Recipe for cooking turkey carcass soup

Soups for Salads :: Chicken and Poultry Soups

Turkey Carcass Soup

1 turkey carcass
6 qt. water
12 peppercorns
3 stalks celery, sliced
2 bay leaves
1 onion, cut into eighths
Pin. of garlic powder
1 C. barley, uncooked or 6 oz. med. egg
    noodles, uncooked
2 (16 oz.) cans tomatoes, drained and chopped
1 C. onion
1 C. chopped carrot
1 C. chopped celery
2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper

Mix together first 7 ingredients in a lrg. Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hr.. Remove carcass from broth, and pick meat from bones; set aside.

Measure 4 qt. broth, and return broth to Dutch oven; refrigerate remaining broth for other uses. Bring broth to a boil. Add barley or noodles. If barley is added, reduce heat to med., and cook 45 min. If noodles are added, reduce heat to med. and cook for 8 min. Add turkey meat, tomatoes and remaining ingredients. Simmer 30 min. Remove and discard bay leaves.