Sunday, November 6, 2011

{soups-salads-and-salad-dressings} Turkey Dumpling Soup Recipe

 

Turkey Dumpling Soup Recipe


Simmering up a big pot of this soup is one of my favorite holiday traditions. This is a variation on a recipe my mom made while I was growing up. My husband and children can't get enough of the tender dumplings.

This recipe is:

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    16 Servings
    Prep: 20 min.
    Cook: 20 min. + simmering


Ingredients

    1 meaty leftover turkey carcass (from an 11-pound turkey)
    6 cups chicken broth
    6 cups water
    2 celery ribs, cut into 1-inch slices
    1 medium carrot, cut into 1-inch slices
    1 tablespoon poultry seasoning
    1 bay leaf
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1/2 teaspoon pepper

    SOUP INGREDIENTS:
    1 medium onion, chopped
    2 celery ribs, chopped
    2 medium carrots, sliced
    1 cup fresh or frozen cut green beans
    1 package (10 ounces) frozen corn
    1 package (10 ounces) frozen peas
    2 cups biscuit/baking mix
    2/3 cup milk


Directions

    In a stock pot, combine the first nine ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 3 hours.
    Remove carcass and allow to cool. Remove meat and set aside 4 cups for soup (refrigerate any remaining meat for another use); discard bones. Cut meat into bite-size pieces. Strain broth, discarding vegetables and bay leaf.
    Return broth to pan; add the onion, celery, carrots and beans. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Add corn, peas and reserved turkey. Bring to a boil; reduce heat.
    Combine biscuit mix and milk. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto simmering broth. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a dumpling comes out clean (do not lift the cover while simmering). Yield: 16 servings (4 quarts).

 

Originally published as Turkey Dumpling Soup in Country Woman November/December 2000, p29
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

             Beth Layman  :)


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