Healthy Holiday Recipe
Leftover Turkey (Chicken) Soup
This Leftover Turkey (or Chicken) Soup recipe offers a delicious way to use leftover turkey or chicken. It’s easy to matasty and and works for low-carb, keto, Atkins, Paleo, diabetic, gluten-free, dairy-free, and nut-free diets.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter (ghee or coconut oil may be substituted)
- 2 ribs celery sliced
- 2 ounces yellow onion chopped
- 1/4 cup carrot diced
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper freshly ground
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 4 cups chicken stock(32 ounces) packaged broth or stock works fine as well.
- 1 pound cooked chicken or turkey meat(about 2 cups) cut or torn into bite-sized chunks
- sea salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped
Instructions
- Heat a dutch oven or soup pot over medium-high heat. Add butter. When butter has melted and is no longer foaming, add the celery and onion.
- Stir celery, onion, and carrots until they are just beginning to soften. Add the thyme and black pepper. Continue to cook vegetables until they are crisp-tender.
- Stir in the onion powder. Stream in the broth, while stirring. Stir in chicken or turkey meat.
- Bring soup to a simmer. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender.
- Taste and add salt if necessary. If you used regular broth, you may not need to add any. If you used stock or low-sodium broth, you may need to add 1/2-1 teaspoon, depending on your taste.
- Stir in parsley just before serving.
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