Put your leftover turkey to work in this quick and easy Turkey Noodle Soup. It’s simple but delicious and perfect year-round. Also great with chicken!
Recipe ingredients:
Ingredient notes:
- Broth: You can use either chicken broth or turkey broth in this recipe.
Step-by-step instructions:
- In a large soup pot or Dutch oven, heat some olive oil. Then add chopped onion, carrots, and celery. Sauté the vegetables until softened.
- Then pour in the broth, herbs, and the turkey. Bring the soup to a simmer and cook until the vegetables are fork-tender—maybe 15 minutes or so. That’s it!
- If you want noodles, stir them in uncooked. Add extra pasta, if you like—but don’t add too many, otherwise they’ll soak up all your broth and you’ll be left with mush.
- Cook the noodles for as long as it takes for them to soften, anywhere between 5 to 10 minutes.
- Garnish with parsley, adjust the seasoning if needed, then pour into bowls and serve.
Recipe tips and variations:
- Leftovers: Cool completely, then store in the fridge and eat within 4 days.
- Freezer: Freeze for up to 3 months to have on hand for soup emergencies.
- Slow cooker: This takes a lot longer than the stove-top, but I don’t mind if you don’t. Add the broth, turkey, carrots, celery, onion, bay leaves, and thyme to the slow cooker. Cover, and cook on HIGH for 3 hours, or LOW for 6 hours. Stir in the egg noodles and cook 15 minutes longer on HIGH until the egg noodles are tender.
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Leftover Turkey Noodle Soup
Put your leftover turkey to work in this quick and easy Turkey Noodle Soup. It's simple but delicious and perfect year-round. Also great with chicken!
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil or butter
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 1 carrot peeled and chopped
- 1 celery rib chopped
- 8 cups (2 quarts) chicken broth or turkey broth (see note 1)
- 3 cups cooked turkey chopped or shredded
- 2 teaspoons fresh thyme minced, or ½ teaspoon dried
- 1 bay leaf
- 8 ounces wide egg noodles
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- fresh parsley minced, for garnish
Instructions
- In a large pot or Dutch oven, heat olive oil over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add onion, carrots, and celery and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in broth, turkey, thyme, and bay leaf. Bring to simmer and cook until vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes.
- Stir in noodles and cook until tender, about 5 minutes longer. Remove from heat, season to taste with salt and pepper, and garnish with fresh parsley.
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Notes
- Broth: You can use either chicken broth or turkey broth in this recipe.
- Leftovers: Cool completely, then store in the fridge and eat within 4 days.
- Freezer: Freeze for up to 3 months to have on hand for soup emergencies.
- Slow cooker: This takes a lot longer than the stove-top, but I don’t mind if you don’t. Add the broth, turkey, carrots, celery, onion, bay leaves, and thyme to the slow cooker. Cover, and cook on HIGH for 3 hours, or LOW for 6 hours. Stir in the egg noodles and cook 15 minutes longer on HIGH until the egg noodles are tender.
Nutrition
Calories: 261kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 20gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 81mgSodium: 936mgPotassium: 441mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 1358IUVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 41mgIron: 2mg
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Amazing recipe, I added chopped cabbage..
Great recipe for leftover turkey. Thanks for the super easy recipes. No over the top dialog. Just a nice description then right down to the recipe.
Hi Scott, thank you and you’re absolutely welcome. Enjoy! – Meggan
Great quick, simple recipe, easy to make and tasty to eat! We used homemade turkey bone broth, amish dried noodles and made for a great cold evening soup.
I have made this soup several times and am doing so again today with leftovers from my Christmas
turkey. Exceptionally easy to prepare and tastes delicious.
Great recipe and not hard to follow. My fiancé loves it.
This recipe is permanently on my iPad as I can alternate the turkey with chicken
A full 5 stars from me!
This was a great soup – and so quick and easy !! Will definitely make it again !
Just made your turkey soup and it is amazing! My family loved it.
Thanks
Thanks Connie, so glad you all enjoyed! – Meggan
Great recipe!
I added garlic, English peas, green beans, & leeks…
Fantastic outcome!
I’m so glad you enjoyed Dora, thanks! – Meggan
Yummy! I’m eating it now and it’s perfectly seasoned and delicious. I used al dente cooked ditallini pasta and only added it in at the very end. 5 stars for sure (: