 cup of long grain wild rice instead of the white. I think next time I may leave the corn and green beans out and use chopped broccoli. Will make again. :)(Oh and I sliced the carrots as pictured instead of shredding them and used 8 oz. of Velveeta cheese instead of cheddar.)

• Instead of the green and red bell pepper I added a 4 oz can of diced green chilis.

• Good soup, great way to use up left over turkey. I added some additional seasonings and cooked the rice on the side than added it in the last 30 minutes of cooking.

• The photo above is a big globbie mess, and a poor representation of this soup Its very delicious I used frozen green beans, no corn, and by all means use more broth or less rice. The smokey flavor is awesome, the cheeses make a creamy delight, but for my son in law who cant eat dairy, its all delicious without the cheese.

• Wonderful It might be my favorite soup now. Followed the recipe but added a little water at the end to improve consistency.

• Made this recipe with my smoked turkey. I posted the picture above. everyone loved it its a very tasty dish. I didnt use any of the bell peppers though because my wife doesnt like those. The "soup" was more of a pot pie filling consistency. very hearty and rib sticking good. I used 48 oz of swanson chicken broth and 1.5 cups of water. if you want more a liquid consistency you should add much more broth and water. or use half a cup of rice.

• This was a very good soup So nutritious and tasty I followed the instructions exactly except substituting fresh beans with frozen beans. Big hit with the family Thank you for sharing

• This smoked turkey soup is a winner. In addition to the recipe, I added a teaspoon of salt.I smoked two turkeys and I wish I had smoked two more. I only used about a pound of white meat in the soup.The cream cheese and cheddar really brought it all together.

• I cooked the turkey carcass overnight in the slow cooker. I omitted the green beans and used velveeta. Taste great. Will make again. Used all left over veggies from Thanksgiving relish tray. A great way to use all of the leftovers

• Just made this and happy to say it is really good. After cooking the turkey carcass I sauteed my celery, onions and red bell pepper along with the rice. Added it to the pot and Cooked everything for 20 min. Added the cheeses. Will be making this a lot more often. It also reminded me of a pot pie filling.

• The photo above is a big globbie mess, and a poor representation of this soup Its very delicious I used frozen green beans, no corn, and by all means use more broth or less rice. The smokey flavor is awesome, the cheeses make a creamy delight, but for my son in law who cant eat dairy, its all delicious without the cheese.

• Easy preparation and thick creamy soup. Will certainly make it again. I need to add more salt next time as I forgot to add it initially. Very hearty soup that is enough for a meal.