Turkey Barley Soup recipe

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 pounds turkey bones
1 onion, quartered
1 stalk celery, coarsely chopped
1 carrot, coarsely chopped
16 cups water
2 sprigs fresh thyme
2 ½ cups water
1 cup barley
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, diced
2 carrots, sliced
2 stalks celery, sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups chopped cooked turkey
¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
2 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves stripped
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
½ lemon, juiced

Nutrition Info

262.1 calories
carbohydrate: 21 g
cholesterol: 38.1 mg
fat: 14.1 g
fiber: 5.1 g
protein: 13.7 g
saturatedFat: 3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 126.4 mg
sugar: 3.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Heat vegetable oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add turkey bones to hot oil, cook, turning occasionally, until browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer bones to a bowl.

  2. Cook and stir quartered onion, coarsely chopped celery, and coarsely chopped carrot in the hot oil in the same stockpot until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Return turkey bones to stockpot and add 16 cups water and thyme sprigs. Bring to a boil, skim off foam, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until liquid reduces to 10 cups, about 2 hours. Strain stock into a large bowl and let stand for 15 minutes. Spoon fat off top of stock.

  3. Bring 2 1/2 cup water and barley to a boil in a saucepan. Cover saucepan, reduce heat to low, and simmer until the barley is tender, 30 to 40 minutes.

  4. Heat olive oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat, cook and stir diced onion, sliced carrots, sliced celery, and garlic until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Add turkey stock to onion mixture and bring to a boil.

  5. Mix turkey meat, barley, parsley, thyme leaves, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper into soup, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir lemon juice into soup.

Recipe Yield

10 servings

Recipe Note

I've made this soup the past 3 Christmases, using a stock made from the bones from the turkey. I believe that this year I perfected it! A comforting and hearty soup for a cold winter day.

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